tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post5646004401119927853..comments2024-01-02T21:32:41.844-08:00Comments on The Haunted Closet: Haunted Houses Ghosts & Spectres (Usborne Supernatural Guides, 1979)Brother Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176233134588988372noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-29065488404418286212020-05-05T08:28:06.351-07:002020-05-05T08:28:06.351-07:00There is a petition to republish this classic her...There is a petition to republish this classic here https://www.change.org/p/usborne-publishing-bring-back-usborne-s-guide-to-the-supernatural-world?recruiter=52036650&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=e7568bb0-ab62-0130-0d21-3c764e044346&utm_content=starter_fb_share_content_en-gb%3Av13FarmerAncestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356473319760505881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-67048782167943996682019-10-14T11:24:14.661-07:002019-10-14T11:24:14.661-07:00Does this have a story about Lawrence of Arabia...Does this have a story about Lawrence of Arabia's ghost in too?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497642447938560493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-17255733862156908872019-06-13T15:37:13.674-07:002019-06-13T15:37:13.674-07:00Thank you for sharing.Thank you for sharing.Ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359311396586852787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-44713208144349345502017-10-22T20:13:02.214-07:002017-10-22T20:13:02.214-07:00Same, I got it out of the school library, read it ...Same, I got it out of the school library, read it in bed that night and that story creeped me the hell out. When my Mum turned out the light I lay awake for about an hour, facing the wall because I imagined that bloody, disembodied head floating in my bedroom! The story of Lord Dufferin's ghost and the screaming skull story weren't exactly cozy bedroom reading either. I hope I can find this book again one day. I'd love my kids to read it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632479163345547302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-49923420695976151942016-01-21T13:28:52.687-08:002016-01-21T13:28:52.687-08:00Yes my brother and I were terrified of that story ...Yes my brother and I were terrified of that story too "The Blue Ghost" as we called 'him' to the point we imagined it might catch a boat from 19th century America and come to the UK to haunt us. The bloody face is actually copied from a photo of horror actor Lon Chaney in The Phantom Of The Opera!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1925_film)#/media/File:Lon_chaney_sr.JPGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-33220954555932573272015-11-30T23:02:43.365-08:002015-11-30T23:02:43.365-08:00I checked this book out of the school library mult...I checked this book out of the school library multiple times when I was growning up in England. It gave me the heebie jeebies. I still remember one of the stories in that book where a family moved into a house where the father threw out some bones he found in the cellar. one night he awoke in his bed and saw a bloodied ghostly face looking down upon him, he screamed, ran out of the room, and was grabbed around the neck by icy cold, invisible hands... he passed out until morning... then the hauntings stopped... (I think).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853028235598532017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-89954908004672528952015-08-04T15:11:50.850-07:002015-08-04T15:11:50.850-07:00I knew the "All About Ghosts" book, but ...I knew the "All About Ghosts" book, but I didn't know they made these ones too. I need to find them.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-73051697292505361332012-09-29T11:14:35.055-07:002012-09-29T11:14:35.055-07:00I just found an absolutely minty copy of the first...I just found an absolutely minty copy of the first one: 'All About Ghosts' at my local recycling centre. Ah memories! I must go to Pluckley someday: the 'most haunted village in Britain'.FunktimusRhymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808895633600544749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-62560399271869694862012-07-28T10:22:51.938-07:002012-07-28T10:22:51.938-07:00The Popular Library series of supernatural paperba...The Popular Library series of supernatural paperbacks was really good- I owned a bunch of tyhem in the 70's; they were the ones with the four crepy illustrations on the front cover, and two in back.-Alan D Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588625423455924651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-42217703769980434152012-06-18T06:32:20.476-07:002012-06-18T06:32:20.476-07:00Asclepius,
I was a fan of the Know-How series too....Asclepius,<br />I was a fan of the Know-How series too... I covered the haunted house diorama project from The Know-How Book of Paper Fun in an earlier post.Brother Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176233134588988372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-54233493233459484942012-06-17T11:24:03.182-07:002012-06-17T11:24:03.182-07:00To alleviate the boredom of a car journey today, m...To alleviate the boredom of a car journey today, my kids were asking for a ghost story. I happened to recall the Lord Dufferin story and on returning home, googled the book 'Supernatural World'. I was absolutely captivated by this book as a kid in the 1980s (along with the Know How Book of Spycraft and Detection, the Usborne Book of Spying and The Usborne book of Detection.) I'm thrilled that others appreciated it as well and will be trawling the second-hand book shops for a copy!Asclepiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604117979253596512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-80869601989113972992012-06-17T11:21:10.314-07:002012-06-17T11:21:10.314-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Asclepiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604117979253596512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-32612506336012301332012-06-17T07:27:12.966-07:002012-06-17T07:27:12.966-07:00I sometimes see this book from time to time, but I...I sometimes see this book from time to time, but I haven't seen the Monsters companion book in decades.Derek Tatumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751292322235530499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-55685227054160546912012-06-12T12:17:24.573-07:002012-06-12T12:17:24.573-07:00I had many books of this type when I was young, bu...I had many books of this type when I was young, but I don't remember this one.<br /><br />This is also the first time I've heard of a ghost who slowly fades into an echo and then is gone. Learn something new everyday!<br /><br />The "ghostly portents" is something a lot of stories hang up, but the "room for one more" is the great twist you see repeated over and over. It really ratchets up the tension and gives our surrogate a good reason to flee!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522536908521187955.post-894945677075549482012-06-12T02:09:59.420-07:002012-06-12T02:09:59.420-07:00It seems all the awesome books I grew up with were...It seems all the awesome books I grew up with were made by Usborne. The 'All about ...' series was compiled into 'Mysteries Of The Unknown' - which I re-discovered last year.<br />http://marrowhouse.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/further-into-unknown.html<br /><br />This one is absolutely fantastic:<br />http://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Usborne-Hotshots-Caroline-Young/dp/0746025467/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339491685&sr=1-9Marrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848313072973179842noreply@blogger.com