Terrifying Tales: Stories of the Occult From Around the World

by Terri Hardin

On nearly every continent one finds blood-curdling accounts of demonic creatures who prey on the unwitting. Tales of corpse candles, supernatural hounds, gypsy cures, voodoo curses, evil eyes, corpse-specters, were-vixens, and witch killers have been recorded around the world for centuries.

Terrifying Tales: Stories of the Occult from Around the World puts those figments of fancy at your fingertips. With a rich and varied sampling of tales from around the world, it gives form to fears and shape to the unknown. Its coverage is global and its subjects are timeless.

The world is an old, dark house of superstition haunted by the monsters of a hundred nations. Do we only imagine these terrifying creatures or do they really exist? These fanciful folktales, given with an eyewitness authenticity that will entice a shiver from ever the most skeptical reader, unveil the mystery and supernatural thrills of lands near and far.

Genres: Paranormal, Horror, Nonfiction

594 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009