The Best of Tom Slemen volume 1

Spooky tales are not just a contemporary phenomenon - there are several ghosts mentioned in the Old Testament.

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In the course of a person's lifetime, the chances of encountering a ghost are surprisingly high. The world is not what we think it is. The individuals whose experiences you are about to hear know that only too well, since nothing in their lives had prepared them for their encounters with things that are not supposed to happen - but did! Events like these remain hidden because those they happen to are afraid to speak out of a natural reluctance to have their sincerity or sanity questioned.

Societies define their own realities and those who challenge them do so at their own peril. The moral seems to be that where these kinds of events are concerned, ignorance is the best policy. Thirty-one strange, but true tales to make your flesh creep, to intrigue you, and to give you sleepless nights - all from the pen of Tom Slemen, one of England's top writers and researchers of all things supernatural. Amongst the 31 tales, you will hear about the bizarre, but terrifying creature who terrorised people in Victorian times in Liverpool's Pellew Street.

Man, beast, or some freak of nature hybrid? There are the usual mundane books about regurgitated mysteries, and there are books such as Strange Mysteries which boldly delve into the more offbeat mysteries of history, as well as mysteries of crime, space, and time. Within this amazing collection of 65 mysteries you will read of the mysterious Zodiac Killer who terrorized the West Coast of the United States in the s - who was he? Could a new scientific breakthrough finally unmask Zodiac?

Italian director Nicolo Funelli's lost film comes alive when the maven of the macabre is released after 20 years of VHS imprisonment. A used delivery van causes Katie and Gavin's life to take an unimaginable wrong turn into very dark territory. A teen orphan with a unique ability is held captive in a secret government lab, forced to submit to their whims. Vacationers become a grotesque part of the Easter festivities in a small English town. Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal team up on this unprecedented and intellectually vibrant new framing of inexplicable events and experiences.

Rather than merely document the anomalous, these authors - one the man who popularized alien abduction and the other a renowned scholar - deliver a fast-paced and exhilarating study of why the supernatural is neither fantasy nor fiction but a vital and authentic aspect of life. Just beyond the shadows, in the twilight space between life and death, lies the place where ghosts, demons, and otherworldly horrors tread.

For most people this place is something to be encountered only in their worst nightmares, but for Ed and Lorraine Warren, it is home. As the founders of the New England Society of Psychic Research, the Warrens are the world's most renowned experts in the paranormal, investigating thousands of supernatural events in their long, spectacular careers. And now, in this remarkable audiobook, their story can finally be told. Prepare yourself for a walk through history as you will meet many seasoned ghosts from the past that have been haunting communities for centuries.

You are about to meet quite a number of ghosts from all over the country and they will change your views on life and death. It couldn't be that all souls remain here after they die or else our streets would be lined with the souls of our dearly departed and ghostly pranks and other inexplicable occurrences would not be so unusual at all.

Welcome to the third volume of Tales from the Weird by one of England's top cult writers on the supernatural - Tom Slemen. In this disturbing but thought-provoking book, you will hear about real-life paranormal nightmares set in places ranging from Liverpool to Los Angeles, Alaska to Australia, and New York to New Brighton. Ghosts, ghouls, witches, spectres, demons, the Grim Reaper, vampires, leprechauns, the Devil, as well as a host of other supernatural beings - along with the odd unsolved murder thrown in for good measure — all to be found within the pages of this unique first volume of Tom Slemen's work.

Thirty-six stories that will haunt your mind and delight your dark side, all from the pen of one of England's greatest writers on the supernatural — Tom Slemen. Read about the baffling mystery of Old Swan's Mass Grave — was it a cover-up by the authorities? Be thrilled by the creepy history of Springheeled Jack, and dwell morbidly on the nature of the real-life vampires such as Golgon, Araminta and Manilu.

Learn about the elusive but deadly enchanting Elvi of Sefton Park, and of the murderess who danced with her hangman at a Victorian ball. Savour the exciting witchcraft wars that centred on the Swan Inn, and unravel the identity of the mastercriminal who killed Julia Wallace in and left generations of professional and armchair detectives perplexed by his method of slaying without a trace.

As with all anthologies the stories are either hit or miss. Not sure if they are based on actual events but they play out that way. Nicholas does a good job narrating this and I enjoyed his voices for the different characters. The one thing I would say about this book with respect to narration is that it was more like someone was telling you a story as if you were sitting around a campfire. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

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Some of the stories in this collection were very compelling, in my opinion. I felt that the stories in the second half of the book were generally stronger than the stories in the first half of the book. Mission accomplished for this book, then!

On the other hand, some of the stories were frustrating to listen to, usually for one of the following three reasons: First, they weren't what I'd consider to be ghost or paranormal stories. Others sound more like essays e. These entries weren't necessarily bad, but they didn't fit with the overall theme of the book - my opinion is that they might fit better in a different themed book. The front cover image associated with this audiobook implies! Second, the author seems to be better at setting up stories than concluding them, and for some stories the writing style was almost juvenile 'Marriage Made in Hell' and 'A Picture of Evil' come to mind.

These stories maybe should have been edited more? The tone of the narration didn't help, which leads me to my third point Third, the narration didn't really work for me. Some reviewers here seemed to like the narrator, while others didn't, so I suppose it's a matter of preference. For me, I don't necessarily think a narrator is bad, it's more like the narrator's style doesn't fit the genre or writing style of the book itself like a 'right person-wrong time' bad romance. My personal opinion is that a narration for ghost paranormal books shouldn't be overly dramatic unless it's a book meant for youngsters.

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I think that maybe some of these stories would have resonated more with me if the narrator had tweaked his style a wee bit and let the words pack the punch rather than the tone of voice. I won't totally blame the narrator, though. The sinister old extractor of Huyton It'll be lonely this Christmas. A ghost on Daulby Street. Who was the mysterious Santa? Ghostly female visits after dark. A curious old story of the Carnarvon Castle Pub. Love can cross centuries.

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When the Ninja Struck in Liverpool. Children asked for help from the unborn. The Green Eye of the Mersey. The Eerie Flying Nun. Some of the stories in this collection were very compelling, in my opinion. I felt that the stories in the second half of the book were generally stronger than the stories in the first half of the book. Mission accomplished for this book, then! On the other hand, some of the stories were frustrating to listen to, usually for one of the following three reasons: First, they weren't what I'd consider to be ghost or paranormal stories.

Others sound more like essays e. These entries weren't necessarily bad, but they didn't fit with the overall theme of the book - my opinion is that they might fit better in a different themed book. The front cover image associated with this audiobook implies! Second, the author seems to be better at setting up stories than concluding them, and for some stories the writing style was almost juvenile 'Marriage Made in Hell' and 'A Picture of Evil' come to mind.

These stories maybe should have been edited more? The tone of the narration didn't help, which leads me to my third point Third, the narration didn't really work for me. Some reviewers here seemed to like the narrator, while others didn't, so I suppose it's a matter of preference. For me, I don't necessarily think a narrator is bad, it's more like the narrator's style doesn't fit the genre or writing style of the book itself like a 'right person-wrong time' bad romance.

My personal opinion is that a narration for ghost paranormal books shouldn't be overly dramatic unless it's a book meant for youngsters. I think that maybe some of these stories would have resonated more with me if the narrator had tweaked his style a wee bit and let the words pack the punch rather than the tone of voice.

I won't totally blame the narrator, though.

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Short stories can be challenging for readers like me to emotionally engage with, because there's no time for character or plot development. Some of my favourite audiobooks see my other reviews here on audible are ones where I perceive a synergy between the narrator and the author - the words and the voice align with the mental imagery that I'm building in my mind as I listen to an audiobook. For some of the better stories here, I was able to get into that zone. For some of the other stories, not so much. Anyway, those are my two cents. I provided this review in exchange for a free copy of the audiobook, and I thank the author and the narrator or whoever for giving me an opportunity to listen to it free of charge.

There were quite a number of stories in this collection, some were very good others not so good. The good stories, and there were several; were genuinely creepy and definitely worth listening to. The narrator did a good job of building suspense and creating the right atmosphere for many of the stories. Overall a good collection of short spooky tales, definitely worth your time if short fiction is your thing.

As is often the case with collections such as these, some stories fall a bit flat and some are incredible fun to hear. I'd recommend this collection to readers who enjoy a good ghost story. There's also some interesting background on Liverpool, England in this book, which I found fascinating. I only gave this 3. From the cover of the book and the genre classification in Audible, I was expecting a collection of creepy ghost stories. But all the stories in this book are not ghost stories.

A good number of them are crime stories, with no supernatural elements. A few of those were good stories by themselves, but they don't fit in this collection. And since I wasn't in a mindset for such stories while listening to this audiobook, I wasn't able to enjoy them. There ARE a few good creepy stories in this book, that genuinely creep you out.