Famous ghosts and ghouls make for the very best scary stories, and luckily for you, we’ve rounded up our favourite famous ghost stories into this very handy list. Get prepared to be spooked. 1. The Flying Dutchman. It might not be a human ghost, but the Flying Dutchman is without a doubt one of the most famous hauntings of all time.

2015年10月28日 · As the nights are drawing in, how about a ghost story? The Victorians loved a ghost story, and many of the most celebrated writers of Victorian novels had a go at this ghoulish genre, from Elizabeth Gaskell to Charles Dickens to Robert Louis Stevenson. Here are ten of …

2025年1月9日 · Regardless of the century or country, the world is filled with countless ghost stories, but some are arguably more famous than others. This list looks into some of the most famous ghosts across the globe and digs into the folklore that made them famous.

2022年11月3日 · In the following list you’ll find some of the best short stories of ghosts, hauntings, horror, weird fiction, and Gothic literature from classic authors like Robert Louis Stevenson, M. R. James, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Sheridan Le Fanu.

2017年6月23日 · While some of the most famous ghost stories ended up being for-sure hoaxes, others are disturbingly convincing. Some are so intriguing that Hollywood made them into blockbuster films. Others may not have found that level …

2022年10月12日 · These seven Atlas Obscura stories show how ghosts found their way into every aspect of our lives, from pop culture to crime solving to, yes, even meteorology and archeology.

2018年10月8日 · Here are the spookiest ghost stories from all 50 states. 1. ALABAMA. An old photograph of the Tombigbee River. | By Eugene Allen Smith (1841-1927) - The Journal of Geology, Published by...

2020年4月28日 · Look at the famous ghosts and urban legends around the world, from Bloody Mary to Vanishing Hiker, What makes them scary? Read their origin story and what eyewitnesses have to say.

2022年10月21日 · Ghost stories are told around campfires and found on bookstore shelves, in both fiction and nonfiction sections. Around Halloween, pop-culture images of ghosts haunt nearly every store, and hang...

2015年1月2日 · A chronological selection of some of the most interesting and noteworthy classic ghost stories, and information about major ghost story authors.