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Caius Blackwell

The Dead Do Not Knock Once

Caius Blackwell

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English
Black Bell Books
12 May 2026
Parapsychological studies; Psychic powers & psychic phenomena; Chakras, auras & spiritual energy; Unexplained phenomena & the paranormal; Ghosts & poltergeists
The dead seldom begin with words. They begin with sound.

A knock in the wall. A rap beneath the floorboards. Three sharp blows in the dark when no living hand is near.

The Dead Do Not Knock Once is a gripping nonfiction history of one of the oldest and most unsettling forms of haunting: the mysterious sounds said to come from the dead. From death knocks in old folklore to the birth of modern Spiritualism, from the Fox sisters at Hydesville to table rapping séances, from Epworth Rectory and Cideville to the Enfield poltergeist, this book follows the strange, documented history of knocks, rappings, coded messages, and noisy ghosts across centuries.

This is a book about the sounds that made families afraid to sleep, drew investigators into impossible rooms, helped create a religious movement, and forced serious researchers to ask whether a house could answer back.

Inside you will discover:

- The old folklore of death knocks, spirit warnings, and haunted thresholds

- The Hydesville rappings and the rise of the Fox sisters

- The séance table, coded knocks, and the alphabet of the dead

- Historic poltergeist cases including Epworth, Cideville, Borley, and Enfield

- The role of fraud, grief, belief, scepticism, and psychical research

- Why knocking phenomena appear so often in haunted house reports

- How ordinary domestic sound became one of the most powerful symbols of the supernatural

This is not a ghost hunting manual. It is a documented journey into the strange borderland where folklore, evidence, fear, and human longing meet.

For readers of haunted history, Spiritualism, psychical research, true ghost accounts, folklore, and serious paranormal nonfiction, The Dead Do Not Knock Once opens the door to a history where the dead do not appear first as visions.

They knock.
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Imprint:   Black Bell Books
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   186g
ISBN:   9798235393509
Pages:   132
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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