{"product_id":"9781805221487","title":"How to Build a Haunted House : The History of a Cultural Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Baines, Caitlin Blackwell \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/10\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages, chapter ornaments,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781805221487,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you have what it takes to cross the threshold?Crumbling turrets, crenelated walls, creaking floorboards. We all know a haunted house when we see - or feel - one. That creeping sense of wrongness. An icy shiver stealing down the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut why do certain structures set this super-sensory alarm bell jangling, while others leave us unmoved? Can a house be purpose-built to be haunted? And does a building need a bloody legacy to set the skin tingling?Tiptoe through the haunted gallery at Hampton Court Palace, encounter the spectral residents of Chillingham Castle and lose yourself in the labyrinthine layout of Winchester Mystery House as Caitlin Blackwell Baines unravels the psyche, the history and the folkloric fabrication that make a haunted house take on a life of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter if you dare...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56038736101749,"sku":"9781805221487","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781805221487.jpg?v=1759391810","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781805221487","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}