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True horror stories
By Deary, Terry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-14038-225-9
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1997
Gr 5-Up The nine "full-length" accounts in True Ghost Stories include familiar tales of "The Flying Dutchman" and "The Cock Lane Ghost" (poltergeist fraud) as well as several stories of apparitions and hauntings from England, Scotland, Wales, and Australia. "Ghostly Thoughts" at each story's end propose rational explanations for the phenomena. In True Horror Stories, Burke and Hare turn from newly dead to freshly killed bodies to increase their profits from sales to Scottish physi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
