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13 The Terror of the Dark 14 What is a Ghost?

Date of account: Early twentieth century
Source: True Ghost Stories
Reference: True Ghost Stories · selected passage 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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CHAPTER I What is a Ghost? 13 The Terror of the Dark 14 What is a Ghost? 18 Historic Investigations 20 Death Coincidences 21 Are They Due to Chance? 24 The Explanation 26 Experimental Apparitions 27 Telepathic Hallucinations 32 Ghosts Which Move Material Objects 37 Photographs of Ghosts 38 The "Double" and the Spiritual Body 40 What Happens at the Moment of Death 43 How the Soul May Leave the Body 47 Theories of Haunted Houses 51 The Ghosts of Animals 53 The Clothes of Ghosts 55 Telepathy from the Dead 57 The Psychic Atmosphere 59 Forms Created by Will 60 Physical Manifestations 62 Can Haunted Houses be "Cured"? 63

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Modern context

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The passage can support a history of claims and recurring descriptions. It does not establish a paranormal mechanism, and competing psychological, social and physical explanations remain relevant.

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