Once again, legendary researcher and investigator of the supernatural Tom Slemen brings you a chilling yet thought-provoking collection of fifty tales of the paranormal in Haunted Liverpool 23, and in this eagerly-awaited book you will be introduced to the sinister "Cosmic Joker" who has a cruel and deadly sense of humour, and the joke is always on you as he flouts the laws of probability and stacks the odds against you in a terrifying way...plus, read about the ancient apparitions associated with the Devil's Woods, the creepy fate of the vanishing hippies of Sefton Park, the uncanny 3 am Effect, which you will most probably experience after reading this book - and read about the incredible timeslips that Tom has investigated, including one where a 1970s woman found herself among naked drug-crazed dancers in some future rave party...PLUS:* Unravel the mystery of the top secret military train that arrived in Liverpool's Central Station - was it carrying a nuclear missile?* The bizarre well-documented case of eerie doppelgangers that menaced a Liverpool couple...* The terrifying yet inexplicable reports of werewolves at large in Liverpool...* The weird story of Renshaw Street's Faceless ghost - who was he?* A sinister case of a real-life Skeleton in the Cupboard in the Anfield district of Liverpool...* The unfortunate former solicitor who was trapped in a dimensional hell between this world and limbo...what was his fate?* The Liverpool housewife who was accosted by a group of ghosts from different eras as she lay in a hospital bed after an operation...they wanted to take her over to their side...* The Crosby man of 1973 who talked to a Texan woman in 1962 via shortwave radio - and warned her of JFK's assassination...* The many chilling reports of the ghosts and apparitions haunting the roads of Merseyside - including the unearthly entity which appears in cars travelling along the Knowsley Expressway...* The creepy "Stilt Man" who haunts the Walton and Everton areas of Liverpool...* The amazing secret of a cellar in Edge Hill's Marmaduke Street...* The unearthly account of the Witches of Strawberry Fields...* The terrifying transformation of the Grassendale man who sat in the Druid's Chair...* The fascinating story of the Victorian private detective and his female friend who resorted to astrology to unravel a baffling crime - with amazing results...All this plus, Rodney Street's Nosy Ghost, "Bilocating Betty", the Blackers Ghost, the Havelock Street Angel, and many, many more scary tales from the pen of Tom Slemen, England's most prolific and established writer of ghost stories!