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Ghost stories are commonly examples of ghostlore. Colloquially, the term "ghost story" can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction. It is a form of supernatural fiction and specifically of weird fiction, and is often a horror story.
Children's benevolent ghost stories became popular, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, created in the 1930s and appearing in comics, animated cartoons, and eventually a 1995 feature film. Noël Coward 's play Blithe Spirit , later made into a film , places a more humorous slant on the phenomenon of haunting of individuals and specific locations.
Depictions of ghosts in writen fiction, the souls or spirits of dead persons or non-human animals that are believed to be able to appear to the living. See Category:Fictional ghosts for the characters in these media themselves. Also see Ghost story.
Emily, the ghost of a young girl who supposedly haunts a covered bridge in Stowe, Vermont. The bridge is dubbed "Emily's Bridge" and she is said to be seen only at midnight; Oscar Washburn, the ghost of a black goat farmer who allegedly haunts Old Alton Bridge in Copper Canyon, Texas. He is commonly known as "the Goatman" as he is said to ...
G. Gay Ghost; Gentleman Ghost; Georgy (Adventure Time character) Ghost (Dark Horse Comics) Ghost (Hamlet) List of ghost films; Ghost of Christmas Past; Ghost of Christmas Present
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[9] [10] This led to an increase in ghost stories and other paranormal phenomena, and many people became fascinated with the idea of ghosts and hauntings. Today, ghostlore remains a popular subject in literature, film, and other forms of media.
Short stories about ghosts, the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed 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.