Malcolm Day is a writer and editor, specialising in books about religions, mythology and English social history. He is the author of Kings & Queens, published by Rydon Publishing, and was an editor on the Reader's Digest team that produced the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Britain. Malcom has three children and lives near Dartmoor in Devon.

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• 1 Rebel Hack of Toronto 22 2 Noose of Yankee Jim 24 3 Distaught Nun 25 4 The Haunted Cottage 28 5 Green Lady's Walk 29 6 Quaking at Willington Mill 30 7 Canine spirits at Ballechin 338 Ghost of the Tulip Staircase 34 9 Appeasing Ghosts of Winchester 35 10 Raynham Hall 36 11 Headless Boleyn 37 12 Omen of Doom 39 13 Long Beard of Glamis 4014 Caught on Camera 42 15 Monarchs of Windsor 43 16 Ghoulish Belles of Alabama 45 17 Drama at Tutbury Castle 47 18 The Poltergeist of Calvados Castle 50 19 Apparitions at Versailles 53 20 Phantom Monk of Holy Cross 56 21 The Madonna of Bachelor's Grove 57 22 Mystery Force on Baltic Island 58 23 Invisible Monk at Michelham Priory 60 24 Godfather's Pizza in Utah 62 25 Florrie of the Red Lion 63 26 Postchaise Hotel of County Durham 65 27 The White House 66 28 The Haunting of Coutts 67 29 Boots Go Marching 69 30 Terror at Alcatraz 71 31 Grand Apparitions at Edge Hill 73 32 Trauma of War-torn Gettysburg 74 33 The Phantom Hun 77 34 Private Challoner seen by Robert Graves 80 35 Strange Meeting 80 36 Jungle Ghouls of Corregidor 82 37 Fair at Avenbury 83 38 Giant Green Man 84 39 'Too Tough To Die' 86 40 Chants in the Bermuda Triangle 89 41 Roman Centurion Pining for Princess 91 42 Hairy Hands of Dartmoor 93 43 The Phantom Hitchhiker 95 44 Mystery of the Mary Celeste 96 45 Deadly Queen Mary 99 46 Flight 401 to Miami 101 47 Spectres at London Airport 102 48 Haunting the Skies 104 49 Phantom Full Beamer 106 50 St Louis Ghost Train 106 51 Dressing Room Haunt 109 52 Dandy in the Dress Circle 110 53 The Ghoul and the Bard 111 54 Spooks in Amity Street 113 55 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Spiritualism 114 56 The Flying Dutchman 115 57 The Amityville Haunting 117 58 The Hound of the Baskervilles 119 59 Lord Byron 121 60 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 122 61 The Browning Circle 125 62 Wail of the Banshee 126 63 Rationalising the Unknown 127 64 Early Ghost Hunter 128 65 Spirit Photography 129 66 Tools of the Trade 13167 Charlton House Hunt 133 68 The Hex Nightclub 134 69 Prominent Investigative Groups and Societies 137