Gloucestershire Ghost Tales

Whether it’s white ladies, old ladies, monks, miners, blacksmiths, beggars, or bears, horses, hounds, priests, or poltergeists, unwilling brides or all too willing femmes fatales, Dark Age warriors, Roundhead troopers, or phantom narrowboats, Gloucestershire’s hidden places are seething with spooks. Anthony Nanson and Kirsty Hartsiotis imaginatively bring to life 20 of the creepiest and most engaging ghost stories from all over Gloucestershire—from the Forest, Severn Vale, and Cotswolds, the Upper Thames, and Bristol. Enjoy them on the page on a dark and stormy night, or tell them yourself to freak out your friends.

Anthony Nanson and Kirsty Hartsiotis are popular Stroud-based storytellers. Separately and together in their company Fire Springs, they have performed widely in Britain and beyond. Anthony teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University and is the author of a number of books including Gloucestershire Folk Tales. Kirsty is the author of Wiltshire Folk Tales and Suffolk Folk Tales and combines storytelling and writing with work as Curator of Decorative Arts at The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum in Cheltenham.