Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest

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Pub Date 30 Nov 2018 | Archive Date 10 Jan 2019

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Blissful beginnings for a young couple turn into a nightmare after purchasing their dream home in Wales in 1989. Their love and their resolve are torn apart by an indescribable entity that pushes paranormal activity to the limit. Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is the prequel to the bestselling A Most Haunted House.

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Blissful beginnings for a young couple turn into a nightmare after purchasing their dream home in Wales in 1989. Their love and their resolve are torn apart by an indescribable entity that pushes...


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G.L. Davies is the author of the bestselling A Most Haunted House. He is the founder of the popular webcast The Paranormal Chronicles Network on YouTube, presenting shows with Dave Dominguez on a number of Paranormal subjects. He became sole owner of Pembrokeshire's premier paranormal website, Pembrokeshire Beyond, in January 2015. 

G.L. Davies is the author of the bestselling A Most Haunted House. He is the founder of the popular webcast The Paranormal Chronicles Network on YouTube, presenting shows with Dave Dominguez on a...


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Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest kept my unswerving attention from the first page to the last. I looked forward to reading it each day and night; I shared my findings with whoever would listen until at times they complained of goosebumps. When I originally found the title, through sheer luck, by looking up what I might find in the horror category, I did not realize this work is nonfiction. Honestly, that made the reading far more gripping for me. I find G.L. Davies to be a highly intelligent person/researcher and writer, and I can empathize with his doubting whether he has not been cursed by this dark house.

Besides feeling utterly immersed in the story of the first couple Dai and Anne, and admiring a pregnant woman's fortitude and the couple's ability to escape, I could not help but compare what I read (and which I will certainly not reveal) with everything I have ever read or heard on the subject of hauntings, evil possession, and the dark side. Everything in this book rings true. One of the aspects I value most highly is the author's commitment to looking at all possible explanations for what was happening in this place. Davies has a gift for pacing and balance in what he offers between all concerned. The related interviews are as perfect as a reader could hope for. I was thrilled to discover Dai and Anne's story is followed by Sarah and John's, and that it ultimately included the nephews, now grown up. It blew my mind that nothing was repetitive; the demonic possession (or whatever it is) of that house is so nuanced that the reader will feel it gets to know its victims so as to exploit them.

I felt like I learned something about people's reactions to this kind of evil. It is fascinating that people will not want to talk about it. Having just read The House on Dale Street about a house possessed by evil in the USA, I sensed that some people do have strengths that can free them, as Anne did.

I started listening to the author's paranormal podcasts as well. Some of the evil presented in Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is so shocking that I was utterly unprepared. I do have questions for this author and would like to ask him those questions in a short written interview on my own blog. I thank him for his phenomenal research! Honestly, this might be the best book I have EVER come across on demonic or evil possession of a house. I have always believed in the unseen. The various theories explored at the end of this book are the icing on the cake. As a writer of horror fiction, I had based my own ideas of a demonic house on theory, and until finding Davies book, I had no research upon which to base my concept. Now I do! #HauntedHorrorOfHaverfordwest #NetGalley

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This is a paranormal horror modern classic. Some books in this genre focus on the events whereas this drags you in emotionally and mentally on a truly dark paranormal account. Written in a unique, refreshing style that will make you want to read in one sitting. Terrifying and incredibly dark this will take you on a journey through fear, depression, anxiety and absolute terror. This is one of the scariest books I have ever read and nothing can prepare you for what you are about to read.

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I really liked how the presentation of this book with the author presenting it as a transcript of an interview of previous occupants of the house. It gave it an immediacy and unsettling atmosphere.

After purchasing their first house in Haverfordwest, a young couple experience a series of unexplained traumatic events that stretch their relationship and physical and emotional well-being to the limit.

This book is well written and has a good flow. It is very atmospheric, I found myself cringing, holding myself tense and grinding my teeth at some points as the story unfolds. I would definitely recommend it to family and friends but would suggest that it is probably best read with someone else in the house and during daylight, not in the dark during a storm as I did. Really spooked me.

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This story is a recounting of the author's personal experiences in a seriously haunted house in the township of Haverfordwest, West Wales, United Kingdom. The author makes an effort to provide a reasonable, and well thought-out explanation of all the experiences that he enduring there, in part by offering the first half of the book to the shared experiences of other previous occupants of the house, both men and women who had lived there for a brief period (up to 2 years) before giving his own story. G.L. Davies spent his time in Haverfordwest as a sole occupant - a fact which, as a reader, I found amazing (and perhaps reckless) considering the tremendously evil influences in the house. After sharing the opinions of other past residents, and then his own experiences in the house, he provides a well-reasoned review of both scientific explanations for hauntings, and then a more "spiritual" or metaphysical explanations, followed by a discussion on demonic influences or possession, and how to deal with it. This part of the book covers the last 52 pages of discussions. The story is told with a charming "English" brogue...the interview dialogues and verbal interactions clearly have a vernacular that is endemic to Wales, and not an "American accent". I enjoyed reading the book, in part, because of that. Aside from that nuance, the recounting of the experience of the author and others who have lived in the house was clearly disturbing, hair-raising, and genuinely frightening. This is a good read for both the avid reader of paranormal suspense and the educated sceptic.

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