Underwood, Peter

Peter Underwood is an author, broadcaster, para-psychologist and expert in the paranormal, often described as the world’s leading ghost-hunter. He is the author of forty-six books on the paranormal and other subjects and has edited numerous anthologies of ghost stories. He is a veteran television broadcaster and internationally renowned paranormal investigator, described as “representing the middle ground between scepticism and belief”. His books include the definitive Dictionary of the Occult and Supernatural (1981), Jack the Ripper – 100 Years of Mystery (1987), Death in Hollywood – the lives, loves and deaths of Hollywood’s greatest stars (1992), Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places (1997), Borley Postscript (2001) and more recently, a series of regional ghost guides focused on supernatural happenings in the South-West of England. He is also the long-standing President of the Ghost Club Society (founded 1851), and a Member of the Savage Club since 1966. Recent books: Ghosts of Dorset (Bossiney: 2006) A-Z of British Ghosts (Bounty: 2002) Ghostly Encounters South-West (Bossiney: 2002) Borley Postscript (White House: 2001)