{"id":291,"date":"2018-03-16T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghpress.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=291"},"modified":"2023-10-17T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:40:21","slug":"parade-of-phantoms","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ghpress.com\/shop\/product\/parade-of-phantoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Parade of Phantoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Peter McCartney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Derry has long had a rich tradition of storytelling. For many years, fireside accounts of the mysterious and the macabre were commonplace in households throughout the city, enthralling and entertaining young and old alike.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the actual experiences and reminiscences of people from different parts of the city, these \u2018spirited\u2019 tales take the reader on a terrifying tour of the spectral spectrum \u2013 from creaking haunted houses and bloodcurdling noises in the dead of night, to wailing banshees and a parade of other ghostly encounters.<\/p>\n<p><em>Parade of Phantoms: Derry Ghostlore<\/em> by Peter McCartney is one of Derry\u2019s most sought-after ghostly collections. Updated, revised and illustrated throughout with ghoulish graphics and eerie imagery, these local tales of terror were resurrected by popular demand, exactly 20 years after they first rose from the page to terrify and entertain the local population of the city and its environs. This edition combines contemporary and traditional stories of malevolent spirits and classic horrible happenings including: Half-hanged McNaghten, The Headless Coachman, The Whispering Man, The Demon Bride, Old Foyle\u2019s Legacy, The Blacksmith and the Devil, Banshee Tales, Nightmare on Nelson Street and the Insidious Intruder.<\/p>\n<p>The mature reader may well reminisce on the thrill of hushed family gatherings listening to softly spoken spine-chilling tales. The younger reader may well experience a frisson of surprise at the nature and extent of the malevolent manifestations and sinister shenanigans occurring in this city \u2013 but then again, maybe not! The more discerning reader may well even identify a few uncanny similarities between eerie instances portrayed in some of these stories and eerie instances portrayed in some classic horror films \u2013 all the more remarkable given that these tales predate the movie counterparts!<\/p>\n<p>Where there is no imagination, there is no horror. <em>Arthur Conan Doyle<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some stories from the book have been recreated as part of an audiobook. <a href=\"https:\/\/ghpress.com\/shop\/parade-of-phantoms-audiobook\/\">Click here<\/a> to listen now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter McCartney Derry has long had a rich tradition of storytelling. For many years, fireside accounts of the mysterious and the macabre were commonplace in households throughout the city, enthralling and entertaining young and old alike. 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