Scottish Ghost Stories

Elliott O'Donnell

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Title: Scottish Ghost Stories

Author: Elliott O'Donnell

Release Date: December 7, 2006 [EBook #20034]

Language: English







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SCOTTISH GHOST STORIES




BY

ELLIOTT O'DONNELL

AUTHOR OF
"SOME HAUNTED HOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES"
"HAUNTED HOUSES OF LONDON" "GHOSTLY PHENOMENA"
"TRUE GHOST STORIES" "DREAMS AND THEIR MEANINGS"
ETC. ETC.








LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD. 1911




CASE PAGE
I.THE DEATH BOGLE OF THE CROSS ROADS, AND THE INEXTINGUISHABLE CANDLE OF THE OLD WHITE HOUSE, PITLOCHRY1
II.THE TOP ATTIC IN PRINGLE'S MANSION, EDINBURGH25
III.THE BOUNDING FIGURE OF "—— HOUSE," NEAR BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, EDINBURGH41
IV.JANE OF GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH55
V.THE SALLOW-FACED WOMAN OF NO. — FORREST ROAD, EDINBURGH69
VI.THE PHANTOM REGIMENT OF KILLIECRANKIE91
VII."PEARLIN' JEAN" OF ALLANBANK105
VIII.THE DRUMMER OF CORTACHY117
IX.THE ROOM BEYOND. AN ACCOUNT OF THE HAUNTINGS OF HENNERSLEY, NEAR AYR135
X."—— HOUSE," NEAR BLYTHSWOOD SQUARE, GLASGOW. THE HAUNTED BATH159
XI.THE CHOKING GHOST OF "—— HOUSE," NEAR SANDYFORD PLACE, GLASGOW173
XII.THE GREY PIPER AND THE HEAVY COACH OF DONALDGOWERIE HOUSE, PERTH189
XIII.THE FLOATING HEAD OF THE BENRACHETT INN, NEAR THE PERTH ROAD, DUNDEE211
XIV.THE HAUNTINGS OF "—— HOUSE," IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE GREAT WESTERN ROAD, ABERDEEN225
XV.THE WHITE LADY OF ROWNAM AVENUE, NEAR STIRLING237
XVI.THE GHOST OF THE HINDOO CHILD, OR THE HAUNTINGS OF THE WHITE DOVE HOTEL, NEAR ST. SWITHIN'S STREET, ABERDEEN251
XVII.GLAMIS CASTLE263