How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession by Caitlin Blackwell Baines #foliosociety but present

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Honor is sheltering with her sister at her Cornish estate

How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession by Caitlin Blackwell Baines #foliosociety but presentWhat makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the particular features, contexts and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of haunted house? How to Build a Haunted House tours some of the world's most famously spine chilling structures in search of answers. From Medieval Scotland to