Malcolm Day is a writer and editor, specialising in books about religions, mythology and English social history. He is the author of Voices from the World of Jane Austen, published by David & Charles, and was an editor on the Reader's Digest team that produced the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Britain. He has three children and lives near Dartmoor in Devon.

Contents to include:; Tales and trivia surrounding famous ghosts such as the chilling tale of the Annie Chapman, Jack the Ripper's second victim; Facts about literary ghosts that appear in fiction such as Shakespeare's Hamlet; The haunted halls of the infamous Chelsea Hotel in New York; Fascintaing facts about haunted houses, ships, railways and castles.