Whether a grand palace or stately home, small family property or majestic ruin, Britain and Ireland are teeming with houses that have resident ghosts and phantoms. Renowned spectre-seeker Richard Jones has scoured the Kingdom and the Emerald Isle searching for the most haunted properties that are open to the public, be they city hotels, grand National Trust properties or small country houses. From a giggling girl and cigar smoke in Cornwall to a ghostly lion and a green lady in Scotland, Richard reveals, explains and delights in the tales of the unexplained sights, sounds and smells that visitors to these abodes may encounter, be they sceptic or ghost-hunter.This authoritative and entertaining guide to over 100 haunted houses is handsomely designed and illustrated throughout with chilling photographs and maps of each region. The address and telephone number of each house is included.