[PDF] Cumbrian Ghost Stories eBook

Author : Tony Walker
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2021-10-23
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More Cumbrian Ghost Stories brings you sixteen ghost stories, horror stories, weird tales, dark fairytales set in the English county of Cumbria and the Lake District by Tony Walker, author of Cumbrian Ghost Stories and narrator of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast. From The Milk-White Child of Ravenglass, to A Brief Stop in Barrow in Furness, The Screaming Skulls of Calgarth, The Dalston Vampire, not to mention the High Harrington Horror and the Mole Catcher of Barbon, these stories dance around the county of Cumbria to horrify, scare, terrify and also a make you smile and even laugh depending on the tale. For those who have enjoyed Cumbrian Ghost Stories, London Horror Stories, Haunted Castles and Horror Stories For Halloween, this is more of the same from Tony Walker's inimitable style.

Author : Tony Walker
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,47 MB
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781739559625

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Sixteen supernatural stories set in the county of Cumbria. The collection includes classic ghost stories such as A West Cumberland Coalmine, modern horror stories such as The Derwentwater Haunting and The Highest Inn in England, stories based on local legends such as The Mallerstang Boggle and The Little Man of Carlisle, and some folk-horror themed stories such as The Grizedale Forest Wedding. Tony Walker is the narrator of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast.

Author : Walker
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
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ISBN : 9781692284091

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Sixteen supernatural stories set in the county of Cumbria. The collection includes classic ghost stories such as A West Cumberland Coal Mine; modern horror stories such as The Derwentwater Haunting, or the Highest Inn in England, stories based on local legends such as the Mallerstang Boggle and the Little Man of Carlisle, and some folk horror themed stories such as the Grizedale Wedding.

Author : Tony Walker
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781739559656

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Discover a collection of sixteen chilling tales set in the eerie landscapes of Cumbria and the Lake District. Within these pages, encounter vampires, fairy kings, and menacing monsters lurking in the shadows of Kendal, Carlisle, Barrow, Baron, and the untamed Western reaches of Cumbria. These stories will send shivers down your spine, evoke bone-chilling terror, and even elicit an unexpected smile before jolting you with fear.

Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0752478516

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These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom. Herein you will find intriguing accounts of Hunchback and the Swan, the Screaming Skulls of Calgarth, the Millom Hob Thross, Hughie the Graeme, Cumbrian Crack, and Billy Peascod's Harp. They will make you want to visit the places where they happened and meet some of the characters that feature in them. Including charming illustrations from the local artist Steven Gregg, this captivating collection will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Taffy Thomas has lived in Grasmere for well over thirty years, and is a highly experienced storyteller with a repertoire of more than 300 tales. In the 2001 New Year Honours List he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity, and in 2010 was appointed as the first UK Storyteller Laureate.

Author : Rob Kirkup
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0750959894

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From reports of haunted castles, stately halls, hotels, public houses, Roman forts, stone circles and even England's deepest lake, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, Ghostly Cumbria investigates twenty of the most haunted locations to be found in the area today. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, this selection includes a phantom friar said to walk the lanes near Grey Friars Lodge Hotel in Clappersgate; the ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots at Carlisle Castle; a cavalier at Moresby Hall in Whitehaven; and several ghosts at the Kirkstone Pass Inn at Ambleside, including a young boy killed by a coach outside the building, a young woman who died whilst travelling along the road during a snow storm, and a seventeenth-century coachman who lurks around the bar. Illustrated with sixty photographs, together with access details for each location, this book will appeal to all those interested in finding out more about Cumbria's haunted heritage.

Author : Taffy Thomas
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0752478516

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These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom. Herein you will find intriguing accounts of Hunchback and the Swan, the Screaming Skulls of Calgarth, the Millom Hob Thross, Hughie the Graeme, Cumbrian Crack, and Billy Peascod’s Harp. They will make you want to visit the places where they happened and meet some of the characters that feature in them. Including charming illustrations from the local artist Steven Gregg, this captivating collection will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Taffy Thomas has lived in Grasmere for well over thirty years, and is a highly experienced storyteller with a repertoire of more than 300 tales. In the 2001 New Year Honours List he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity, and in 2010 was appointed as the first UK Storyteller Laureate.

Author : Tony Walker
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2020-12
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★ Nine Ghost Stories That Capture The Spirit of Christmas ★ The Christmas tree lights, The carol singers and the shadows that wait out in the snow. Traditional ghost stories written in the true spirit of Christmas. Chilling tales with a twist that will kindle the true spirit of Christmas in your hearts. Ghosts that emerge from the snow, doors that eat you, spirits that beg you to do them a service. Perfect to read on a dark winter's night. This book will convince you that the dead do return, and they do so on Christmas Eve! Seven new stories from Tony Walker, producer of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast and author of three other volumes of ghost stories. This book contains seven new stories plus bonus material of the three from the previous successful volume of Christmas Ghost Stories.

Author : Steve Watson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 2024-09-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1398118761

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A fabulous collection of ghostly hauntings in Cumbria that will fascinate and intrigue everybody who knows the area.