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Best Australian Ghost Stories

Spine-chilling tales of hauntings, apparitions and the unexplained
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Have you ever seen, heard or felt something that cannot be rationally explained? Australia is troubled by the departed spirits of convicts, bushrangers, drovers, nurses and miners. People have seen spectres in pubs, theatres, lighthouses, asylums, and by lonely waterholes. There are locations in the bush... Read More
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Best Australian Ghost Stories

Australia's master storyteller uncovers stories of hauntings and uncanny events in the bush and in our towns - and maybe in your own neighbourhood too.

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Have you ever seen, heard or felt something that cannot be rationally explained?

Australia is troubled by the departed spirits of convicts, bushrangers, drovers, nurses and miners. People have seen spectres in pubs, theatres, lighthouses, asylums, and by lonely waterholes.

There are locations in the bush that send a shiver down your spine, as well as some truly perplexing phenomena such as the Spirit Stones of Mayanup, Quinn’s Light, the Guyra Ghost, the Humpty Doo haunting and the Min Min lights. Master storyteller Graham Seal recounts the sinister legends of ghost towns, blasted mines, and other ill-omened places. He has uncovered the histories behind the most haunted sites in Australia, our Bermuda Triangle, the convict era ghosts still troubling the Hawkesbury River, phantom ships, and gruesome unsolved crimes which have left unsettled spirits.

Uncanny experiences are regularly reported even by people who usually don't believe in such things. Whether they are real or not, our ghosts exist most powerfully in the stories we tell about them. We've been frightening ourselves with these yarns for a long time.

'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' - Warren Fahey

'Ripper, fair-dinkum, true blue Aussie yarns.' The Weekly Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761472107

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Graham Seal is an award-winning biographer, songwriter and poet. He is the bestselling author of many books, including Australia's Greatest Stories, Great Convict Stories, Australia's Funniest Yarns, Great Australian Mysteries and Australia's Most Infamous Criminals. He is Emeritus Professor of Folklore at Curtin University and a leading expert on Australian cultural history.

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