Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's The Pot of Tulips—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. Heron, plus 20th Century stories by Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Seabury Quinn, and many more round out the book...29 classic tales in all!

Included are:

THE POT OF TULIPS, by Fitz-James O'Brien

WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien

THE HAUNTED SHANTY, by Bayard Taylor

Dr. Martin Hesselius in "GREEN TEA," by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

MR JUSTICE HARBOTTLE, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

THE UNINHABITED HOUSE, by Mrs. J. H. Riddell

THE PHANTOM HEARSE, by Mary Fortune

AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPIRE, by Alice and Claude Askew...