Caitlin Blackwell Baines

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Caitlin Blackwell Baines is an art historian specializing in Gothic art and architecture. Born in Toronto, she later emigrated to Britain to pursue an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art and a PhD from the University of York in art history. Upon completing her studies, she worked as a curator at Mount Stuart, a late Victorian Gothic Revival palace. When she isn’t visiting haunted houses and recording her ghost story-themed history podcast, Haunted Homes, Caitlin is based in East Sussex, England.

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Books by Caitlin Blackwell Baines

How to Build a Haunted House

The History of a Cultural Obsession

By Caitlin Blackwell Baines

A cultural history of the phenomenon of the 'haunted house’ as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories.

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