Aka Manto
Aka Manto ('Red Cloak') is a Japanese urban legend about a masked, red-cloaked spirit who haunts public and school toilets and asks the occu
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Duppy
A spirit of the dead in Jamaican and wider Caribbean folklore, of West African (especially Ga and Akan) origin, generally regarded as malevo
El SilbĂłn
A cursed wandering spirit of the Venezuelan and Colombian Llanos who carries his murdered father's bones in a sack and whose whistle reverse
Ghosts and Hauntings
Ghosts are alleged manifestations of the dead — visual apparitions, voices, sounds, and physical effects — reported across virtually every h
Grey Lady
'Grey Lady' is a recurring archetype in British, North American, and broader anglophone ghost-lore: a female apparition dressed in grey, usu
Hanako-san
Hanako-san is a Japanese school ghost said to inhabit the third stall of the third-floor girls' bathroom and to answer when summoned with a
Hasshaku-sama
Hasshaku-sama is a Japanese internet-era urban legend originating on 2channel describing an unnaturally tall female ghost roughly 2.4 metres
Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman is a transcultural folk figure of a decapitated rider on horseback. The most famous American version is Washington Irv
Hungry ghost
Hungry ghosts (Sanskrit preta; Chinese e gui; Japanese gaki) are beings of one of the six Buddhist realms of rebirth, characterized by insat
Jumbie
Jumbie (also jumbee) is a broad term from Caribbean folklore for supernatural entities — primarily spirits of the dead but also nature spiri
La Llorona
A weeping female ghost said to haunt rivers, lakes, and irrigation channels across Mexico, Central America, parts of South America, and the
La Siguanaba
La Siguanaba is a shapeshifting female spirit of Central American folklore who appears to lone travellers — typically unfaithful or wayward
Mae Nak Phra Khanong
Mae Nak Phra Khanong ('Lady Nak of Phra Khanong') is the most popular ghost of Thai folklore: a young woman of the Phra Khanong canal who di
Night Marchers
Spectral processions of ancient Hawaiian warriors said to march along ancient trails in the islands at night, escorting deceased aliʻi and d
Phantom Armies
Phantom armies are large-scale collective apparitions of soldiers and battles, in which witnesses report seeing or hearing entire ghostly ar
Phantom Ships
Phantom ships are spectral or mysterious vessels reported by mariners throughout history, appearing as ghostly ships that materialize and va
Phi Am
A nocturnal spirit in Thai folklore said to sit on a sleeper's chest, paralyzing them and causing breathing difficulty. The name is used col
Phi Tai Hong
A vengeful ghost in Thai folklore arising from a person who died suddenly or violently — by murder, accident, drowning, suicide, or childbir
Poltergeist
A pattern of paranormal disturbance — knockings, object movement, breaking glass, occasional spontaneous fires — typically centered on a spe
Pontianak
Pontianak is the ghost of a woman who died during pregnancy or childbirth in Malay-Indonesian folklore. She appears as a beautiful long-hair
Resurrection Mary
A long-running Chicago-area vanishing-hitchhiker legend centred on Archer Avenue and Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, in which a
Screaming Skull
A screaming skull is a haunted human skull from British folklore believed to scream, cause poltergeist phenomena, or bring misfortune when r
Sundel Bolong
The Sundel Bolong is a female ghost from Indonesian (primarily Javanese) folklore, defined by a large hole in her back; she is the spirit of
Teke Teke
A Japanese urban-legend onryĹŤ: the spirit of a young woman or schoolgirl bisected by a train who travels on her hands or elbows, making a 't
Wewe Gombel
A Javanese ghost figure — the spirit of a tragically wronged woman — who abducts neglected or mistreated children, caring for them protectiv
White Lady
A globally recurring ghost archetype: a female apparition in white clothing tied to a specific location and a story of tragic, often violent