The story of 'The Bishop and the Witch' takes place between 1596 and 1608. John Prideaux was born near Dartmoor in 1578 and eventually became Bishop of Worcester. He spent most of his adult life at Exeter College, Oxford as Regius Professor and Vice Chancellor. He was involved in many of the important events which took place in England during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I. When John Prideaux gave evidence in 1606 at the Star Chamber about Anne Gunter, he did so as a well-known and respected Oxford academic. Anne Gunter was a young woman from North Moreton who was abused and...

You are reaping objectively what you sow subjectively. You cannot plant nettles and expect flowers to grow. Your world experience is nothing more than your subjective thoughts, planted in your subconscious and objectively materialised in your outside world. You are the creator of your life. You can walk anywhere, if you believe you are safe. You can have anything, if you understand that the world is there for the taking. Once you have accepted the end result as true, you have removed your belief in problems along the way. Nirvana is a practical guide to achieving control over your mind and...

The Specials is a murder mystery set in 2012. An old man is found dead in his home and DCI Revie and DS Jackson face the task of discovering who murdered him. At first, it appears that there is no reason the quiet widower should have been killed. But the investigation soon reveals that the gentle old man had been a long term and particularly deviant paedophile. As the story unfolds throughout the year and the body count rises, the police discover more people who have been living an apparently normal life while successfully hiding their past.The lives of all the people involved can never be...

John Prideaux (1505-1568) lived in Stowford and had a wife and two children. He had lots of friends and great connections and lived in one of the largest houses in Stowford. One evening in 1547, he and his family and friends were at their usual Tuesday night dinner. They took weekly turns as to which house the dinner and entertainment were held. This night was the turn of the Prideaux family at Stowford Manor. They ate their meal and as they settled down, John told the gathering a ghost story. He told them of a stranger he once befriended and the mysterious path the meeting led him along....

Tresaith Asylum has been closed for many years but the strange sights and noises heard and seen along the empty, dark corridors constantly attract ghost hunters to trespass and investigate. When the police become involved following a possible murder in the grounds, the terrifying truth of the Asylum and its hidden secrets are revealed. DI Revie and his team endeavour to explain the extraordinary supernatural events which will eventually change all of their lives.

Followers of the blogs on my website www.aaprideaux.com and readers of my books such as A Ghost Story, A Christmas Story and The Bishop and The Witch, will know that I have already written much about my branch of the Prideaux clan. I possess detailed information of each ancestor Prideaux, either already made public or still in my own records. These people all lived and died in the towns, villages and properties I describe. They experienced the events I write about. I have walked the same roads and visited the same properties these Prideauxs used to. The spooky connection is a mixture of oral...

More Prideaux Ghost Stories is the latest in the series of Prideaux Ghost Stories. Chronologically the stories follow those in the book Prideaux Ghost Stories and A Ghost Story and preceding Further Prideaux Ghost Stories. Each story features a generation of the family in my line. The people, houses, villages and timelines are correct in each story. Some features of the stories have either been passed down or added by the author with a great deal of poetic licence. The Bigbury Butcher features Peter Prideaux. This is a tale of mysterious deaths and cruel betrayals in 17th Devon. Will there be...