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ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or 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 rea ...

African folklore

* Adze, Ewe vampiric being * Amadlozi, Nguni spiritual figures * Asanbosam, Akan vampire * Egbere, Yoruban malevolent spirit * Kishi, Angolan two-faced demon * Madam Koi Koi, Nigerian ghost *

Mbwiri Mbwiri is a Central African demon A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such a ...

, Central African demon *

Obambo An Obambou is a supernatural being belonging to tribes of Central Africa. It is depicted as evil, possessing the power to do evil and to do good if it chooses, having the ability to possess and cause sickness, or to want a home built for them. In ...

, Central African supernatural being *

Obayifo An obayifo is a vampire/witch-like mythological creature from West Africa coming from the folklore of the Ashanti. In Ashanti folklore, obayifo are very common and may inhabit the bodies of any man or woman. They are described as having shifty eye ...

, Ashanti vampire * Obia, West African monster * Ogbanje, Igbo evil spirit * Tikoloshe, spirit from Zulu cultures *

Zar Zar may refer to: Places * Zar, Armenia * Zar, Azerbaijan * Žár, Czech Republic * Zar, Iran, in Markazi Province * Zeraq, or Zar, Hamadan Province, Iran * Żar, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland * Żar (mountain), in Poland * Žar Mountain, a m ...

, Ethiopian demon

Asian folklore

East Asia

China * Hungry ghost * Mogwai * Vengeful ghost * Wangliang * Yaoguai Korea * Korean virgin ghost * Egg ghost Japan * Ayakashi * Chōchin-obake * Funayūrei * Gashadokuro * Goryō * Hitodama *

Ikiryō , also known as , , or , is a disembodied spirit or ghost in Japanese popular belief and fiction that leaves the body of a living person and subsequently haunts other people or places, sometimes across great distances. The term(s) are used in c ...

* Inugami * Kuchisake-onna * Mononoke * Mujina * Noppera-bō * Nure-onna * Obake *

Ochimusha An means "fallen warrior" in the sense that a samurai on the defeated side has fallen out of his retinue. Such Ochimusha were often hunted after his army was defeated and cannot be protected among his men, and their mission was to make it back to ...

* Onryō * Raijū * Rokurokubi * Shikigami *

Shinigami () are kami (spirits) that invite humans toward death, according to Japanese religion and culture. have been described as monsters, helpers, and creatures of darkness. are used for tales and religions in Japanese culture. Japanese religion I ...

Shirime is a strange '' yōkai'' with an eye in the place of his anus. The story goes as follows: Long ago, a samurai was walking at night down the road to Kyōto, when he heard someone calling out for him to wait. "Who's there?!" he asked nervously, ...

* Shiryō * Tsukumogami * Ubume * Umibōzu * Yōkai * Yōsei * Yuki-onna * Yūrei *

Zashiki-warashi , sometimes also called , are spirit-like beings told about mostly in the Iwate Prefecture. They are said to be yokai that live in parlors or storage rooms, and that perform pranks, and that people who see one would be visited with good fortune. T ...

South Asia

India

* Daayan * Chetkin *

Churel The Churel, also spelled as Charail, Churreyl, Chudail, Chudel, Chuṛail, Cuḍail or Cuḍel ( hi, चुड़ैल, ur, چڑیل) is a mythical or legendary creature resembling a woman, which may be a demoniacal revenant said to occur in Sou ...

* Challava * Manjulika * Naagin *

Nale Ba Nale Ba or Naale Baa (English: "come tomorrow") (Kannada: ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ) is a popular folk legend which features prominently in areas across Karnataka, India. "Naale Baa" has been found written on the doors and walls of the towns and vill ...

* Pishacha * Preta * Pūtam * Vetala * Yakshini Sri Lanka * Asura * Bodilima *

Devil Bird __NOTOC__ In Sri Lankan folklore, the Devil Bird or ''Ulama'' is a creature said to emit bloodcurdling human-sounding shrieks in jungles at night. It is believed that the cry of this bird is an omen that portends death. Its precise identity is sti ...

* Gara yaka * Holnab * Kalu Kumara * Kola Sanni Yaka *

Kumbanda A ( Sanskrit) or ( Pāli) is one of a group of dwarfish, misshapen spirits among the lesser deities of Buddhist mythology. was a dialectal form for "gourd", so they may get their name from being thought to resemble gourds in some way, e. ...

Maha Sohona Maha Sona or Maha Sohona ( Sinhala: මහ සෝනා, මහ සොහොනා) is a ''yaka'' (or ''yakseya'' or ''devaya'', meaning demon) in Sinhalese folklore, who is said to haunt afterlife. The name Maha Sona means " the greatest demon" o ...

* Mala preta * Mara * Pisacha * Preta * Riri yaka * Suniyam yaka * Yaksha Nepal *

Banjhakri and Banjhakrini Banjhākri and Banjhākrini are shamanic deities in the tradition of the Kirati people of Nepal , Sikkim Darjeeling , Kalimpong of India They are a couple, and possibly different aspects of the same being. They are supernatural shamans ...

* Kichkandi * Raakebhoot Pakistan *

* Pichal Peri Bangladesh * Bhrommo Doitto * Bhoot * Dayniburi * Daynii * Doitoo * Geccho Bhoot * Kana Bhola * Khuqqush * Jukkho * Meccho Bhoot * Mamdo Bhoot * Nishi * Petni * Pishach * Shakchunni

Southeast Asia

Indonesia/Malaysia *

Babi Ngepet Babi ngepet () is boar demon in Indonesian mythology. Babi ngepet are commonly known in Java and Bali. Outline According to local myth, the creature is believed to be the manifestation of a person practising ''pesugihan babi'' black magic. ''Pesu ...

* Hantu Air * Hantu Bongkok * Hantu Raya * Hantu Tinggi * Jenglot * Kuntilanak, also called Matianak or Pontianak (folklore) * Langsuyar * Leyak * Orang Bunian * Orang Minyak * Pelesit * Penanggalan * Pocong * Sundel bolong * Toyol * Wewe Gombel Myanmar * Nat * Peik-ta * Thayé Philippines * Aswang * Kapre * Manananggal * Tiyanak Thailand * Krasue * Krahang * Mae Nak * Nang Takian * Nang Tani * Phi Pop

Middle East folklore

Brooklyn Museum - Arghan Div Brings the Chest of Armor to Hamza

Egyptian and Arabic * Hatif *

Ifrit Ifrit, also spelled as efreet, afrit, and afreet (Arabic alphabet, Arabic: ': , plural ': ), is a powerful type of demon in Islamic mythology. The afarit are often associated with the underworld and identified with the spirits of the dead, and ...

Persian * Div * Marid Turkish *

Basty A Basty or Bastı ( Azerbaijani: ''Basdı'') is an evil spirit or goblin in Turkic mythology which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (or nightmares). Beliefs The Basty was also believed to "ride" horses, which left ...

Gelin A Gelin (Turkish for bride) is a type of female ghost reportedly seen in slum areas and associated with some local legend of tragedy. Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) [] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó In Turkey, a gelin is the ghost of a girl or ...

* Hortdan * Kormos Jewish mythology * Dybbuk * Mazzikin

European folklore

John Quidor - The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane - Google Art Project

* The

Headless Horseman The Headless Horseman is a mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since the Middle Ages. The figure is traditionally depicted as a rider upon horseback who is missing his head. Description Depending on the legend, the Hor ...

* The Wild Hunt * White Lady Finland * Grey Lady, believed to haunt the Mustio Manor ( fi, Mustion linna) in Karis, Raseborg Graeco-Roman *

Genius loci In classical Roman religion, a ''genius loci'' (plural ''genii locorum'') was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted in religious iconography as a figure holding attributes such as a cornucopia, patera (libation bowl) or snake. ...

* Shade * Vrykolakas Malta * Black Knight, believed to haunt Fort Manoel * Blue Lady, believed to haunt Verdala Palace * Grey Lady, believed to haunt Fort St Angelo * Katarina, believed to haunt

Mdina Mdina ( mt, L-Imdina ; phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤈, Maleṭ; grc, Μελίττη, Melite (ancient city), Melíttē; ar, مدينة, Madīnah; ), also known by its Italian-language titles ("Old City") and ("Notable City"), is a fortifications of Mdin ...

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 A Pricolici (''pronounced'' /pri.koˈlit͡ʃʲ/) (same form in plural) is a werewolf/vampire fusion in the Romanian folklore. Similar to a vârcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like char ...

, similar to Strigoi, but for worse souls *

Samca Samca is an evil spirit in Romanian mythology. She most commonly takes the appearance of a naked woman with disheveled hair growing down to her heels, with small eyes that shine as brightly as the stars, with iron hands and long nails sharp as knitt ...

, 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 Vântoase are creatures present in Romanian folklore, as a sort of female spirits (''iele {{more footnotes, date=April 2018 The iele are feminine mythical creatures in Romanian mythology. There are several differing descriptions of their character ...

, female spirits of the wind * Zmeu, a fantastic creature Scandinavia *

Knights of Ålleberg According to Swedish Scandinavian folklore, legend, the Knights of Ålleberg are ghosts of twelve knights who died in a 1389 battle. The legend is an example of the king asleep in mountain motif in folklore. Legend The legend concerns knights w ...

, are the ghosts of twelve knights that died in the Battle of Ålleberg in 1389 * Landvættir * Myling, a child ghost Baba Yaga and maiden-birds by I

Slavic folklore * Baba Yaga * Countess Báthory allegedly haunts her former castle at Čachtice *

Dhampir In Balkans folklore, dhampirs (sometimes spelled ''dhampyres'', ''dhamphirs'', or ''dhampyrs'') are creatures that are the result of a union between a vampire and a mortal human. This union was usually between male vampires and female mortal huma ...

* Dvorovoi * Dziwożona *

Kikimora Kikimora ( rus, кикимора, p=kʲɪˈkʲimərə) is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy. The kikimora can either be a "bad" or a "good" spirit, ...

* Sava Savanović Spain * The ghost of Catalina Lercaro in the Museum of the History of Tenerife * Santa Compaña Agnes Sampson and witches with devil

United Kingdom *

Agnes Sampson Agnes Sampson (died 28 January 1591) was a Scottish healer and purported witch. Also known as the "Wise Wife of Keith", Sampson was involved in the North Berwick witch trials in the later part of the sixteenth century. Background Sampson live ...

, known as Bloody Agnes, believed to haunt

Holyrood Palace The Palace of Holyroodhouse ( or ), commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace or Holyroodhouse, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinbu ...

* Bloody Mary *

The Brown Lady The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a ghost that reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. It became one of the most famous hauntings in the United Kingdom when photographers from '' Country Life'' magazine claimed to have captured it ...

* Cock Lane ghost (called "Scratching Fanny") received massive public attention in 18th-century England * Drummer of Tedworth * Dullahan, similar to the headless horseman * The ghost nun of Borley Rectory * The ghost of Anne Boleyn, reportedly seen at the Tower of London * Grey Lady, a ghost believed to haunt Glamis Castle * Man in Grey of the Theatre Royal *

Nan Tuck's Ghost Buxted is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex in England. The parish is situated on the Weald, north of Uckfield; the settlements of Five Ash Down, Heron's Ghyll and High Hurstwood are included within its boundarie ...

, believed to haunt Nan Tuck's Lane, one mile from Buxted * Sweet William's Ghost

North American

Canada * Aeneas Shaw's daughter, Sophia allegedly haunts Queenston, Ontario * Alexander Keith allegedly haunts his brewery in Halifax, Nova Scotia * Charles Melville Hays allegedly haunts Château Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario * The

Dungarvon Whooper The ''Dungarvon Whooper'' (pronounced "hooper") is a ghost story, immortalized in a song by Michael Whelan, about the alleged murder along the Dungarvon River in central New Brunswick, Canada, in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a y ...

is a ghost believed to haunt Blackville, New Brunswick * Emily Carr allegedly haunts James Bay Inn in Victoria, British Columbia *

Francis Nicholson Darke Francis Nicholson Darke (October 25, 1863 – July 17, 1940) was a leading citizen of Regina, Saskatchewan and served as Mayor of Regina, Member of Parliament and as a prominent businessman. He was born near Charlottetown, Prince Edward ...

allegedly haunts Darke Hall in Regina, Saskatchewan * The

Headless Nun The Headless Nun is a ghost story associated with French Fort Cove in Nordin, now the City of Miramichi, New Brunswick. Legend According to the tale that dates back to the mid 1700s, the Headless Nun was an 18th-century resident of the area named ...

is a purported ghost believed to haunt French Fort Cove in Nordin, New Brunswick * Lady in Red * Minnie Hopkins, wife of

Edward Nicholas Hopkins Edward Nicholas Hopkins (October 3, 1854 – July 14, 1935) was a Canadian farmer, manufacturer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Moose Jaw in the House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (fr ...

, allegedly haunts Hopkins Dining Parlour in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan * Nils von Schoultz allegedly haunts Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario * White Lady Caribbean * Douen * Duppy *

Hupia In Taíno culture, the hupia (also ''opia'', ''opi'a'', ''op'a'', ''operi'to'') is the spirit of a person who has died. In Taíno spiritual beliefs, hupias (ghost spirits of those who had died) were contrasted with goeiza, spirits of the living. ...

* Jumbee *

Lwa ( ), also called loa or loi, are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. Many of the lwa derive their identities in part from deities venerate ...

Phantome According to the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Wate ...

* Soucouyant United States * The

Bell Witch The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertson County, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell Sr. resided with his family along the Red River in ...

was a

poltergeist In ghostlore, a poltergeist ( or ; German for "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 descr ...

said to haunt the family of John Bell near the town of Adams, Tennessee in 1817. The spirit was said to have manifested itself as various animals and a disembodied voice and cited Bible scripture. The Bell Witch partly inspired '' The Blair Witch Project'' and the events of her story were depicted in the film ''

An American Haunting ''An American Haunting'' is a 2005 supernatural horror film written and directed by Courtney Solomon and starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, and Rachel Hurd-Wood. The film was previewed at the AFI Film Festival on November 5, 2 ...

'' * 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 * 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 * The ghost of Resurrection Mary allegedly haunts roads and buildings around Resurrection Cemetery near Justice, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. *

Ghost of Queen Esther Queen Esther (''EH-stur'') of Pennsylvania was a Native American woman belonging to the Iroquois in the mid-1700s. Her village consisted of over five hundred citizens and was located between the towns of Sayre, Pennsylvania, Athens, Pennsylvania a ...

, 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. * Kate Morgan, a ghost which is said to haunt the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California * Lady in Red * 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 Peoria State Hospital Historic District, also known as Bartonville State Hospital or Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane, was a psychiatric hospital operated by the State of Illinois from 1902 to 1973. The hospital is located in Bartonvil ...

in Bartonville, Illinois *

Pedro Benedit Horruytiner Pedro Benedit Horruytiner y Catalán (1613 – November 20, 1684) was a Spanish soldier who served as interim co-governor of Spanish Florida (''La Florida'') between 1646 and 1648, and as governor between 1651 and 1654. When governor Benito Ruíz ...

, colonial governor of Florida. Alleged encounters with his ghost have been reported there * President Abraham Lincoln's ghost has been reported in the White House numerous times, many of those by prominent people such as President Theodore Roosevelt, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

* 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 The Ridgeway Ghost is a ghost of Wisconsin folklore. Legend According to legend, the Ridgeway Ghost is not only a ghost, but a “phantom that could change its appearance at will.” Anecdotes include people claiming to have seen the ghost of a ma ...

of Wisconsin Folklore, is believed to terrorize people along a 25-mile stretch of old mining road *

Slag Pile Annie Slag Pile Annie is the name of a ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to transluc ...

, 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 * 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 any Last rites * White Lady Other urban legends *

The Bell Witch The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertson County, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell Sr. resided with his family along the Red River in an ...

* Vanishing hitchhiker Mexico

South American folklore

La Llorona ''La Llorona'' (; "The Weeping Woman" or "The Wailer") is a Hispanic-American mythical vengeful ghost who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned. Origins Early colonial times provided evidence that the lore ...

, a ghost of Latin American folklore who is said to have murdered her children * Sayona, a Venezuelan vengeful spirit who appears to unfaithful husbands * Sihuanaba, a

shapeshifting In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shape-shifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through an inherently superhuman ability, divine intervention, demonic manipulation, Magic (paranormal), sorcery, Incantation, ...

spirit of Central America who lures men into danger before revealing her face to be that of a horse or a skull * The Silbón, a legendary figure in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and Venezuela, described as a lost soul

Oceania

Australia * Frederick Baker (" Frederick Federici") of Princess Theatre, Melbourne * Monte Cristo Homestead of Junee, New South Wales; allegedly Australia's most haunted house

List of reportedly haunted locations

* Canada *

* France * Mexico * Philippines * Romania * Scotland * South Africa * United Kingdom * United States ** San Francisco ** Washington DC

Ghosts by culture

Asia

* Chinese * Korea *

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* Vietnam * Thai * Malay * Filipino * India * Bengali *

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Others

* English speaking cultures *

Mesopotamian Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...

* Mexico * Polynesian * Maori * Spanish speaking cultures

Popular culture

Television and film

* Adam, and Barbara Maitland from the 1988 film '' Beetlejuice'' * Agatha Prenderghast, a character from the

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animated film Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

, '' ParaNorman'' *

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and

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from the television series '' Being Human'', and Matt Bolton from the spin-off '' Becoming Human'' * Archibald Corduroy, Ma and Pa Duskerton and the unnamed lumberjack from '' Gravity Falls'' * Billy Joe Cobra, a ghost from the French/British animated television series, ''

Dude, That's My Ghost! ''Dude, That's My Ghost!'' (French: ''Mon Pote le fantôme'') is a 2013 Anglo-French animated television series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge, produced by Alphanim, and directed by Frédéric Martin. The series aired on Disney XD in the Uni ...

'' * Carrie Krueger, an emo ghost from Cartoon Network's '' The Amazing World of Gumball'' * Casper the Friendly Ghost and his uncles, the Ghostly Trio also known as of Fatso, Stinky, and Stretch *

Danny Phantom ''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human ...

* The Dead Men of Dunharrow in

J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...

'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'' * Ghosts (2019 TV Series) includes the Captain, Mary, Robin, Kitty, Thomas Thorne, Julian Fawcett, Lady Fanny Button, Pat Butcher and Humphrey * '' The Grudge'': Kayako Saeki, the '' onryo'', and her homicidal husband Takeo Saeki, the evil '' yurei'' *

Harry Potter series ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hog ...

: :* The Bloody Baron :*

The Fat Friar The following fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the ''Harry Potter'' books written by J. K. Rowling. The staff and their positions Teachers and staff members The following teachers and staff members do not ha ...

:* The Grey Lady :* Moaning Myrtle :*

Peeves the Poltergeist Magical creatures are an aspect of the fictional Wizarding World contained in the ''Harry Potter'' series and connected media, all created by British author J. K. Rowling. Throughout the seven main books of the series, Harry Potter (character), ...

:* Professor Cuthbert Binns :* Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, aka Nearly Headless Nick :* Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore * Ghost Princess from Cartoon Network's '' Adventure Time'' * High-Five Ghost, a friend of Muscle Man from Cartoon Network's ''

Regular Show ''Regular Show'' (known as ''Regular Show in Space'' during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons a ...

'' * Lonesome Ghosts from the

Mickey Mouse series The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional universe, fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving The Walt Disney Company, Disney cartoon characters Mickey Mouse, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto (Disney), Pluto, Goofy, and ...

* Marty Hopkirk, in the BBC series ''Randall and Hopkirk (deceased)'' also known as ''

My Partner the Ghost ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' is a British private detective television series, starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope respectively as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. The series was created by Dennis Spooner and pro ...

'' in the USA * Penny Halliwell, Patricia "Patty" Halliwell from ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...

'' * Phantasma Phantom, a laughter prone musically talented ghost girl from the 1988 movie '' Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School'' * Reverend Henry Kane and the other ghosts from the ''Poltergeist'' film series * Omiyo, or Ghost-chan, a ghost that haunts the Hinata family's basement in the anime ''

Keroro Gunso ''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...

'' * ''Ruby Gloom'' (Canadian TV series) ghosts: :* 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 * Sam Wheat, a character from the 1990 film ''

Ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or 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 rea ...

'' *

Slimer Slimer, originally referred to as "Onionhead" and sometimes "the Mean Green Ghost", is a character from the Ghostbusters (franchise), ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. He appears in the films ''Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), and the ...

from '' Ghostbusters'' and its sequel * Spectra Vondergeist, daughter of the ghosts from '' Monster High'' * Tenkuuji Takeru, protagonist of '' Kamen Rider Ghost''. The ghosts of fifteen significant historical figures also appear in the series

Comics

The Gay Ghost The Gay Ghost (later renamed the Grim Ghost, not to be confused with Grim Ghost) is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe whose first appearance was in '' Sensation Comics'' #1 (January 1942), published by one DC's predecessor companie ...

, later renamed the Grim Ghost, is a DC Comics superhero *

Gentleman Ghost Gentleman Ghost is a supervillain appearing in books published by DC Comics publications. Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, the character first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #88 (October 1947). Fictional character biography ...

is a DC Comics supervillain *

, the superhero from Dark Horse Comics *

Homer the Happy Ghost Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book, comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. Magazine and mass market paperback, paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a ...

, a fictional character published by

Atlas Comics Atlas Comics may refer to * Atlas Comics (1950s) Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book, comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. Magazine and mass market paperback, paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin ...

in the 1950s * Reimi Sugimoto, her dog Arnold and, later, Jean Pierre Polnareff from '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, a comic book and animation ghost related to Casper * Timmy the Timid Ghost, a comic book ghost

Literature

* Banquo from William Shakespeare's 1606 play ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'' * The Canterville Ghost of Oscar Wilde's popular 1887 short story of the same name * Captain Daniel Gregg, a sea captain from the 1945 novel, ''The Ghost of Captain Gregg and Mrs. Muir'', later adapted into a 1947 film and 1968–1970 television series * Charles Dickens 1843 novel ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

'' which includes Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come * Emily, a ghost from the single volume graphic novel ''

Anya's Ghost ''Anya's Ghost'' is a coming-of-age ghost story in graphic novel format. The first book by cartoonist Vera Brosgol, ''Anya's Ghost'' was published on June 7, 2011. In the novel, unpopular Anya befriends the ghost of Emily, a girl around Anya' ...

'' by Vera Brosgol * The '' Flying Dutchman'', originally from ''A Voyage to Botany Bay'' (1795) by George Barrington *

Hamlet's father ''Hamlet's Father'' is a 2008 novella by Orson Scott Card, which retells William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' in modernist prose, and which makes several changes to the characters' motivations and backstory. It has drawn substantial criticism for it ...

from William Shakespeare's play '' Hamlet''Sylvan Barnet, "Shakespeare: An Overview," in ''

'', ed.

Sylvan Barnet Sylvan Saul Barnet (December 11, 1926 – January 11, 2016) was an American literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. He was a Fletcher Professor of English Emeritus at Tufts University and the general editor of the Signet Classics Shakespear ...

, A Signet Classic, 1998, p. ix. * Hugh Crain from the 1959 novel '' The Haunting of Hill House'', its 1963 film adaption and the 1999 remake *

The Little Ghost Godfrey Little Ghost Laban ( sv, Lilla spöket Laban aban the Little Spook or "the ghost who wouldn't haunt", is a Swedish children's book character created by Inger and Lasse Sandberg from Karlstad Municipality. The books revolve around the boy ghost Lab ...

a Swedish children's book character * Marion and George Kerby, ghosts who haunt Cosmo Topper in the two novels by

Thorne Smith James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 – June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two ''Topper'' novels, comic fantasy fiction involving s ...

, the film '' Topper'' and its sequels '' Topper Takes a Trip'' and '' Topper Returns'', and the television series '' Topper'' * Nicky, Tara, Mr and Mrs Roland and Phears from the '' Mostly Ghostly'' book series by

R.L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...

Video games

* Boo (formerly Boo Diddley) and King Boo, an enemy in the '' Mario'' series of games. * LeChuck of the series of graphic adventure games '' Monkey Island'' * '' Pac-Man's'' ghosts Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (blue) and Clyde (orange) and Sue * Mettaton and Napstablook from 2015 video game '' Undertale''. The former is a ghost inside a robot body and the latter is Mettaton's cousin, a musician/DJ who makes "spooky remixes".

References

External links

* {{Ghosts, state=expanded

Ghosts A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or 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 rea ...