Taking its name from the notorious Cock Lane ghost of Georgian London, this book asks what anthropology should make of apparitions, haunted houses, crystal-gazing, second sight and the spirit-rapping of savage and ancient peoples. Lang examines ghosts in courts of law, a modern witchcraft trial and Presbyterian ghost hunters with scholarship and a dry wit.
Lang, better known for his coloured Fairy Books, makes a sceptical but open-minded and very readable guide to psychical lore. Download the free EPUB.