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Ghosts in Popular
Culture and
Legend
JUNE MICHELE PULLIAM AND
ANTHONY J. FONSECA, EDITORS
Copyright © 2016 by ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Pulliam, June Michele, editor. | Fonseca, Anthony J., editor.
Title: Ghosts in popular culture and legend / June Michele Pulliam and
Anthony J. Fonseca, editors.
Description: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, 2016. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016009473 | ISBN 9781440834905 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781440834912 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Ghosts.
Classification: LCC BF1461 .G498 2016 | DDC 133.1—dc23
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To my five-year-old self, who was composing ghost stories before
I was able to write them down.
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Contents
Acknowledgmentsxv
Introductionxvii
A–Z Entries
American Horror Story: Murder House 1
Amish Haunting 2
Amityville Horror, The 3
Angels of Mons 6
Animal Ghosts 7
Annabelle 8
Apparition Narrative 9
Arabian Nights, The 10
Ash Wednesday 12
Audrey Rose 12
Awakening, The 13
Bag of Bones 17
Battlefield Ghosts 18
Beckoning Fair One, The 19
Beetlejuice 20
Belief Studies 21
Bell Witch 24
Beloved 26
Bhoot 28
Bither, Doris 29
“Black Cat, The” 30
Blackwood, Algernon 31
Blair Witch Project, The 32
Blithe Spirit 34
Bloody Mary 35
Book of the Spirits, The 35
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Borley Rectory 36
Campbell, Ramsey 39
Canal, The 41
Candyman 42
Canterville Ghost, The 44
Casper45
“Casting the Runes” 47
Castle of Otranto, The 48
Certain Slant of Light, A 49
Changeling, The 50
Children’s Books 51
Child’s Play Series 55
Chinese Ghost Story, A 57
Christmas Carol, A 58
Comedy60
Conan Doyle, Arthur 65
Conjuring, The 66
Crawford, F. Marion 67
Crossing Over with John Edward 68
Dark Water 71
Dead Files, The 74
Dead Silence 75
Detective Fiction 76
Día de los Muertos 80
Dolls83
Earthbound Spirits 87
Ectoplasm89
Enfield Poltergeist 90
Entity, The 91
Espiritismo 92
Eye, The 96
Feng Shui 99
Field of Dreams 100
Flying Dutchman 101
Fog, The 102
Folklore103
Contents ix
1408 106
Fox Sisters 108
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins 110
Frighteners, The 111
Gender113
Ghost 115
Ghost Adventures 116
Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The 117
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The 118
Ghost Bikes 120
Ghost Festival 120
Ghost Hunters 121
Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, The 122
“Ghost Riders in the Sky” 123
Ghost Story 124
Ghost Story for Christmas, A 126
“Ghost Town” 126
Ghost Whisperer 127
Ghostbusters129
Ghosts Know130
Ghostwatch131
Goosebumps Series 132
Gothic, The 134
Grave Encounters 138
Greco-Roman Ghosts 139
Greenbrier Ghost 140
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen 141
Haint143
Halloween144
Haunted and the Haunters, The 146
Haunted Houses 147
Haunting of Hill House, The 151
Headless Horseman 153
Heart-Shaped Box 154
Hell House 155
Hill, Joe 158
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Hodgson, William Hope 158
Hoffmann, E. T. A. 159
Hook, The 160
“Hotel California” 161
Houdini, Harry 163
House on Haunted Hill, The 164
House on Nazareth Hill, The 165
Hungry Ghosts 166
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai 168
Innocents, The 171
Insidious Series 172
Inspector Calls, An 173
Internet Ghosts 174
Irving, Washington 177
Jackson, Shirley 179
James, Henry 180
James, M. R. 181
“James Gang” 183
Janghwa, Hongryeon 183
Ju-On: The Grudge 184
Kairo 187
King, Stephen 188
Kwaidan 189
LaLaurie Mansion 191
Le Fanu, J. S. 192
“Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The” 194
Leiber, Fritz 195
Llorona, La 196
Long Island Medium 198
Lost Boy Lost Girl 199
Lovely Bones, The 200
Medieval Ghosts 203
Medium 205
Mediums206
Mirrors208
Molesworth, Mary Louisa 210
Contents xi
Mostellaria 211
Mumler, William H. 212
Museums and Libraries 214
Music, Jazz and Blues 217
Music, Popular 218
Music, Traditional and Folk 223
Myrtles Plantation 225
Mysteries of Udolpho, The 226
Native American Ghosts in Films 229
Necromancy231
Neo-Victorian Ghost Stories 232
Nightmare on Elm Street, A 233
9/11 Ghost Fiction 235
Odyssey, The 237
Old English Baron, The 238
Onions, Oliver 239
Orfanato, El 240
Others, The 241
Ouija Board 242
Paranormal Societies 245
Paranormal Television 247
Parapsychology249
Pliny the Younger 253
Poe, Edgar Allan 254
Poltergeist 255
Poltergeists256
Pornography259
Possession261
Price, Harry 264
Purgatory266
Randi, James 269
Renaissance/Romantic Period 269
Revenant272
Revenge274
Riddell, Charlotte 275
Ring Franchises 276
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“Sandmann, Der” 281
“Schalken the Painter” 282
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!282
Séance 283
Séance on a Wet Afternoon 284
Séances285
Shadow People 287
Shining, The 288
“Signalman, The” 289
Six Feet Under 290
Sixth Sense, The (Film) 291
Sixth Sense, The (Television Series) 292
Slender Man 293
Society for Psychical Research 294
Soul, The 295
Space Ghost 297
Spectre, The 298
Spectrophilia299
Spirit Photography 301
“Spirit Rappings” 303
Spiritualism304
Stead, W. T. 309
Stir of Echoes, A 310
Straub, Peter 312
Supernatural 313
Suzuki, Koji 314
Theaters315
13 Ghosts 318
Topper 320
“True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, The” 321
Turn of the Screw, The 322
20th Century Ghosts 323
Two Thousand Maniacs! 324
Ugetsu 327
Uncanny, The 328
Unfriended 332
Contents xiii
Uninvited, The 333
Vanishing Hitchhiker 335
Victorian Era 336
Video Games 338
“Warning to the Curious, A” 345
Warren, Ed and Lorraine 345
Wharton, Edith 347
What Lies Beneath 348
White Noise 349
Witch of Endor 350
Woman in Black, The (Novel and Play) 351
Woman Warrior, The 354
Women Authors 355
Wuthering Heights 358
Young Adult Fiction 361
Yu-rei 363
Bibliography365
About the Editors and Contributors 373
Index379
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Acknowledgments
I would like to extend my gratitude to Clarke Cadzow of Highland Coffees, for let-
ting me occupy the comfy chairs for hours on end, nursing a cup of coffee while
working on this manuscript. I would also like to thank my dear friends Robin
Roberts, Frank de Caro, Rosan Jordan, and Solimar Otero for helping me form
the framework for this book through their conversation and encouragement. Also,
I want to extend my special appreciation to Shane Stadler, my friend, colleague,
and fellow writer, who so frequently let me interrupt his work when I became so
excited about my own that I had to chatter about it to a fellow scholar. Finally, I am
grateful to my departmental chair Elsie Michie and my late colleague Lisi Oliver,
who both went out of their way to let me know about institutional support for this
project. Frank de Caro is Professor Emeritus of English at Louisiana State Univer-
sity. His recent books include a memoir, Stories of Our Lives (Utah State University
Press, 2013) and Folklore Recycled: Old Traditions in New Contexts (University Press
of Mississippi, 2013). He received his Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University in
1973 and currently lives in the New Orleans Garden District.
