*The Supernatural Murders* is an intriguing collection of 13 true-crime stories with a common link. The murders are recounted by well-known writers including Bram Stoker, Edmund Pearson, Rayner Heppenstall and Jonathan Goodman. The anthology includes the mysterious slaying of Charles Walton, who was found slashed and pierced to death in an area notorious for its associations with black magic; the murder of Eric Tombe, whose body was located because of a recurring dream in which his mother saw Eric down a well; the terrorising of Hammersmith, London, in the early 19th century by the nocturnal appearance of a 'ghost': the Salem witchcraft trials; the murder of Rasputin, who was believed by some in Russia to be a miracle worker and by others to be a dangerous charlatan; a Scottish tale in which evidence given by the ghost of the victim was allowed at the murderer's trial; and bizarre goings-on at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York, where a man had murdered his entire family - the new occupants were subjected to all manner of sinister events, including the presence of poltergeists - or were they? *The Supernatural Murders* will capture the imagination of devotees of true-crime and the occult.