Peter Underwood (1923–2014)
Auteur de This Haunted Isle
A propos de l'auteur
Peter Underwood was born in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England on May 16, 1923. He was educated by a tutor and at a local private school. During World War II, he served in the Suffolk Regiment, but had to stop in 1942 due to illness. He worked for Dent, the publishers, first in afficher plus Letchworth and then in London. In 1947, he joined the Society for Psychical Research and in 1951 helped revive the Ghost Club, becoming its president in 1960. He left Dent in 1971 to devote himself full-time to paranormal research. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 50 books on ghost-hunting and the supernatural including Dictionary of the Supernatural, A Gazetteer of British Ghosts, The Ghosts of Borley with Paul Tabori, and Where the Ghosts Walk. His autobiography, No Common Task: The Autobiography of a Ghost Hunter, was published in 1983. He was a prolific broadcaster and made guest appearances on several television shows including Start the Week, The Big Breakfast, and The Ghost Hunters. He died on November 26, 2014 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Peter Underwood
Karloff; the life of Boris Karloff,: With an appendix of the films in which he appeared (1972) 24 exemplaires
The Vampire's Bedside Companion: The Amazing World of Vampires in Fact and Fiction (1975) 17 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Voices from the Vaults: Authentic Tales of Vampires and Ghosts (1987) — Contributeur — 24 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Underwood, Peter
- Date de naissance
- 1923-05-16
- Date de décès
- 2014-11-26
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Professions
- paranormal researcher
Membres
Critiques
Haunted London par Peter Underwood
I didn't technically read all of this because it's just a collection of ghost tales around London, much like any ghost show you could watch but in written form. It's also very dated, so a lot of these places aren't at all like how they're described here any more. I read it hopeing to add things to my to-do list when visiting London this year but didn't realise it was written so long ago, so it was unhelpful in that aspect. Also, the writer seems to be even more of a sceptic than I am, so some of the people they interview or the stories they told are re-told here with a very sarcastic air or, as in one notable case, completely debunked by the author in the last few pages. This is definitely not a book to read for those looking for a good scary story, but is almost academic. It would definitely have had more impact in the early 1970s when originally published.… (plus d'informations)
Good true hauntings from the President of the Ghost Society. Lots of photos.
Back Cover Blurb:
Devon, glorious Devon, is a land full of mystery and of ghostly lore and legend; a land where it seems there is a subtle link between this world and the next; where centuries do not matter and time, occasionally, stands still.
Here Peter Underwood, President of The Ghost Club Society, writes of the ghostly stories that pervade this lovely county.
Back Cover Blurb:
Devon, glorious Devon, is a land full of mystery and of ghostly lore and legend; a land where it seems there is a subtle link between this world and the next; where centuries do not matter and time, occasionally, stands still.
Here Peter Underwood, President of The Ghost Club Society, writes of the ghostly stories that pervade this lovely county.
An excellent book of haunted 236 sites in Britain, with only a large paragraph or so on most, but with a good description of what is supposed to happen and what has happened. The photographs in the centre are creepy, good quality black and white. For anyone interested in the locations of the greatest haunted places in Britain, this is a top book - and if you want more detail you can find it elsewhere after sussing it out in this. Would make a good haunted tour guide to Britain if it had a map.
Interesting book. I've had a lifelong love of ghost stories, so this is right up my alley. Of course, they're not nearly as scary as I found them in my youth, but they're still an enjoyable distraction.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 55
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 519
- Popularité
- #47,860
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 99
- Langues
- 1