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Category Archives: Ghost stories

Home / Archive Category: Ghost stories

Mother Haggy

Aug 22, 2020Eric CorbettGhost stories, WitchesNot on Wikipedia

Witch of St. Albans, best-known for her salve to restore the hymen.

The Ash-tree

Aug 5, 2020Eric CorbettEssays & short stories, Ghost stories

Ghost story by M. R. James, published in 1904, about the vengeance of a witch against her accuser.

Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad

Aug 4, 2020Eric CorbettEssays & short stories, Ghost storiesBetter than Wikipedia

Ghost story by M. R. James published in 1904, about a mysterious whistle found on a beach in Suffolk.

The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost

Sep 10, 2019Eric CorbettEssays & short stories, Ghost storiesNot on Wikipedia

Short story by H. G. Wells about a man who dies after re-enacting the masonic passes he had seen a ghost use to disappear.

The Apparition of Mrs. Veal

Mar 17, 2019Eric CorbettGhost stories

Account of a ghostly visitation said to have occurred in Canterbury in 1705.

Athenodoros and the ghost

Nov 14, 2018Eric CorbettGhost storiesFacebook post

Athenenodorus (c. 74 BCE – 7 AD) was a Stoic philosopher and the subject of the first recorded ghost story.

The Turn of the Screw

Aug 14, 2018Eric CorbettGhost stories

Horror novella by Henry James, first published in 1898, about a governess who comes to believe that the house where she works is haunted.

Engole, the Elven for knowledge
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