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The year is 1798 and it is known that Napoleon is putting a fleet and army together to attack Egypt, from where he might be able to threaten and even attack India to join with Tipu Sahib the ruler of Mysore, a known ally of the French. A British fleet under Admiral Nelson is hoping to intercept him but there is no word of their progress. Merriman has been ordered to take the Treasury Agent Mr Grahame to Bombay where their orders are to help The East India Company protect their shipping from pirates and also to find out how far Tipu’s naval building has progressed.

Tom Slemen does it yet again...in his Haunted Liverpool 19, the extraordinary writer and researcher brings us another volume of strange, mystifying, and downright bizarre tales of the unknown and the supernatural. In this spine-chilling book you will hear of a zombie army, a creepy cannibalistic entity who lives behind the walls of a house off Liverpool's Oxford Street, a reaper-like apparition which stalked two security guards at a factory in Fazakerley, the phantom monks of Childwall who dragged a young woman from her bed, and more.

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 36—another volume of extraordinary strange but true stories from the files of Tom Slemen, the internationally known and respected investigator of the unknown and the supernatural. In this latest addition in the cult series of Haunted Liverpool books, you will listen about the security guard on his night-time rounds who was tempted to join three entities disguised as beautiful beguiling women, and you will also learn what happened to a poor couple who could not afford to marry when they entered a very unusual wedding gowns shop in St John’s Precinct.

Welcome to the long-awaited Haunted Liverpool 27 - which contains over 40 stories of the uncanny and the downright weird; a collection of strange, terrifying, and even romantic tales by Tom Slemen, one of England's premier writers and researchers of all things supernatural.

Charlie Haynes is an aging ex-detective, working unsolved cases. Obsessed with cleanliness and order, Charlie is a loner who trades on his experience of grisly crimes, and struggles to maintain a relationship with his adult daughter. When three teenagers are murdered in a public cemetery, the ritualistic killings show similarities to one of Charlie’s old investigations: a savage serial killer who targeted the members of a notorious Traveller family, the Boswells.

It is said that a man is grown by his past, and so it was with William Brewer. Before he took command of HMS Defiant in a hurricane and before he hunted pirates in HMS Revenge, Brewer endured a crucible of fire that molded him into the legend he became. Fresh from the tutelage of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena, Brewer signs on for a cruise under Captain Bush in HMS Lydia to the Mediterranean to battle the Barbary Pirates.

Welcome to the third volume of Tales from the Weird by one of England's top cult writers on the supernatural - Tom Slemen. In this disturbing but thought-provoking book, you will hear about real-life paranormal nightmares set in places ranging from Liverpool to Los Angeles, Alaska to Australia, and New York to New Brighton.

After gaining valuable experience as an aide to Governor Lord Horatio Hornblower, William Brewer is rewarded with a posting as first lieutenant on the frigate HMS Defiant, bound for American waters. Early in their travels, it seems as though Brewer’s greatest challenge will be evading the wrath of a tyrannical captain who has taken an active dislike to him. But when a hurricane sweeps away the captain, the young lieutenant is forced to assume command of the damaged ship, and a crew suffering from low morale.

It is always an event when Tom publishes a new book and this one is definitely no exception. In this chilling volume of more than 30 chapters - with many chapters containing more than one story - you will meet the Faceless Bride of Lime Street and you will also be introduced to Anfield’s unknown ghostly woman before visiting the creepy establishment known as The Devil’s Arms, where everything is just too good to be true. You will not find the usual hackneyed stories of supernatural cliché in this volume.

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 28, another dazzling collection of supernatural stories by Tom Slemen, arguably England’s greatest writer on the paranormal. In this exceptional audiobook, you will hear about Liverpool’s mysterious third cathedral - dedicated to Mother Nature - which appears and disappears in the mists of time, and you will also encounter a timid man who was possessed by the spirit of an ancient king via an antique chess set. These are just some of the tales of terror, intrigue, and the unknown which you will find in Haunted Liverpool 28!

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 35—another volume of strange, sinister but always intriguing and fascinating stories from cult writer Tom Slemen, and within this enthralling book of over 50 stories, you will hear of ghosts, vampires, witches, occultists, time-travelers, immortals, and faeries, plus many other unfathomable entities. Some of the eerie accounts include a strange green mirror which rejuvenates those look into it and the frightening tale of an Irishman who trusted a lovely old woman with huge blue eyes to mind his baby, allowing him to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.

Once again, legendary researcher and investigator of the supernatural Tom Slemen brings you a chilling yet thought-provoking collection of 50 tales of the paranormal in Haunted Liverpool 23, and in this eagerly awaited audiobook you will be introduced to the sinister “Cosmic Joker,” who has a cruel and deadly sense of humour, and the joke is always on you as he flouts the laws of probability and stacks the odds against you in a terrifying way. Plus, hear more stories about Liverpool's paranormal phenomena.

Welcome to the latest audiobook by the globally renowned investigator of the supernatural Tom Slemen, a man whose very name is synonymous with some of the greatest ghost stories in the world, and this audiobook is packed with some very strange and mystifying stories that range from the sad story of a lovable 1920's flapper named Lulu - who later becomes a psychopathic razor-wielding ghost - to a wannabe television extra who is tempted with Hollywood stardom - if he can just behead a loved one.

The year is 1840. Twenty-three years ago, Horatio Lord Hornblower was governor of the island of St. Helena and hailer to its only prisoner, Napoleon Bonaparte. First mutual respect, and later shared tragedy, forged a clandestine friendship between the two men. Now King Louis Philippe of France has requested that the remains of the late emperor be returned, and Queen Victoria has granted that request. The French have also requested that the former-Governor Lord Hornblower attend the exhumation as the official British representative.

The year is 1793 and Captain James Abel Merriman has been sent to the West Indies as Captain of His Majesty’s sloop Aphrodite. Once again seconded to Mr. Grahame of the Revenue Service and under orders of Lord Stevenage of the Treasury Service, they are to discover French and Spanish activities across the islands which will decide their future actions. England's oldest enemy France - now under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte - is in the throes of the revolution and also is at war with Austria and the Netherlands. At this point in history - February 1793 - France declares war on England.

Recalled home from the West Indies, Lieutenant James Merriman is promoted to the rank of Post Captain and given command of the frigate "Lord Stevenage." It is known that the French are amassing an army and a fleet to invade Ireland and join with Irish rebels. If it succeeds, then England will be ringed by enemy countries under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte, and only the navy stands between France and England.

Admiral Horatio Hornblower has given Commander William Brewer captaincy of the captured pirate sloop El Dorado. Now under sail as the HMS Revenge, its new name suits Brewer's frame of mind perfectly. He lost many of his best men in the engagement that seized the ship, and his new orders are to hunt down the pirates who have been ravaging the trade routes of the Caribbean sea. But Brewer will face more than one challenge before he can confront the pirate known as El Diabolito.

Welcome to the thirty-seventh volume of Haunted Liverpool, written by Tom Slemen, a cult author and one of the world’s most respected researchers in the realm of the supernatural. In this long-awaited book, Tom presents a variety of spine-chilling stories about ghosts, werewolves, vampires, demons, doppelgangers, terrifying abductors, dream entities, faeries, witches, timeslips, baffling curses, and frightening predictions about the future of the UK, among many other accounts of the unknown.

Welcome to Haunted Liverpool 18 - an amazing book that leaves other works on the supernatural light years behind. Once again, that master of mystery and the supernatural, Tom Slemen, takes us on a tour of the Liverpool nobody knows; a Haunted Liverpool in which you will be confronted with such creatures as the child vampire Amelia, who haunts a house in Norris Green, and the Werewolf of Abercromby Square which terrorized two security guards...

The world has crumbled, and the dead walk the Earth, but all is not lost. A group of survivors, led by weary veterinarian Anna and gruff loner Garfield, seek salvation at an abandoned pier where the dead can’t reach them. It's a place they might be able to call home, but then again, nowhere is truly safe. The dead are everywhere but aren't the only threat. Other people survived the apocalypse, and when an injured man turns up at the pier, it sets into motion a terrible chain of events. The world may have changed, but people haven’t.