Best Australian Ghost Stories: Spine-chilling tales of hauntings, apparitions and the unexplained

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Graham Seal

Best Australian Ghost Stories

Spine-chilling tales of hauntings, apparitions and the unexplained

Graham Seal

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Allen & Unwin
30 September 2025

Australasian & Pacific history; Unexplained phenomena & the paranormal

Have you ever seen, heard or felt something that cannot be rationally explained?

Australia is troubled by the departed spirits of convicts, bushrangers, drovers, nurses and miners. People have seen spectres in pubs, theatres, lighthouses, asylums, and by lonely waterholes.

There are locations in the bush that send a shiver down your spine, as well as some truly perplexing phenomena such as the Spirit Stones of Mayanup, Quinn's Light, the Guyra Ghost, the Humpty Doo haunting and the Min Min lights. Master storyteller Graham Seal recounts the sinister legends of ghost towns, blasted mines, and other ill-omened places. He has uncovered the histories behind the most haunted sites in Australia, our Bermuda Triangle, the convict era ghosts still troubling the Hawkesbury River, phantom ships, and gruesome unsolved crimes which have left unsettled spirits.

Uncanny experiences are regularly reported even by people who usually don't believe in such things. Whether they are real or not, our ghosts exist most powerfully in the stories we tell about them. We've been frightening ourselves with these yarns for a long time.

'Graham Seal has the knack of the storyteller' - Warren Fahey

'Ripper, fair-dinkum, true blue Aussie yarns.' The Weekly Times

By: Graham Seal
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9781761472107
ISBN 10: 1761472100
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Graham Seal is an award-winning biographer, songwriter and poet. He is the bestselling author of many books, including Australia's Greatest Stories, Great Convict Stories, Australia's Funniest Yarns, Great Australian Mysteries and Australia's Most Infamous Criminals. He is Emeritus Professor of Folklore at Curtin University and a leading expert on Australian cultural history.