Stranger Than Fiction: Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore

The volume gathers regional ghost stories, folklore, and personal experiences documenting hauntings, apparitions, corpse-candles and will-o'-the-wisps, fairies, wise men, witches, and family curses across several chapters. It combines collected eyewitness accounts, local traditions, and occasional commentary to trace recurring motifs—haunted houses, unexplained noises, spectral visitors, and boundary-marking omens—and considers possible explanations and cultural contexts. Episodes range from detailed household hauntings to brief notes on superstitions and remedies, often preserving dialectal beliefs and ritual practices. The collection foregrounds reportage and compilation, offering a survey of supernatural beliefs as lived and narrated in particular rural communities.