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From the amazing to the amusing, the incredible to the inspirational, the horrifying to the heartwarming, this book takes another look at the Christmas spirit, through the Christmas spirits. By a long-time believer in the paranormal who tells the story of her own yuletide ghost, Haunted Christmas brings together thirty tales of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal happenings purported to have taken place on or around Christmas, or that are otherwise related to this holiday. It will have you shivering by the fire (or wishing you had a fire to shiver beside) as you read these stories and more:
• Haunted Bethlehem: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is famous for haunted locales such as the Hotel
Bethlehem, the first house built in the town, in 1741. Predictably, things heat up at Christmas—after
all, this is Bethlehem.
• The Death Coach of Christmas: One Christmas Eve in Ireland many years ago, young Nora Mahoney
was returning from the bogs when an invisible something rushed past her with the sound of grinding
wheels and thundering hooves. Had Nora encountered the “death coach” of Irish legend?
Introduction v
Chapter 1 A History of Haunted Christmas 1
Chapter 2 Haunted Cities I: Bethlehem 9
Chapter 3 Haunted Cities II: The Ghosts of Victoria, and a Few in Alexandria 15
Chapter 4 The Doomed Christmas Tree Ship 21
Chapter 5 Too Much Room at the Inn? 29
Chapter 6 The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall 34
Chapter 7 Calling 1-800-Other-Side 40
Chapter 8 The Ghost Lights of Christmas 47
Chapter 9 The Ghost at the Sea 54
Chapter 10 Between Two Worlds 58
Chapter 11 A ghost's Guiding Hand 64
Chapter 12 A Genuine Mass for the Dead 68
Chapter 13 The Christmas Ghost of Clarence Street 74
Chapter 14 Our Feathered Friends 80
Chapter 15 Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville-Due Back on Christmas Eve 2010 86
Chapter 16 A Christmas Repair Job-for Ghosts 90
Chapter 17 The Child Who Turned into a Christmas Star 96
Chapter 18 The Fatal Christmas Gift of the Bell Witch 101
Chapter 19 The Epworth Rectory Haunting 109
Chapter 20 Haunted Christmas Trees 116
Chapter 21 The Ghost Dogs of Christmas 124
Chapter 22 Ghosts of Mothers Passed 131
Chapter 23 The Ghostly Visits of Anne Boleyn 139
Chapter 24 The Death Coach of Christmas 147
Chapter 25 Three Knocks and You're OUt 153
Chapter 26 I Saw Mommy Watching Santa Claus 161
Chapter 27 Emily Bronte's Christmas Appearance 168
Chapter 28 The Haunted Bed 175
Chapter 29 The Guttenberg Poltergeist 181
Chapter 30 The Mysterious Christmas Guest 187
Bibliography 194
About the Author 196
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From the amazing to the amusing, the incredible to the inspirational, the horrifying to the heartwarming, this book takes another look at the Christmas spirit, through the Christmas spirits. By a long-time believer in the paranormal who tells the story of her own yuletide ghost, Haunted Christmas brings together thirty tales of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal happenings purported to have taken place on or around Christmas, or that are otherwise related to this holiday. It will have you shivering by the fire (or wishing you had a fire to shiver beside) as you read these stories and more:
• Haunted Bethlehem: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is famous for ...