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An exploration of ghost stories from cultures around the world, including the story of the ghost of John, Lord Tyrone. According to the legend, John's ghost appeared to his adopted sister Nichola (also known as Lady Beresford) in Gill Hall, near Dromore, Northern Ireland, on the night of his death in 1693. The legend claims that John's ghost ...
Lore is an American horror anthology docuseries developed by the creator of the podcast of the same name, Aaron Mahnke, with Valhalla Entertainment and Propagate Content. [1] The series airs through Amazon Prime Video [ 2 ] and follows the podcast's anthology format with each episode featuring a new story.
Lore is a documentary podcast on topics such as folklore, legends, and historical events, often with a focus on the macabre. Each episode examines historical events or ancient/urban legends that show the dark side of human nature, and is presented in a style that has been compared to a campfire experience.
Series 4 of Ghosts was covered in the BBC podcast series Inside..., which is a companion podcast to popular comedy series and offers a deeper, behind the scenes look into each episode via discussions with the writers and cast members. The Ghosts episodes are hosted by Nathan Bryon, who plays Obi, a friend of Mike and Alison in the series. [27]
Ghana has a long history of ghost folklore and beliefs. In the Akan culture, a 'ghost' is a malevolent spirit from Asamando, which haunt and eat humans, although they are not always aggressive, but are rarely benevolent. They are believed to be unable to eat pepper, so someone avoiding consuming pepper is supposedly a sign of being a ghost.
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore , descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms.
Danny, a human-ghost hybrid child from Nickelodeon's animated TV series, Danny Phantom. The Dead Men of Dunharrow in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Also the Nazgûl in the same work; nine former men resurrected as wraiths to do Sauron's bidding; The Flying Dutchman, a pirate ghost from SpongeBob SquarePants
The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story. New York: Routledge, 2018. O'Brian, Helen Conrad, and Julie Anne Stevens, ed. The Ghost Story from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century: A Ghostly Genre. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010. Briggs, Julia, Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story. London: Faber, 1977.