List of ghosts

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Folklore
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations

Africa
Egypt
Further information: List of ghosts § Middle East
Nigeria
South Africa
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations in South Africa

East Asia
China
Main article: Ghosts in Chinese culture
See also: List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore
Japan

South Asia
India
Main article: Bhoot (ghost)
Nepal
Pakistan
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations § Pakistan

Southeast Asia
Indonesia/Malaysia
Main article: Ghosts in Malay culture
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations § Indonesia
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations § Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Main article: Ghosts in Filipino culture
See also: List of haunted locations in the Philippines
Thailand
Main article: Ghosts in Thai culture
Vietnam
Main article: Ghosts in Vietnamese culture
Bangladesh
Main article: Ghosts in Bengali culture
  • mamdo bhoot
  • petni
  • shakchunni
  • meccho bhoot
  • geccho bhoot
  • daynii
  • doitoo
  • pishach
  • bhrommo doitto
  • kana bhola
  • rakkhosh
  • khuqqush
  • nishi
  • dayniburi
  • jukkho

Middle East
Egypt
Main article: Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations § Egypt
Mesopotamia
Main article: Ghosts in Mesopotamian religions
United Arab Emirates
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations § United Arab Emirates

Europe
White Lady
European folklore
Further information: Revenant, Necromancy, and Samhain
Finland
France
Further information: List of reportedly haunted locations in France
Graeco-Roman
Main article: Magic in the Greco-Roman world
See also: Shade (mythology)
Malta
Romania
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations in Romania
  • Iele, feminine mythical creatures
  • Moroi, a type of vampire or ghost
  • Muma Pădurii, an ugly and mean old woman living in the forest
  • Pricolici, similar to Strigoi, but for worse souls
  • Samca, an evil spirit, said to curse children and pregnant women with illness
  • Spiriduş, a domestic spirit/familiar that when summoned, acts as an intermediate between the devil and the master of the home
  • Stafie, spirits of the dead who are bound to a place in which they lived in life; a poltergeist
  • Strigoi, troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave
  • Vâlvă, feminine nature spirits that control various phenomena. Can be good or bad
  • Vântoase, female spirits of the wind
  • Zmeu, a fantastic creature
Scandinavia
Slavic folklore
Slovakia
Spain
Main article: Ghosts in Spanish-speaking cultures § Spain
United Kingdom
Main article: Ghosts in English-speaking cultures
See also: Reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom and Reportedly haunted locations in Scotland

North America
Canada
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations in Canada
Caribbean
United States
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations in the United States
Main article: Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C.
See also: Chindi, Ghost sickness, and Ghost Dance
  • Ghosts of the American Civil War
  • Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, colonial governor of Florida. Alleged encounters with the Hurruytiner's ghost, as well as that of a cat that would have been killed in his house, have been reported there.
  • Joe Bush, a legendary ghost that allegedly haunts the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Sumpter, Oregon. He is said to leave wet, bare footprints on the decks of the dredge, cause lights to flicker, and doors to open and close.
  • Ghost of Queen Esther, the ghost of an Iroquois woman who allegedly mourns the massacre of her village in Pennsylvania.
  • President Abraham Lincoln's ghost has been reported in the White House numerous times, many of those by prominent people such as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill.
  • Kate Morgan, a ghost which is said to haunt the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California.
  • Minnie Quay, a legendary ghost of Michigan.
  • Old Book is the name given to a ghost or spirit which allegedly haunts a cemetery at Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois.
  • The Red Lady of Huntingdon College is a ghost believed to haunt the former Pratt Hall dormitory at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • The Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin Folklore, is believed to terrorize people along a 25-mile stretch of old mining road.
  • Slag Pile Annie, a ghost said to appear as an elderly woman working in a remote and hard-to-access location in the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 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.
  • Emily, the ghost of a high school age 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.
  • Blood House, located in Orlando Florida where 3 children were killed by their evil stepfather. Two were found in upstairs bathroom and third was found in the attic. Stories have been told of apparitions being seen walking the upstairs hall throughout the night going in and out of the bedrooms as if looking for something or someone. There have also been stories of residents waking up and finding small shadowy forms standing beside the bed but disappearing right away. The mother of the 3 children was found dead at the bottom of the bannister a month before their death but it was ruled an accident since there was never any proof of evidence otherwise. The stepfather hanged himself in his cell so the case never made it to the justice system.
  • The Bell Witch was a poltergeist said to haunt the family of John Bell near the town of Adams, Tennessee starting in 1817. The spirit was said to have been witnessed by Andrew Jackson although this is highly unlikely and has manifested itself as various animals and a disembodied voice mocking John and citing scripture from the Bible. It was also said to have tormented the family violently but seemed to have a fondness for daughter Betsy as she grew older until she fell in love with a man the witch despised. Eventually the ghost was blamed for John Bell's death after it was said it left a poison disguised as medicine. The Bell Witch partly inspired The Blair Witch Project and the events of her story were depicted in the film An American Haunting.
  • The Wizard Clip was a ghost said to have clipped articles of clothing and visitor's hair at a home in Middleway, WV after a Catholic traveler died there in 1794 without receiving Last rites or other Catholic Sacrament. According to the story, the ghost was exorcised when Catholic priests performed a Mass at the house, and the grateful homeowner deeded about 35 acres of his land to the Catholic Church.
  • The ghost of Resurrection Mary allegedly haunts roads and buildings around Resurrection Cemetery near Justice, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
  • Lady in Red
  • White Lady
Other urban legends
  • Vanishing hitchhiker
  • Deogen, or "De Ogen" or "The Eyes", is a ghost believed to haunt the Sonian Forest in Belgium. It is often seen as figure in the form of fog followed by smaller shadow figures.
Mexico
Main article: Ghosts in Mexican culture
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations in Mexico
Further information: Day of the Dead

South America
Main article: Ghosts in Spanish-speaking cultures
See also: List of reportedly haunted locations in Colombia
  • The Silbón, a legendary figure in Colombia and Venezuela, described as a lost soul.
  • La Llorona, a ghost of Latin American folklore who is said to have murdered her children.
  • Sihuanaba, a shapeshifting spirit of Central America who lures men into danger before revealing her face to be that of a horse or a skull.
  • Sayona, a Venezuelan vengeful spirit who appears to unfaithful husbands.

Oceania
Australia
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations § Australia
New Zealand
Main article: List of reportedly haunted locations § New Zealand
Polynesia
Main articles: Ghosts in Polynesian culture and Ghosts and spirits in Maori culture

Literature
Macbeth Seeing the Ghost of Banquo by Théodore Chassériau
  • Boo (formerly Boo Diddley), an enemy in the Mario series of games.
  • King Boo, the leader of the Boos.
  • Booboo, a young ghost and a regular inhabitant of the house, enjoys spooking but generally is not able to scare the other members of the household.
  • "The Whites", two mature and rather heavyset male ghosts, call each other by the name "Mr. White". They have some rank in the ghostly realm and are Booboo's superiors. Both wear sunglasses but one wears a tie.

See also

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