Unique Ghostly Tales and How They Came to Be: Tales from Here and There
BEHIND EVERY GHOST STORY IS ANOTHER STORY: WHERE IT CAME FROM.
Why do certain places become haunted? How does a strange encounter turn into a legend told for generations? And why do cultures around the world have such remarkably different ways of explaining the things that go bump in the night?
Unique Ghostly Tales and How They Came to Be goes beyond simply telling ghost stories. Emily Barton explores eerie encounters, haunted places, unexplained phenomena, and the fascinating history and folklore behind the tales themselves.
Travel across continents and through centuries of supernatural tradition, encountering restless spirits, apparitions, poltergeists, ancestral ghosts, mysterious hauntings, and legends born from some of the world's most intriguing cultures. Along the way, discover the history, beliefs, curious facts, and occasional scientific explanations that helped shape the stories people still tell today.
Some are creepy. Some are strange. Some are surprisingly funny. And some may leave you wondering whether every ghost story can really be explained.
Blending history, folklore, culture, mystery, science, and the supernatural, this is more than a collection of ghost stories. It's an entertaining journey into why we tell them, where they came from, and why they refuse to disappear.
Turn the page and enter the unknown. Just don't expect every mystery to have an answer.
That is the one I'd put into IngramSpark's Description field. It differentiates Unique nicely from Irresistible: Irresistible sells the fun of the ghost stories; Unique sells the stories AND the fascinating origins behind them.
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