Bridge over the Overtoun Burn on the western approach road to Overtoun House, near Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland that has attracted international media attention because of the number of dogs that have reportedly leapt from it, often to their deaths after landing on the rocks below.
Peg o’ Nell
Malevolent water spirit of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.
Phantasmagoria
18th-century ghost show developed by the impresario Paul de Philipsthal, also known as Philidor.
Revenant
Spirit of a dead person returned to visit the living, the common conception of a ghost.
Samuel Hibbert-Ware
English geologist and antiquarian.
Screaming skull
Human skull that emits blood-curdling screams when anyone attempts to move it.
Scrying
Form of divination in which the diviner gazes into a reflective surface, in which visions appear.
Society for Psychical Research
Registered charity founded in 1882 to conduct scientific investigations into psychic and paranormal phenomena.
Spell (magical)
Verbal charm to be spoken or chanted, sometimes a single magic word such as Abracadabra or the Renervate encountered in the fictional Harry Potter series of books.
Spirit photography
Technique popular in the 19th century to capture the invisible spirits of the deceased.