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Spirit photograph by Édouard Isidore Buguet. Spirit photography (also called ghost photography) is a type of photography whose primary goal is to capture images of ghosts and other spiritual entities, especially in ghost hunting. It dates back to the late 19th century.
Ghost of Queen Esther, the ghost of an Iroquois woman who allegedly mourns the massacre of her village in Pennsylvania. Ghosts of the American Civil War; Greenbrier Ghost, the alleged ghost of a young woman in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. In a court trial, the woman's mother claimed that her daughter's ghost told her she had been murdered.
In this video, he throws a carefully sliced up white sheet over the head and neck of his large pet black-and-white dairy “cow”, a male named Bruce. (Elias Herrera, Bruce’s human ...
A depiction of John Dee (1527–1608) and Edward Kelley invoking a spirit. A White Lady (or woman in white) is a type of female ghost. She is typically dressed in a white dress or similar garment, reportedly seen in rural areas and associated with local legends of tragedy. White Lady legends are found in many countries around the world.
Bloody Mary (folklore) An early 20th-century Halloween greeting card depicts a divination ritual in which a woman stares into a mirror in a darkened room to catch a glimpse of the face of her future husband. The shadow of a witch is cast onto the wall at left. Bloody Mary is a legend of a ghost, phantom, witch, or spirit conjured to reveal the ...
Universal Pictures' early horror flick spawned "The Bride of Frankenstein," "The Son of Frankenstein," "The Ghost of Frankenstein," and several other Frankenstein pics over more than a decade.
In German folklore and ghostlore, a poltergeist (/ ˈpoʊltərˌɡaɪst / or / ˈpɒltərˌɡaɪst /; German: [ˈpɔltɐɡaɪ̯st] ⓘ; 'rumbling ghost' or 'noisy spirit') is a type of ghost or spirit that is responsible for physical disturbances, such as loud noises and objects being moved or destroyed. Most claims or fictional descriptions of ...
Ghostlore is an intricate web of traditional beliefs and folklore surrounding ghosts and hauntings. Ghostlore has ingrained itself in the cultural fabric of societies worldwide. Defined by narratives often featuring apparitions of the deceased, ghostlore stands as a universal phenomenon, with roots extending deeply into human history. The term ...