Publisher's Synopsis
7 Tales of the Paranormal:1: Lady of the Forest - On the 3rd of September 1939 a German truck convoy reached Czestochowa, and the following morning it entered the Pauline Monastery at Jasna Góra and took possession of a holy relic, the Black Madonna. It was to be transported directly to Berlin - the convoy never reached its destination.2: The Sign of the Cross - it is estimated that the Catholic Church is responsible for the abduction of up to 300,000 babies in Spain alone. This unholy act, sanctioned by the Vatican, did not end after General Franco's death in 1975, but continued through to the 1990s - this is the story of one young man's search for his abducted, new born, baby brother - with unexpected and dire consequences.3: Beneath the Waters - history does not accurately record how many women and children were slaughtered by the Catholic Church, but estimates range from 100,000 to possibly even 2 Million - it was during those dark days that a mother and daughter were slaughtered at the hands of a Witchfinder General, one was drowned, the other burned alive at the stake - but their spirits never left, now they have re-emerged to exact their revenge.4: Mélusine - the last Magdalene Laundry closed in 1996. Though they were predominantly in Ireland, a few existed in England. From the 18th century these institutions incarcerated over 30,000 young women and girls - this is the story of one young girl's incarceration in one of these institutions and the horrors she had to endure, until she decided to take matters into her own hands and the truth of her incarceration emerges, with devastating results.5: The Boleskine House - once owned and occupied by the satanist and occultist Aleister Crowley; it is documented that he carried numerous rituals within its walls. So when a musician, his girlfriend and two studio operators decide to use the location to record a new album and celebrate Christmas; little did they know that during one particular ritual an evil entity was evoked and was never sent back.6: The Divine Flame - based on true events, a family in a dilapidated council estate, is terrorized by a restless spirit searching to exact retaliation on those responsible for its death.7: The Glebe - what is mutilating and savagely killing victims in the woods of a small sleepy village? A small team sets out to discover the cause, what they find and what they discover, will shake the very foundation of their own fears.
