Spook is a synonym for

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 ...

. Spook or spooks may also refer to:

People

Spook (nickname) Spook is a nickname of: * Thomas Dowler (1903-1986), American football, basketball and baseball player and football and basketball coach * Rupert Hanley (born 1952), South African cricketer * Spook Jacobs Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs (November 4, ...

, shared by several notable people *

Per Spook Per Spook (born 2 July 1939) is a Norwegian fashion designer. He was awarded ''Aiguille d'Or'' (The Golden Needle) in 1978, and ''Dé d'Or'' (The Golden Thimble) in 1993. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. ...

(born 1939), Norwegian fashion designer * a

ghostwriter A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often h ...

* a

racial slur The following is a list of ethnic slurs or ethnophaulisms or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or oth ...

referring to a black person * an

undercover agent To go "undercover" (that is, to go on an undercover operation) is to avoid detection by the object of one's observation, and especially to disguise one's own identity (or use an assumed identity) for the purposes of gaining the trust of an indiv ...

or spy

Places

Spook Bridge Spook Bridge, located on the county line between Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks County and Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, is an abandoned open spandrel arch bridge crossing the Withlacooch ...

, an abandoned bridge over the Withlacoochee River, Georgia, United States * Spook Cave, a flooded cave in Iowa, US *

Spook Hill Spook Hill is a gravity hill, an optical illusion in Lake Wales, Florida, where cars appear to roll up the spooky hill. Spook Hill is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, a geologically significant range of sand and limestone hills, which were islan ...

, a gravity hill in Florida, US * Spook (crater), a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon

Arts, entertainment, media

Fictional characters

Spook (comics) The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies. Since Batman first appeared in ''Detectiv ...

, a DC Comics enemy of Batman * Spook, a character from the cartoon series ''Top Cat'' * Spook, a character in the comic strip ''

The Wizard of Id ''The Wizard of Id'' is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. Beginning November 16, 1964, the strip follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom called "Id" ...

Films

* ''Spooks'' (1930 film), a 1930 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short * ''Spooks'' (1953 film), a 1953 Three Stooges short * '' Spooks: The Greater Good'', a British 2015 spy film

Literature and comics

* '' Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'', a 2005 non-fiction book by Mary Roach * ''

Spook's ''Spook's'', published as ''The Last Apprentice'' series in the U.S., is a dark fantasy series of books written by British author Joseph Delaney and published in the UK by The Bodley Head division of Random House Publishing. The series consists o ...

'', a series of dark fantasy novels by Joseph Delaney * ''Spook'', a graphic novel by

Joshua Starnes Joshua Starnes (born September 2, 1976) is an American animation writer, comic book publisher film critic for ComingSoon.net and president of the Houston Film Critics Society. Career Starnes was introduced to film criticism by his father while a ...

and Lisandro Estherren * ''Spooks'', a children's book by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins as part of their ''Picture Lions'' series * ''Spooks'', a comic book series by

Larry Hama Larry Hama (; born June 7, 1949) is an People of the United States, American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor role ...

Television

* ''Spooks'' (TV series), a UK series broadcast from 2002 to 2011 (called ''MI-5'' in some countries) * '' Spooks: Code 9'', a UK series broadcast in 2008

Music

Groups

Spooks (group) Spooks was an American hip-hop group, active from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. The members of the group got together in 1994, taking their name from the 1969 novel by Sam Greenlee, '' The Spook Who Sat by the Door''. Career After attaining ...

, an American hip-hop band

Albums

* ''Spooks'' (album), a 2010 album by The Beautiful Girls * ''Spooks: Original Comics Soundtrack'', a 2008 album by

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

and Andy Garfield, based on the comics by Larry Hama

Songs

* "Spooks", by Dance Gavin Dance from the album ''

Downtown Battle Mountain II ''Downtown Battle Mountain II'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Dance Gavin Dance, released on March 8, 2011, on Rise Records. The album is a non-direct sequel to the band's full-length debut studio album, '' Downtown Battle M ...

'' * "Spooks", by Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) from the ''

Inherent Vice ''Inherent Vice'' is a novel by American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published in August 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to investigat ...

'' soundtrack * "Spooks!", by Louis Armstrong, released in 1954, later found on album ''

Satchmo In Style ''Satchmo in Style'' is a 1959 studio album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Reception The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album two stars and said that "...the jazz content is minimal and the music is plagued by the ra ...

'' *"Spooks", by Marion Brown from the album ''

Three for Shepp ''Three for Shepp'' is an album by American saxophonist Marion Brown featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

'' 1966 * "Spooks", by

Pryda Eric Sheridan Prydz (, ; born 19 July 1976), also known by his many aliases including Pryda () and Cirez D (), is a Swedish DJ and music producer. He rose to fame with his 2004 hit single " Call on Me", and saw continued chart success with " Pr ...

from the single ''Spooks / Do It'' * "Spook", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from the album ''

Wrong Creatures ''Wrong Creatures'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The album was released through Vagrant Records on January 12, 2018. Four songs were released as singles in late 2017 ahead of the album's release: " ...

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Spooks'' (video game), a 1985 video game

Military

* "Spook", nickname for a Mine Protected Combat Vehicle, a Rhodesian armoured fighting vehicle * "The Spook", emblem of the

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bow ...

, a United States Navy fighter-bomber

Other uses

* a concept in the

philosophy of Max Stirner Johann Kaspar Schmidt (25 October 1806 – 26 June 1856), known professionally as Max Stirner, was a German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as ...