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HAUNTED PLACES
IN ENGLAND
HAUNTED PLACES
IN ENGLAND
BY
ELLIOT O’DONNELL
AUTHOR OF
“SOME HAUNTED HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES”
“TWENTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AS A GHOST HUNTER”
ETC. ETC.
LONDON
SANDS & CO.
15 KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1919
PREFACE
In presenting this volume to the Public, I wishto emphasise the fact that all the names ofpeople and houses mentioned in it (saving inChapter X.), in connection with the hauntings, arefictitious.
ELLIOT O’DONNELL.
May 5, 1917.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Chair | 7 |
| II. | The Head | 26 |
| III. | The Cupboard | 39 |
| IV. | The Empty Leash | 52 |
| V. | The Dressing-Room | 63 |
| VI. | The Reticule | 77 |
| VII. | The Coombe | 95 |
| VIII. | The Trunk | 110 |
| IX. | The Cough | 124 |
| X. | The Syderstone Hauntings | 132 |
| XI. | The Green Vapour | 161 |
| XII. | The Stepping-Stones | 188 |
| XIII. | The Pines | 213 |
HAUNTED PLACES IN
ENGLAND
CHAPTER I
THE CHAIR
THE CASE OF A HAUNTED HOUSE IN RED LIONSQUARE
I am not a psychometrist—at least not to any greatextent. I cannot pick up a small object—say anold ring or coin—and straightway tell you itshistory, describing all the people and incidentswith which it has been associated. Yet, occasiona