Project Gutenberg 2014-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 309 Carrington, Hereward 1880 1959 Carington, Hereward 15025967 True Ghost Stories E-text prepared by eagkw, Robert Cicconetti, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "True Ghost Stories" by Hereward Carrington is a collection of allegedly real ghost stories and accounts of supernatural experiences written in the early 20th century. The work compiles authentic and well-documented instances of ghostly phenomena, aiming to present not mundane fiction but narratives grounded in investigative findings from psychical research. Carrington, an advocate for the study of psychical phenomena, uses this collection to explore various theories regarding the existence and nature of ghosts, as well as the human experiences associated with such encounters. The opening of the text delves into the concept of ghosts, discussing their historical prevalence across cultures and the instinctive human fear of the dark. The author introduces various cases that illustrate the fear and fascination associated with ghostly appearances, such as a personal account wherein an apparition snuffs out a light in the protagonist's bedroom, leaving them in total darkness and terror. Carrington also reflects on the nature of apparitions, suggesting that many ghostly experiences can be understood through recent scientific theories, including telepathy and hallucinations. Overall, the beginning serves to set the groundwork for a deeper inquiry into the mysteries of the supernatural, piquing the reader's interest in the scientifically grounded exploration that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44625/44625-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Ghosts BF Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 363233 2025-07-18T06:34:40.975301 text/html 353358 2024-10-23T22:08:21 text/html 260389 2025-07-18T06:34:46.465250 application/epub+zip 262421 2025-07-18T06:34:42.131273 application/epub+zip 205529 2025-07-18T06:34:41.562263 application/epub+zip 366540 2025-07-18T06:34:49.869210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334242 2025-07-18T06:34:45.868239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277986 2022-09-20T11:16:22.342304 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315611 2025-07-18T06:34:40.380293 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 295678 2024-10-23T22:08:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17148 2025-07-18T06:34:50.000230 application/rdf+xml 10030 2025-07-18T06:34:41.649258 image/jpeg 1841 2025-07-18T06:34:41.606258 image/jpeg 240839 2025-07-18T06:34:41.009253 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia