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The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 30, 2008, 978-1-84529-688-9, £7.99, xvi+521pp, tp, an) xi · I Am a Researcher of the Supernatural · Peter Haining · fw 1 · 1. A Century of Hauntings: Chronology for 1900-2000 · Peter Haining · ar 105 · 2. The Ghost Hunters: Fifty Authentic Supernatural Experiences 110 · Miss Morton’s Ghost · Eleanor Sidgwick · ts (r) 113 · A Remarkable Haunting · Professor William Fletcher Barrett · ts (r) 114 · The Rotating Man · Frank Podmore · ts from “Apparitions and Thought Transference” (r) 116 · The Case of the Buried Bones · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ts 1916 117 · The Trance Reports · Sir Oliver Lodge · ts (r) 119 · Messages from the Other Side · William James · ts (r) 121 · The Old Woman and the Coffin · Professor James Hervey Hyslop · ts (r) 122 · The Haunted Bed · Camille Flammarion · ts (r) 126 · A Dead Mother’s Kiss · Cesare Lombroso · ts from Experiments with Eusapia, 1908 128 · The Phenomena of Materialisation · Albert von Schrenck-Notzing · ex Kegan, Paul & Trench, 1923 131 · The Mystery of Stella C · Eric John Dingwall · ts Weekend 132 · The Hoax of the Spirit Lover · Harry Houdini (ghost written by Harold Ward ,[?]) · ar Weird Tales April 1924 139 · The Irish Poltergeist · Shane Leslie · ts (r) 140 · The Invisible Hands · Violet Tweedale · ex from Ghosts I Have Seen & Other Psychic Experiences, Stokes, December 1919 143 · The Ghost in the Top Hat · Thomas Charles Lethbridge · ts (r) 145 · The Telekinetic Girl · Harry Price · ts (r) 148 · The Puzzle of Borley Rectory · Professor Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad · ar Harper’s Magazine June 1938, as “Adventures in Psychical Research” 151 · The Phantom Ship · James Reynolds · ts (r) 160 · All Hallows Eve Haunt · Elliott O’Donnell · ts (r) 165 · A Vision of Tomorrow · Eileen Garrett · ex from Adventures in the Supernatural, Garrett Publications, 1949 167 · One of Our Boys · Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding · ts Sunday Pictorial 1943 169 · The Spectral Dog · John Harries · ts from The Ghost Hunter’s Road Book, Frederick Muller, 1974 171 · Murdered by the Nazis · Dennis Bardens · ts (r) 176 · The Haunted Farmhouse · Alasdair Alpin MacGregor · ts (r) 180 · Ghosts Walk on Fridays · Fred Archer · ts (r) 185 · Under the Influence · Hereward Carrington · ts (r) 191 · Photographing a Ghost · Joseph Braddock · ts (r) 196 · The Break-in from Beyond · Coral Lorenzen · ts from The Shadow of the Unknown, 1970 198 · The Baltimore Poltergeist · Nandor Fodor · ts Fate 1964 206 · The Burnley School Spook · Susy Smith · ts Prominent American Ghosts by Susy Smith, The World Publishing Company, 1967 218 · The Man in the Uniform · Hans Holzer · ts (r) 220 · The Steps in the Stairwell · Marc Alexander · ts from Phantom Britain, Frederick Muller, 1975 222 · The Fen Mystery · Peter Underwood · ts (r) 225 · The Woman in White · Andrew Green · ts (r) 226 · The Pyromaniac Ghost · Ena Twigg · ts (r) 229 · The Ghost Who Knew He Was Dead · Canon John Pearce-Higgins · ts (r) 233 · Séance with a Son · Bishop James Pike · ex from From the Other Side, Doubleday, 1968 236 · The House of Ill-Fame · Dom Robert Petitpierre · ts (r) 237 · The Ghost of Nessie · Reverend Donald Omand · ts (r) 238 · The Haunted Place · Arthur Guirdham · ts from A Foot in Both Worlds, Neville Spearman, 1973 240 · Wraith of a Murder · Joan Forman · ts (r) 242 · The Figure from the Past · Matthew Manning · ts (r) 244 · Uri Geller’s Unexpected Guest · Professor John Hasted · ts 1976 245 · The Council House Rowdy · Professor Archie Roy · ts News of the World June 1978 247 · Were We the Ghosts? · Doctor Alan Gauld & Tony Cornell · ts from Poltergeists, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979 254 · No Such Thing as Spooks? · Doris Stokes · ts (r) 255 · The House on the Lake · Arthur Koestler · ts (r) 259 · The Psychic Force of Evil · D. Scott Rogo · ts UFO Annual 1975 261 · The Coutts Bank Revenant · Eddie Burks · ts The Independent January 1994 263 · Sensing Ghosts · Mia Doran · ts The Sunday Times February 2007 267 · 3. Phantoms in the Sky: Ghostly Pilots, Aircraft and Haunted Airfields · Peter Haining · ar 291 · 4. Encounters with the Unknown: Eyewitness Stories by Journalists 295 · A Visit to the Devil’s Castle · W. T. Stead · ts (r) 298 · Haunted by a Shadow · Shaw Desmond · ts (r) 300 · They Walk the Battlefields · James Wentworth Day · ts (r) 304 · A Photographic Seance · James Malcolm Bird · ts (r) 316 · The Racket of the Poltergeist · Arthur Machen · ts The Referee January 1928 318 · Edgar Wallace Returns · Maurice Barbanell · ts Psychic News November 1932 323 · My Talks with the Dead · Hannen Swaffer · ts (r) 328 · Spirits Speak for the Record · John Gay Stevens · ts Fate 1933 336 · The Warning · Robert Thurston Hopkins · ts (r) 337 · An Eminent Victorian in Wartime London · Alan Dent · ts The Illustrated London News Christmas 1967 345 · My Domestic Ghosts · Mary Carter Roberts · ss The New Yorker October 7 1950 348 · The Glowing Chest · Chapman Pincher · ts Ghosts Over England by R. Thurston Hopkins, Meridian Books, 1953 350 · The Greenwich Village Ghost · Elizabeth Byrd · ts The Villager April 30 1964 353 · Exposing George the Ghost · Ken Gardner · ts The People May 10 1964 355 · The Six O’Clock Visitor · Gerard Fairlie · ts News of the World December 20 1964 356 · The Empty House · Gordon Honeycombe · ts Sunday People December 15 1974 357 · A Message for Georgina · Brian Inglis · ts (r) 359 · 5. Haunted Stars: Show Business and the Supernatural · Peter Haining · ar 393 · 6. Supernatural Tales: True Ghost Stories by Famous Authors 398 · The Toadpool Poltergeist · Sacheverell Sitwell · ex from Poltergeists, Faber and Faber, 1940 399 · The Crouching Figure · Dennis Wheatley · ts (r) 401 · The Wrecker’s Cave · John Betjeman · ts (r) 403 · The Wounded Cavalier · Barbara Cartland · ts (r) 403 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921 405 · The Belle of Bath · Montague Summers · ex from The Galanty Show, Cecil Woolf, July 1980 406 · The Room of Apparitions · Thomas Mann · ts (r) 409 · The Unseen World · Henry Williamson · ts The Daily Telegraph 410 · Something Utterly Malign · Joan Grant · ts (r) 412 · What I Believe About Ghosts · Robert Graves · ts Picture Post December 27 1941 417 · The Lady in Blue · Daphne du Maurier · ts (r) 418 · The Midnight Hour · Algernon Blackwood · ar The Queen November 24 1948 421 · The Haunted Child · Nicholas Monsarrat · ts (r) 423 · Hantu · Anthony Burgess · ts (r) 426 · The Little House on the Hill · Miriam Allen deFord · ts True Experiences with Ghosts ed. Martin Ebon, Signet, 1968 432 · The Elementals · Robert Aickman · ts The Illustrated London News Christmas 1959 433 · The Ghost Over My Shoulder · Constantine FitzGibbon · ts (r) 435 · Someone Stared · Frederick Forsyth · ts (r) 436 · The Sound of Music · Beryl Bainbridge · ts (r) 439 · 7. Phantom Lovers: Sexual Encounters with Ghosts · Peter Haining · ar 463 · 8. What Are Ghosts? The Theories of the Experts · Peter Haining · ar 491 · 9. An A-Z of Ghosts: Phantoms of the World · Peter Haining · ar 515 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 519 · Research Organizations · [uncredited] · ms

The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson, October 29, 1998, 1-85487-536-1, £6.99, 482pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Gordon Crabb)     Anthology of 30 stories, including an original by Haining. Authors include Doyle, James, Kuttner, Steinbeck, Wells, and Wodehouse. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · One: The Golden Era 5 · The Third Person · Henry James · nv The Soft Side by Henry James, Methuen, 1900 41 · The Presence by the Fire · H. G. Wells · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper August 14 1897 49 · How It Happened · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine September 1913 55 · A Ghostly Duel · Jack London · ss The (Oakland) High School Aegis October 21 1895, as “Who Believes in Ghosts” 65 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 88 · The Ghost of Down Hill · Edgar Wallace · nv The Haunted House & Other Ghost Stories, Reader's Library, 1929 131 · Honeysuckle Cottage [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv Meet Mr. Mulliner by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1927 revised from the story of the same name (Saturday Evening Post, January 24, 1925) to turn it into a Mulliner story. 158 · The Old Dark House · J. B. Priestley · ex from Benighted, Heinemann, October 1927 188 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time and Tide 1930 204 · In a Glass Darkly · Agatha Christie · ss Collier’s July 28 1934 213 · Two: The Phantom Army 215 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914 221 · The Other Side of the Medal · Stella Gibbons · ss The Saturday Book ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1946 230 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · nv All-Story Weekly August 9 1919 255 · The Lusitania Waits · Alfred Noyes · ss New-York Tribune December 31 1916 262 · Vengeance Is Mine · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God by Algernon Blackwood & Wilfred Wilson, Cassell & Co., 1921 304 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales April 1937 311 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2737, May 1940 330 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss Pause to Wonder ed. Marjorie Fischer & Rolfe Humphries, Julian Messner, 1944 334 · The Mirror in Room 22 · James Hadley Chase · ss Slipstream ed. David Langdon, 1946, as by Squadron Leader Rene Raymond 341 · Is There a Life Beyond the Gravy? · Stevie Smith · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 359 · Three: The Modern Tradition 361 · Sloane Square · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss At Close of Eve ed. Jeremy Scott, Jarrolds, 1947 370 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss The London Mystery Magazine #31, December 1956 378 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss John Bull May 31 1947 393 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1972 408 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 17 1979 428 · Voices in the Coalbin · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Sisters in Crime 2 ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990 440 · A Good Sound Marriage · Fay Weldon · ss Ladies’ Home Journal October 1991 449 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975 467 · A Programmed Christmas Carol · John Mortimer · ss The Daily Mail December 24 1994 478 · A Figment in Time · Peter Haining · ss

Meals on Wheels by W. Heath Robinson ed. Peter Haining--- see under W. Heath Robinson.

Meet Death at Night and Other Tales of Terror ed. Peter Haining--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

The Midnight Penthouse ed. Peter Haining (Bernard Geis, 1968, 850-49004-9, 45/-, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of pieces originally published in Penthouse. 9 · Editor’s Note · Peter Haining · fw 10 · Introduction · Bob Guccione · in 12 · [cartoon] · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) February 1968 13 · Great in the Hay · Norman Mailer · vi (r) 14 · Centre Forward · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 15 · Adults Only? · Frederic Mullally · ar Penthouse (UK) November 1967 24 · Fur Sale · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 25 · Salvador Dali · William Fifield · iv Penthouse (UK) June/July 1967 [Ref. Salvador Dali] 29 · Delivery Round · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 30 · untitled (“What do I do now, Mr Grossblatt…Mr Grossblatt…I said, Mr Grossblatt.”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) April 1967 31 · The Elopement · John Gardner · ss Penthouse (UK) October/November 1966 38 · Wined and Downed · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 38 · Pearl Dance · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 39 · The Rapacious Highwayman [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) March 1968, as by Jonathan Clements 41 · A Dream of Fair Women · H. E. Bates · ss Penthouse (UK) November 1965 48 · Holly Tale · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 48 · Smoking Cure · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 49 · Interview: Edna O’Brien · Herb Greer · iv Penthouse (UK) April 1967, as “Leading an Interior Life” [Ref. Edna O’Brien] 57 · Up the Ladder · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 58 · untitled (“Gee, Mr. Crandell…is this really what they call skin diving…?”) · Forbes · ct Penthouse (UK) August 1967 59 · Love Is a Groove · Michael Thomas · ar (r) 72 · untitled (“Hello, Mabel, if there’s a doctor in the house, untie him and send him up to 203…”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) October 1967 73 · The “Lomokome” Papers · Herman Wouk · na Collier’s February 17 1956 108 · untitled (“You know what? I think I’m engaged!”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) May 1967 109 · Pop Goes the Suitor [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) April 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 110 · Staying Power · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 111 · Sexology’s Pioneer · Alan Hull Walton · ar Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as “Havelock Ellis: A Retrospect of Sexology’s Pioneer” 120 · To Have and Have Not · Bob Guccione · ct Penthouse (UK) November 1965 121 · On the Swanley By-Pass · John Bratby · vi Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967 124 · Siam Old Story · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 125 · Simon Dee · Frederic Mullally · iv Penthouse (UK) February 1968 [Ref. Simon Dee] 134 · Maid Her · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 134 · Tower Power · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 135 · In Search of the Perfect Woman · Rona Jaffe · ar Penthouse (UK) December 1967 149 · Knee Trembler · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 150 · untitled (“Really darling, we ought to get rid of those empties now the guests have gone!”) · Eglesfield · ct Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967 151 · The Headpiece · Ray Bradbury · ss Lilliput May 1958 155 · Warm Up · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 156 · untitled (“Please, Mr. Grundyke, not here!”) · Chris · ct Penthouse (UK) December 1965 157 · The Key of Virtue [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) January/February 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 159 · Interview: Peter Brook · Herb Greer · iv Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as “What I’m Driving at in the Theatre” [Ref. Peter Brook] 169 · Spotlight · Budd Schulberg · vi Liberty November 19 1938 171 · Touch and Go? · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 172 · untitled (“I came home early because no-one seems to go to the old club any more…”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) March 1967 173 · What Did They Do When the Lights Went Out? · Don Wiedenman · ar Penthouse (UK) February 1968 178 · untitled (“I know all that business about taking from the rich and giving to us poor…it’s how we have to earn it that bugs me!”) · Forbes · ct Penthouse (UK) July 1968 179 · The Adulterous Ostrich [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) March 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 181 · Write Is Might · Bob Guccione · pl Penthouse (UK) September 1967 186 · untitled (“Have you ever tried pot, Miss Bennister?”) · Bob Guccione · ct Penthouse (UK) November 1965 187 · Allen Ginsberg · Christopher Kypreos · iv Penthouse (UK) November 1967 [Ref. Allen Ginsberg] 198 · Old School Tie · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 198 · Cock Crow · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 199 · A Knight Errant Bold [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) June/July 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 201 · The Follower · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt July 1953, as by Hunt Collins 208 · Mammarabilia · Jan Kristofori · ct Penthouse (UK) September 1967 209 · Tribulations of an Erotic Painter · Chris Robbins · ar Penthouse (UK) February 1968 213 · Draw the Line · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 214 · [cartoon] · John Mead · ct Penthouse (UK) 215 · The Dodo and the Doxies [Fable of Our Time] · [uncredited] · vi Penthouse (UK) August 1967, as by Jonathan Clements 216 · A Harlot Called Gail · [uncredited] · pm Penthouse (UK) 217 · The Dirtiest Book in the World · Rory Harrity · hu Penthouse (UK) July 1968 222 · untitled (“Hi, there! Let me introduce myself—I’m the architect of this building.”) · Gilbert · ct Penthouse (UK) January 1968 223 · Burma Incident · John Masters · ss Suspense (UK) January 1961 232 · untitled (“The trouble with you, George, is you’ve got a suspicious mind!”) · Eglesfield · ct Penthouse (UK) August 1966 237 · The UFO Conspiracy · [uncredited] · ar Penthouse (UK) January 1968 (+3)