Halloween Folklore and Ghost Stories

Brice Stratford

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Halloween Folklore and Ghost Stories

Halloween Folklore and Ghost Stories

Brice Stratford

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Description

Halloween. The night when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest.

When ghosts walk and corpses writhe, and innocent souls had best beware. Storyteller Brice Stratford takes you on a wild and witchy ride, fascinating and unnerving in equal measure, through the twists and turns of Allhallowstide, and the forgotten history of Halloween and the wider Hallowmas season, with ghost stories, ancestor worship, bone fires, otherworld pixies, Pagan belief and archaic, Christian mythology along the way. Revealed chapter by chapter are the tales and lore that lurk beneath the tricks and treats we know so well, and the ancient flame that keeps the Jack O'Lantern lit. Light the candles, lock the doors, and prepare to be unsettled. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin.

About the Author

A storyteller, historian, folklorist and actor-director, Brice Stratford runs the Owle Schreame theatre company, specializing in obscure historical productions and research as practice. Past work has focused on the British ritual year, and the folk drama and storytelling traditions associated with the seasons. A regular fixture at folk and fright events across the country, he has published two other books, New Forest Myths and Folklore and Anglo-Saxon Myths: The Struggle for the Seven Kingdoms, and writes regularly on culture, history, architecture and the arts for the Critic, the Spectator, the British Theatre Guide and Apollo.

Critical Reviews

Halloween Folklore and Ghost Stories by Brice Stratford is the first book to focus on the historic British Halloween tradition from which the modern American Halloween has grown and is the top book in the 2024 Halloween Book Festival

Publishing Information

Publisher: History Press
Pub date: 2025-08-26
Length: 192 pages

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