Tradition 13 of 33
Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Apparitions, haunted places, poltergeists, ghost lore, and investigations of hauntings.
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- Books
- 2,446
- Earliest
- 1016
- to 2026
- Read free
- 40%
- 971 with public full text
- With covers
- 57%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,349
- Metadata match79
- Query match14
- Source classification (retained through merging)4
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Key subjects
- Ghosts494
- Fiction335
- Apparitions332
- Ghost stories258
- Apparitions and miracles197
- Haunted houses152
- Juvenile fiction130
- Haunted places129
- History122
- Gespenst107
- Children's fiction102
- Early works to 180097
- Fantômes89
- Poltergeists88
- Scotland65
- Supernatural65
- Horror tales60
- Social Sciences60
- Horror stories58
- holy ghost53
- occultism52
- Art51
- Short Stories51
- Fiction, horror46
Top languages
- English1,410 · 58%
- French339 · 14%
- German209 · 9%
- Spanish103 · 4%
- Japanese57 · 2%
Notable authors
All authors- Robert Lawrence Stine29 in this tradition54 books
- Charles Dickens22 in this tradition29 books
- Daniel Defoe16 in this tradition31 books
- Ludwig Lavater12 in this tradition19 books
- Augustin Calmet12 in this tradition18 books
- Joseph Glanvill11 in this tradition19 books
- 叶兴阳双语音标有声读物10 in this tradition23 books
- Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling10 in this tradition13 books
- Richard Baxter9 in this tradition29 books
- Algernon Blackwood8 in this tradition13 books
- Hans Holzer8 in this tradition13 books
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu8 in this tradition11 books
2,446 books
The spectralities reader
María del Pilar Blanco, Esther Peeren
2013
The spectre, or, News from the invisible world
T. Ottway, Richard Baxter, John Wesley, David Simpson
1836
The spirit of Dr. Bindelof
Rosemarie Pilkington
2006
The timely remembrancer, or The minister preaching his own funeral sermon
Thomas Chamberlain
1788
The true exact copy of the pastoral letter of the Bishop of Angiers in France. Concerning a late miracle done in the parish called in French, Des ulmes de St. Florent. near to the town of Saumur, on the second day of June, 1668. at what time those of the reformed church (as they call themselves) held their synod in the said town of Saumer
Henri Arnauld
1668
The unseen world
John Mason Neale
1847
The witching time
Henry Norman
1887
The wonderful history of the Morristown ghost
David Young, Ransford Rogers
1826
The works of the late Reverend and Learned John Owen, D.D
John Owen
1721
Three visits to Knock
Mary Francis Cusack
1882
Unbidden guests
William Oliver Stevens
1945
Uncanny modernity
Jo Collins, John Jervis
2008
VVonder of vvonders
Abraham Miles
1662
Walking with ghosts
Alan J Laing
2017
We are all ghosts in the forest
Lorraine Wilson
2024
Welsh ghosts, poltergeists, and demons
Jane Pugh
1978
[ Saducismus triumphatus
Joseph Glanvill
1681
[A collection of plates with descriptive text relating to Hampshire, from various works]
Jacob Schnebbelie
1788
[Narative of Edmond Nangle of Cloandarah, 1665]
Edmond Nangle
1665
Abhandlung des Daseyns der Gespenster, nebst einem Anhange vom Vampyrismus (von Gerard van Swieten)
Andreas I Mayer, Gerard van Swieten
1768German
Alexander Dumas. Das Souper mit dem Tode und andere Gespenstergeschichten
Emerich Boyer-Berghof, Alexandre pere Dumas
1921German
Azzo von Kuenring, oder: Das Gericht der Todtenritter auf dem Riederberge
Joseph Alois Gleich
1844German
Der "Fall Achternbusch"
Thomas Eilmansberger
1987German
"Ikeru shikabane" no hyōshō bunkashi
伊藤慎吾, 中村正明
2019Japanese