A Dictionary of Ghost Lore

A Dictionary of Ghost Lore by Peter Haining, published by Prentice-Hall in 1984, is a compilation of ghostly phenomena from around the globe.

Printed sinopsis
Here is the first book to provide a comprehensive and handy reference on the diverse lore of the spirit world. A Dictionary of Ghost Lore defines all the various types of apparitions and creatures of superstition known through the centuries. Recounting the legends of fmous hauntings, it introduces  you to the many mediums authorities, and victims associated with ghosts. Now you can learn about the domovoys, noisy Russian spirits who are willing to do household chores; Lord Byron's encounter with a phantom monk; the Hairy Hands ghost who is said to strangle travelers in England... along with banshees, poltergeists, exorcism, screaming skulls, UFOs, and all the other intriguing phenomena that have raised hair on the heads of believers and nonbelievers around the world. What's more, you'll fubd eerue drawings and photographs illustrating these weird mysteries on almost every page. A Dictionary of Ghost Lore is indispensable reading for students of the paranormal, for ghost hunters, and everyone fascinated by specters nad spirits.

About the Author
Peter Haining is a writer and anthologizer with a special interest in the macabre and the occult, particularly witchcraft and black magic. His books have been published in England, in America, and throughout Europe.

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Afrit

Aircraft Ghots

American Indians

Amherst Mystery

Amityville Horror

Angakok

Angels of Mons

Animal Ghosts

Ankou

Apparition

Armistice Day Fraud

Art

Athenodorus

Aubry, John (1626-1697)

Baka

Banshee

Bealing Bells

Bell Witch

Benson, Edward Frederic (1867-1940)

Bermonck

Berrima's Headless Ghost

Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui

Black Lady of Barmstadt

Blackwood, Algernon (1869-1951)

Blake, William (1757-1827)

Blue Cap

Blue Man

Boggart

Bogie

Boleyn, Anne (c. 1504-1536)

Bonnie Prince Charlie's Ghost

Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865)

Borgia Family

Borley Rectory

Brahmadaitya

Brutus's Two Phantoms

Bugaboos

Buguet, Edouard (1841-1901)

Byron, Lord George Gordon (1788-1824)

"Canterville Ghost, The"

Cape Town Castle Ghost

Carnacki the Ghost Finder

Cassio Burroughs's Two Phantoms

Cats

Cattle

Cauld Lad of Hilton

Chagrin

Chinese Ghosts

Christmas Day

Cideville Case

Cock Crow

Cock Lane Ghost

Collins, William Wilkie (1824-1889)

Cook, Florence (1856-1904)

Corpse Bird

Corpse Candles

Co-Walker

Crawford, Francis Marion (1854-1909)

Crewe Circle

Crookes, Sir William (1832-1919)

Chrossroad Ghosts

Chrow, Catherine (1800-1870)

Davenport Brothers

Death

Death Sound

Dee, John (1527-1608)

Demons of Spreyton

Devil of Hjalta-Stad

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

Dogs

Domovoy

Doppelganger

Downing Street Ghost

Doyle, Sir Arther Conan (1859-1930)

Drakes Drum

Drude

Drummer of the Airlies

Drummer of Tedworth

Duenda de Zaragoza

Duncan, Helen (1898-1956)

Duppy

Ectoplasm

Edgehill

Electric Horror of Berkeley Square

Electrizers

Elementals

Elizabeth I (1533-1603)

Endor Witch

Everest Ghost

Exorcism

Extras

Enfield Poltergeist

Epic of Gilgamesh

Faery Dogs

Fetch

Film Ghosts

Fireball

Fire Spooke of Caledonia Mills

Flammarion, Camille (1842-1925)

Flying Dutchman

Fog-Bow

"Fortune Hunter, The"

Fossegrim

Foundation Stone

Fountain of Blood

Fox Sisters

Fremantle Museum, Three Ghosts of

Galley Beggar

Galleytrot

Ghost Club

Ghost Dance

Ghost Figures

Ghost-Hunters

Ghost Stories

Ghost Train

Ghosts

Ghosts, Types

Ghouls

Giant Ghost of Stawell

Glad Wish Wood

Glamis Castle

Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680)

Grave Sleepers

Graveyard

Green Ladies

Gremlin

Gray Ladies

Gray Man

Grisly Ghost of Guy

Gus the Nazi

Hag of the Dribble

Hairy Hands Ghost

Halloween

Hallucinations, Census of

Hammersmith Ghost

Hampton Court Palace

Harpy

Haunted Chairs

Haunted Chests

Haunted Wardrobe

Haunting

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)

Headless Ghosts

Headless Horseman

Hearn, Lafcadio (1850-1940)

Hell Hounds

Helpidius, Deacon

Herne the Hunter

Hitchhiker Ghost

Home, Daniel Dunglas (1833-1886)

Hopkins, Robert Thurston (1884-1958)

Horses

Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)

Incubus

Indian Shaking Tent

Ingoldsby Legends

Icelandic Ghosts

Ignis Fatuus

Innocence Ghost

Invisable Assailants

Invisables

Ireton's Ghost

Irving, Washington (1783-1859)

Jack-in-Irons

Jack-o'-Lantern

Jacobs, William Wymark (1863-1943)

James, Montague Rhodes (1862-1936)

Japan

Jimmy Squarefoot

Jinnee

Joan of Arc's Ghosts

Johannesburg's Underground Ghosts

Johnson, Dr. Samuel (1709-1784)

Jonesboro Ghost Story Festival

Kalgoorlie Ghost

Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)

Kelpie

Khu

Kikimora

Kirk-Grim

Kluski, Franek (1860-1949)

Knockers

Kobolds

Lady Lovibond

La Milloraine

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)

La Pierre, Joseph (Fifteenth Century)

Lavater, Ludwig (1527-1586)

Lazy Laurence

Lee, Reverend Frederick, George (c 1820-1898)

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Lemures

Leslie, Baronet Shane (1885-1971)

Levi, Eliphas (1810-1875)

Lham-Dearg

Liekkio

Lithobolia

Lorelei

Lord Lyttleton's Ghost

Lucian (c. A.D. 117-180)

Lucretius's Shell

Machias Ghost

Manes

Maras

Marriott, William (1854-1938)

Mary Celeste

"Masque of the Red Death, the"

Materialization

Mazarin, Duchess of

Mesmerism

Messages

Midnight Hour

Most Haunted House in England

Moving Coffins of Barbados

Muiai

Mura-muras

Naseby, Battle of

Nelly Longarms

Night Man

Nixies

Nuggle Nuns

Ocean Born Mary

O'Donnell, Elliott

Odysseus's Ghosts

"Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad"

Old Bailey

Old Bloody Bones

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

Old Scarf

Old Shuck

Ontario Witch Balls

"On the Trail of a Ghost"

Ouija Board

Outback, Ghost of the

Palatine

Pearlin Jean

Peg O'Nell

Perfume Ghosts

Perks, Thomas (c. 1680-1703)

Phantasmagorias

Phantom Armies

Phantom Bells

Phantom Birds

Phantom Coach

Phantom Heads

Phantom Ships

Phouka

Planet of Death

Poltergeist

Poltergeist, Legal

Pools of Doom

Price, Harry (1881-1948)

Psychographs

Psychomancy

Purposeful Ghosts

Queen Anne's County Ghost

Queen's House

Quinns Light

Racetrack Ghost

Radiant Boy

Raynham Hall

Red Sea

Religious Visions

Revenant

Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958)

Rudra

Running Water

Sage Leaves

St. Elmo's Fire

Sampford Ghost

Scott, Sir Walter

Screaming Skulls

Seance

Seer of Poughkeepsie

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Shins

Shop o' the Dead

Shipwrecks

Shock

Shojo

Shrieking Pits, the

Silky

Sin-Eater

Smithfield Market Ghost

Smoke Ghosts

Specter

Specter of the Brocken

Spirit Lights

Spirit Photographs

Spiritualism

Spokeveld

Spook

Spookland

Spunkies

Stone Age Ghost

Summers, Montague (1880-1948)

Table-turning

Takarabune

Talking Mongoose

Tanwedd

Tash

Tasmania

Theater Ghosts

Tokolosh

Tolaeth

Tommy Rawhead

Tower of London

Trees

Trickster Spirit

Turn of the Screw, the

Turpin, Dick

Tyrone Ghost

UFO Ghosts

Ujest Army

Umi Bozu

Undine

Unknown Soldier

Utukku

Vlademar

Valuation Ghost

Vampire Ghosts

Varney the Vampire

Vaucluse Gap Ghost

Veal, Mrs., Ghost of

Vengeful Ghosts

Verre Ghosts

Versailles Ghosts

Villiers's Ghost

Vingoe Fire

Virginia, "The Ghost State"

Virikas

Visions of Children

Voices of the Dead

Waggrakine Phantom

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)

Walpurgis Night

Washington, George (1732-1799)

Water Wraith

Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946)

Wendigo

Werewolf Ghost

West Point Ghost

White House Ghost

White Ladies

Whate Lady of the Hohenzollerns

Whooping Hollow

Wicket Lady Ferrers

Wild Edric

Wild Hunt

Wild West Ghosts

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Wolhaarhond

Wolsey's Ghost

Woodstock Ghost

Worth, Patience

Wotan

Wraiths

Wu

Xenoglossie

Yarralumia House Ghost

Yeats's Ghost

Yellow Man

Zugun, Eleanore (b 1913)

Zululand Ghost