W.H. Johnson (1) (1928–)

Good stories of true hauntings. No photographs. Good read.

Back Cover Blurb:
Kent has a wealth of sightings from the Grey Lady of Cleve Court near Minster in Thanet to the multiple hauntings of the Pantiles area in modern Tunbridge Wells. The book reveals other strange hauntings and mysteries too. How could Lord Lyttleton who dies just before midnight at his house in Epsom appear at exactly the same time at the bedside of his friend Miles Andrew, thirly miles away in Dartford? Why do so many people think they have had a fatal road accident at Blue Bell Hill north of Maidstone? Is the ghost, fondly known as Humphrey, who haunts the Theatre Royal, Chatham really that of a trapeze artist who bungled a performance in front of King Edward Vll and later hanged himself from the dress circle? Was it a poltergeist that caused so much damage over a two-year period to adjoining sheds on the Grove Park allotments in Bromley? And who is 'Sailor Sam' in his sou'wester and oilskins who regularly appears aboard Radio Caroline?
Can Dover Castle be called the most haunted place in Kent? Within its walls there have been many sightings of, among others, an old woman and her dog, a man in a purple cloak, a woman in a long red dress, a drummer boy, a Roman soldier and a very agitated ghost who keeps repeating the name Helen!… (plus d'informations)