Join Janet Cameron on her journey around haunted Eastbourne.

A historian examines the developments in women’s lives over a period from 1850 to 1950 in the famous southeastern England seaside town. The southeast coastal town of Eastbourne is probably best known today as a popular holiday resort frequented by the retired generation. It has long, golden beaches and a gentile pace of life and, from that point of view, little has really changed from the mid-1850s to today. However, for the women of the town and their advancements and achievements, a significant period was between 1850 and 1950, when changes in medicine, education, family life, and the right to vote played an important part in their lives. The First and Second World Wars also brought about their own changes and challenges. A History of Women’s Lives in Eastbourne delves deep into these historical subjects and more.

A fabulous collection of ghostly hauntings in Sussex.

This fascinating work provides a complete overview of paranormal phenomena, including the beliefs, attitudes, and notable figures who have attempted to explain, defend, or debunk the mysteries behind the unknown. Recent interest in the paranormal as pop culture fodder belies its historical status as an important subject of cultural, philosophical, and scientific significance. This book traces the trajectory of paranormal studies from its early role as a serious academic and scientific topic studied by mainstream scientists and eminent scholars to its current popularity in books, film, and TV. This compelling reference work details the experiences, encounters, and ideas that make up this controversial field of study. The contributed entries examine the broad phenomena of the paranormal, addressing the history of scientific investigations along with its contemporary media depictions to illustrate the evolution of cultural attitudes about the paranormal. A selection of primary documents provides real-life accounts and contributions from noted experts that explore the full scope of themes from spiritualism to poltergeists to astrology. Accompanying images, timelines, quotations, and sidebars make the content come to life and encourage alternative explanations of these events.

A fabulous collection of ghostly hauntings in Brighton & Hove.

Strange tales of ghosts and hauntings can be found from all corners of the Earth and records show that accounts of ghostly presences go well back into antiquity. As a researcher on the paranormal, Malcolm Robinson takes from his files incredible tales of ghosts and paranormal events. He also shares with us his own ghostly encounters of which he has had more than his fair share. This book covers some amazing cases from haunted council houses to haunted castles. Malcolm brings forward personal accounts from people who have had first hand dealings with ghosts, their testimony will shock you and in a court of law this testimony would be hard to dismiss. This book provides a stunning and frightening look at some of Britain's ghostly case files. This book should be read by believers and sceptics alike, as there is nothing like hard evidence. Read on if you dare.

Kent and Sussex are popular counties - to live in and to visit, whether on a day-trip or on a longer holiday. This title includes what you need to know about these popular counties, organised by area and clearly mapped.

‘Living With Ghosts’ has the first statistical evidence that Orbs are far more than dust! Over five years of research into orb phenomena has produced these results. They are nothing less than amazing! It proves that some orbs are spirit. You can use ‘Living With Ghosts’ as a handbook for paranormal investigations. Its full of helpful tips and suggestions to all those interested in the paranormal! This book will save you time and increase your results on investigations! Also Living With Ghosts has the following: Investigation case studies from around Great Britain and a ranked list of haunted locations. It also has an extensive timeline including key events and people from history that may help you place your haunting into the correct decade or even year!Living With Ghosts looks at Victorian communication techniques. It teaches you how to dowse using divining rods and pendulums an age-old art that has its place on any investigation. Plus it give you ideas and recommendations on how to get the best out of your psychics/mediums and how to use them to gain the best results and practise. One of the chapters looks at the investigation equipment available for you to use during investigations. Giving you an idea of its usage and pitfalls. ‘Living With Ghosts’ is written with for all those interested in knowing more from a novice to a full on paranormal enthusiast. It covers all you need to know to undertake professional investigations.

Did Rasputin, the mad monk of Tsarist Russia, possess supernatural powers? Who was the mysterious prisoner in the Bastille who has gone down in history as "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Did he possess a priceless secret which Louis XIV desperately wanted to learn? Victorian Britain was terrorized by a weird super-athlete known to the popular press of those days as "Spring-heeled Jack." Was he just an eccentric gymnast, or could he have been an alien? Who or what was the mysterious man known as the Count of St. Germain whose abnormal powers seemed to defy both time and space – and is he still with us today? What strange powers of prophecy did Coinneach Odhar, the famous Brahan Seer, really possess? Was Bérenger Sauniëre, the enigmatic Priest of Rennes-Le-Château, one of the last guardians of a secret older than the Sphinx? Could the sinister Aleister Crowley have been merely a pathetic victim of self-deception and his own inflated ego, or did he really possess magical powers? What amazing secrets did electrical engineer Nikola Tesla control? Gurdjieff – one of the most amazing men of his time – has never been fully understood: what was the true meaning behind his strangely ambivalent messages? Was Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky a genius with strange paranormal powers, or merely a charlatan and a sensation-seeker? Francis Dashwood of Medmenham Abbey, leader of a sect of the wildest debauchees who roared their way across the eighteenth century, was an expert in the Black Arts. All of these strange, mysterious, and intriguing characters – and many others – are described, examined, and analyzed in The World's Most Mysterious People. This is a collection of remarkable and mysterious people, from all ages and places – including our own. Some the authors have met, others were researched carefully from reliable archives. Some are Canadian, others are from the US, the UK, and all over the world. All are mysterious; all are intriguing; all are worth studying. Can anyone learn to use mysterious powers like theirs? To update what a great thinker once said: "The proper study of people is other human beings." And the more mysterious those human beings are, the more we shall learn from studying them.