Login
Subscribe
TodaySunday, May 03, 2026

Ghost Glossary

Instrumental Transcommunication

instrumental transcommunication High-technology communication with nonphysical beings and the dead. Instrumental transcommunication (ITC) evolved out of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), and includes EVP. ITC is a partnership of worlds. Higher beings, called
25 July 2017
by

Banshee

A banshee is a female Death Omen spirit of Ireland and Scotland that attaches itself to families—especially those whose surnames begin with “Mac” and “O”—and manifests to herald an approaching death in the family. There are variations of the banshee
25 July 2017
by

Levitation

Levitation is the lifting up into the air of objects, persons and animals without apparent natural

Silver

In folklore, silver is an effective metal with magical powers for dealing with the supernatural. Silver

Spirit Photography

Spirit photography was a commercially successful occupation from the 1860s to the 1890s. A person wanting a spirit photograph would go to a photography studio operated by a medium claiming to specialize
22 November 2021

Human Ghosts

Apparitions of people who have died are commonly called ghosts. They often appear repeatedly at the same place, sometimes for years, with the ghost seemingly oblivious to its surroundings and typically performing
22 November 2021

Phantom Voices and Sounds

Phantom voices and sounds are noises that appear to be coming from ghosts. Sometimes a phantom voice or sound is only heard once or twice, but other times it occurs over and
19 November 2021

Animal Ghosts

Sightings of ghosts have been reported throughout history and throughout the world, and more than 10 per cent of Americans say they have actually seen a ghost. In most cases these ghosts
18 November 2021

Haunted houses and Other structures

Occupants of or visitors to certain houses, hotels, castles, theatres, schools, or other buildings sometimes report experiencing odd, recurring, unexplainable phenomena, such as noises with no apparent source, objects that seem to
18 November 2021

Spook

SPOOK Generally accepted as an alternative term for ghost, the origins of the word may be traced back to American Indian lore and thus regarded as a uniquely American term. In its
14 November 2020

Wraith

A wraith is the ghost of a person on the verge of death. According to lore the wraith appears as an exact likeness of its human counterpart, and commonly reveals itself to
13 November 2020

Tash

TASH is an Irish word for a ghost that can appear in human or animal form. Ireland has a strong ghost story tradition and gave birth to one of the greatest ghost-story
13 November 2020

Spectre

Spectre is a Word that is generally thought to mean a ghost or apparition but among ghost hunters it has become employed to describe hauntings that eventually prove to be explainable or
13 November 2020

Smoke Ghosts

Smoke Ghosts is a curious phenomenon not to be confused with ectoplasm or ‘mist’ phenomena, smoke ghosts are said to be ghost forms which give the appearance of smoke and are often
13 November 2020
1 2 3 … 7

Follow

Newsletter