Research was conducted through the libraries of St. Andrews, with books spanning some 500 years. Letters were also placed in international magazines and the local press for correspondence of a supernatural nature.
As a result he received many firsthand accounts from witnesses now living across the world of their ghostly experiences and stories in St Andrews and Fife.
He spent a year conducting additional research through 2013 and brought it all up to date for publication. The recent testimony he has gathered has been added to the firsthand accounts he initially received, and together with his early research his books Ghosts of St Andrews and Ghosts of Fife form the most comprehensive collection of the supernatural there has been in Fife.
Richard's new book A St Andrews Mystery is the only investigation there has been into the famed Haunted Tower and the White Lady apparition. "Originally this was going to be a chapter in my book Ghosts of St Andrews, but 100 pages later, I realised I was writing another book!."
Richard would love to hear from you about your own ghostly experiences in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland or anywhere you have experienced something unusual. Richard is also founder of St Andrews Ghost Tours and the Forgotten History Tours of St Andrews and conducts tours of the town 7 days a week throughout the year.
If you have any questions they can be directed to Richard via the contact page. |