👻 Ghosts And Ancestors

The dead are not strangers but family, and their lingering presence speaks to the way ancestral legacies — burdens and blessings alike — shape the living.

Chasing Ghosts

by Marc Hartzman • 2021

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

3.54

392

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔦 Paranormal Investigation 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places

Chasing Ghosts 90%

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

by Marc Hartzman 2021

3.54

392 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔦 Paranormal Investigation 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke • 2012

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

3.54

1k+

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Ghosts 89%

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

by Roger Clarke 2012

3.54

1k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Historias de fantasmas de Japón

by Lafcadio Hearn • 2011

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

4.20

2k+

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice 🕊️ Love Beyond Death 👹 Vengeful Spirits

Historias de fantasmas de Japón 89%

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

by Lafcadio Hearn 2011

4.20

2k+ ratings

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice 🕊️ Love Beyond Death 👹 Vengeful Spirits

Hauntings

by Paul Roland • 2008

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

3.27

201

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship

Hauntings 89%

She testified from beyond the grave and her killer was convicted. What the famous hauntings reveal.

by Paul Roland 2008

3.27

201 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏰 Haunted Locations 🧠 Parapsychology 🔮 Mediumship

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

by Peter Haining • 2008

Ghosts don't only haunt crumbling castles: true accounts place them in flats, pubs, and jumbo jets.

3.55

329

👻 Ghost Stories 🔬 Paranormal Investigation 📍 Haunted Locations 📚 Psychical Research 💥 Poltergeist Phenomena

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings Summary

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings 89%

Ghosts don't only haunt crumbling castles: true accounts place them in flats, pubs, and jumbo jets.

by Peter Haining 2008

3.55

329 ratings

👻 Ghost Stories 🔬 Paranormal Investigation 📍 Haunted Locations 📚 Psychical Research 💥 Poltergeist Phenomena

The Ghost Bride

by Yangsze Choo • 2013

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

3.81

38k+

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 👻 Spirit Possession 💕 Love Triangle

The Ghost Bride 89%

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

by Yangsze Choo 2013

3.81

38k+ ratings

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 👻 Spirit Possession 💕 Love Triangle

Ghosts

by Hans Holzer • 1997

A field guide to ghost types, why they linger, and how to investigate without fear.

4.00

879

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔬 Parapsychology 🕊️ Life After Death 🏚️ Haunted Houses 🌀 Poltergeists

Ghosts 89%

A field guide to ghost types, why they linger, and how to investigate without fear.

by Hans Holzer 1997

4.00

879 ratings

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔬 Parapsychology 🕊️ Life After Death 🏚️ Haunted Houses 🌀 Poltergeists

When Ghosts Speak

by Mary Ann Winkowski • 2007

Why earthbound spirits refuse to leave, and the ordinary household items that convince them to go.

4.00

2k+

👻 Spirit Communication 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🛡️ Spiritual Protection 📖 Mediumship Memoir 🔗 Spirit Attachment

When Ghosts Speak 89%

Why earthbound spirits refuse to leave, and the ordinary household items that convince them to go.

by Mary Ann Winkowski 2007

4.00

2k+ ratings

👻 Spirit Communication 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🛡️ Spiritual Protection 📖 Mediumship Memoir 🔗 Spirit Attachment

Ghostland

by Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

3.73

11k+

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland 89%

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

by Colin Dickey 2016

3.73

11k+ ratings

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Shimmer

by Alyson Noel • 2011

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

3.73

8k+

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🕊️ Compassion Heals

Shimmer 89%

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

by Alyson Noel 2011

3.73

8k+ ratings

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🕊️ Compassion Heals

Japanese Gothic

by Kylie Lee Baker • 2026

A haunted student meets a samurai's daughter through a door between centuries in a grieving house.

3.92

19k+

🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Dual Timeline 👹 Japanese Folklore ⚔️ Samurai Honor 🌫️ Dreamlike Horror

Japanese Gothic 89%

A haunted student meets a samurai's daughter through a door between centuries in a grieving house.

by Kylie Lee Baker 2026

3.92

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Dual Timeline 👹 Japanese Folklore ⚔️ Samurai Honor 🌫️ Dreamlike Horror

Ancestral Medicine

by Daniel Foor • 2017

A therapist's ritual guide to healing with your ancestors: repair the dead, reclaim your life.

4.42

343

🕯️ Ancestral Healing 🔥 Ritual Practice 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🙏 Ancestor Veneration 🗣️ Spirit Communication

Ancestral Medicine 89%

A therapist's ritual guide to healing with your ancestors: repair the dead, reclaim your life.

by Daniel Foor 2017

4.42

343 ratings

🕯️ Ancestral Healing 🔥 Ritual Practice 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🙏 Ancestor Veneration 🗣️ Spirit Communication

Ghost Hunting

by Jason Hawes • 2007

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

3.86

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Ghost Hunting 89%

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

by Jason Hawes 2007

3.86

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Talk To Me

by Allison DuBois • 2011

The dead don't speak; they send feelings, signs, and dreams. A medium shows how to listen.

4.10

174

🧿 Mediumship 💬 Afterlife Communication 🌙 Spirit Signs 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Psychic Memoirs

Talk To Me 89%

The dead don't speak; they send feelings, signs, and dreams. A medium shows how to listen.

by Allison DuBois 2011

4.10

174 ratings

🧿 Mediumship 💬 Afterlife Communication 🌙 Spirit Signs 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Psychic Memoirs

This Cursed House

by Del Sandeen • 2024

1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.

3.60

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔗 Generational Curse 👁️ Seeing Ghosts 🎭 Colorism And Passing 🌳 Hidden Family Lineage

This Cursed House 89%

1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.

by Del Sandeen 2024

3.60

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔗 Generational Curse 👁️ Seeing Ghosts 🎭 Colorism And Passing 🌳 Hidden Family Lineage

When We Were Birds

by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • 2022

She guides the dead. He buries them. In Trinidad, love crosses the boundary between worlds.

3.76

9k+

🦜 Caribbean Folklore 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Chosen Family 🕊️ Elegiac

When We Were Birds 89%

She guides the dead. He buries them. In Trinidad, love crosses the boundary between worlds.

by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 2022

3.76

9k+ ratings

🦜 Caribbean Folklore 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Chosen Family 🕊️ Elegiac

Ghosts Among Us

by James Van Praagh • 2008

A medium's guide to sensing spirits, protecting your energy, and why the dead remain.

4.01

3k+

🧿 Mediumship 📞 Spirit Communication ✨ Afterlife Studies 👻 Ghost Encounters 🛡️ Energy Protection

Ghosts Among Us 89%

A medium's guide to sensing spirits, protecting your energy, and why the dead remain.

by James Van Praagh 2008

4.01

3k+ ratings

🧿 Mediumship 📞 Spirit Communication ✨ Afterlife Studies 👻 Ghost Encounters 🛡️ Energy Protection

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth • 2025

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

3.07

4k+

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

The Haunting of Room 904 89%

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

by Erika T. Wurth 2025

3.07

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

Shutter

by Ramona Emerson • 2022

A Navajo forensic photographer sees the dead. One ghost's demand for justice unravels a conspiracy.

3.78

18k+

🕵️ Paranormal Mystery 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Reluctant Medium 💔 Generational Trauma 📖 Literary Horror

Shutter 88%

A Navajo forensic photographer sees the dead. One ghost's demand for justice unravels a conspiracy.

by Ramona Emerson 2022

3.78

18k+ ratings

🕵️ Paranormal Mystery 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Reluctant Medium 💔 Generational Trauma 📖 Literary Horror

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

A Box Full of Darkness 88%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

The Hong Kong Widow

by Kristen Loesch • 2025

Six mediums gather at a 1953 Hong Kong mansion where the dead refuse to stay buried.

3.75

1k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 📜 Historical Horror 🔮 Mediums And Seances 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Hong Kong Widow 88%

Six mediums gather at a 1953 Hong Kong mansion where the dead refuse to stay buried.

by Kristen Loesch 2025

3.75

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 📜 Historical Horror 🔮 Mediums And Seances 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Delicious Monsters

by Liselle Sambury • 2023

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

4.03

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

Delicious Monsters 88%

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

by Liselle Sambury 2023

4.03

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

The Ghosts Of Sleath

by James Herbert • 1994

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

3.89

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse 🔍 Skeptical Investigator 👻 Ghostly Children

The Ghosts Of Sleath 88%

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

by James Herbert 1994

3.89

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse 🔍 Skeptical Investigator 👻 Ghostly Children

The Dead Romantics

by Ashley Poston • 2022

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

3.91

268k+

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

The Dead Romantics 88%

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

by Ashley Poston 2022

3.91

268k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish

by Paula Brackston • 2024

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

3.75

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 💔 Doomed Romance 🗺️ Magical Map

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish Summary

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish 88%

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

by Paula Brackston 2024

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 💔 Doomed Romance 🗺️ Magical Map

Glass Girls

by Danie Shokoohi • 2025

Pregnant and in hiding, a former medium must free her brother's ghost from their decaying home.

3.88

822

🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Reluctant Medium 🤝 Sisters In Survival 🔪 Blood Magic

Glass Girls 88%

Pregnant and in hiding, a former medium must free her brother's ghost from their decaying home.

by Danie Shokoohi 2025

3.88

822 ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Reluctant Medium 🤝 Sisters In Survival 🔪 Blood Magic

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall Summary

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall 88%

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill • 2007

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

3.84

155k+

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Heart-Shaped Box 88%

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

by Joe Hill 2007

3.84

155k+ ratings

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Finch House

by Ciera Burch • 2023

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

3.70

386

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children 👻 Bargain With Ghosts 🩸 Family Curse

Finch House 88%

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

by Ciera Burch 2023

3.70

386 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children 👻 Bargain With Ghosts 🩸 Family Curse

The First Ghosts

by Irving Finkel • 2021

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

4.01

499

🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial 👻 Ghost Lore 🪄 Ancient Magic

The First Ghosts 88%

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

by Irving Finkel 2021

4.01

499 ratings

🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial 👻 Ghost Lore 🪄 Ancient Magic

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

754

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Wayward Souls 88%

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020

4.02

754 ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing 🕯️ Pagan Survivals 🎨 Creative Solitude

The Living Stones 88%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing 🕯️ Pagan Survivals 🎨 Creative Solitude

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 88%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest • 2024

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

3.39

2k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

The Drowning House 88%

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

by Cherie Priest 2024

3.39

2k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

Grace

by A.M. Shine • 2026

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

3.74

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Grace 88%

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

by A.M. Shine 2026

3.74

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Songs for Ghosts

by Clara Kumagai • 2025

A biracial cellist opens a Meiji-era diary and a hungry ghost demands the ending she was denied.

3.85

390

🏯 Historical Fantasy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌏 Biracial Protagonist 👻 Ancestral Ghosts 🤫 Family Secrets

Songs for Ghosts 88%

A biracial cellist opens a Meiji-era diary and a hungry ghost demands the ending she was denied.

by Clara Kumagai 2025

3.85

390 ratings

🏯 Historical Fantasy ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌏 Biracial Protagonist 👻 Ancestral Ghosts 🤫 Family Secrets

The Black Phone

by Joe Hill • 2005

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

3.89

50k+

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

The Black Phone 88%

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

by Joe Hill 2005

3.89

50k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Ghost Story 88%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 88%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts 88%

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

Bad Cree

by Jessica Johns • 2023

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

3.89

21k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Bad Cree 88%

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

by Jessica Johns 2023

3.89

21k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Lily Dale

by Christine Wicker • 2004

A reporter's three years among American spiritualists. One medium's reading still haunts her.

3.49

1k+

🔮 Modern Spiritualism 👻 Mediumship 💔 Grief And Loss 🤔 Skepticism And Belief ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Lily Dale 88%

A reporter's three years among American spiritualists. One medium's reading still haunts her.

by Christine Wicker 2004

3.49

1k+ ratings

🔮 Modern Spiritualism 👻 Mediumship 💔 Grief And Loss 🤔 Skepticism And Belief ✨ Afterlife Beliefs

Unbelievable

by Stacy Horn • 2009

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

3.27

512

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Unbelievable 88%

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

by Stacy Horn 2009

3.27

512 ratings

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 88%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Curse of Hester Gardens

by Tamika Thompson • 2026

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

4.17

521

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

The Curse of Hester Gardens 88%

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

by Tamika Thompson 2026

4.17

521 ratings

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 88%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

4k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film 88%

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015

3.52

4k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders • 2017

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

3.75

179k+

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Lincoln in the Bardo 88%

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

by George Saunders 2017

3.75

179k+ ratings

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 88%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

The House on Sunflower Lane

by Gwenna McAllis • 2026

A mother moves into a farmhouse where every family before hers has lost a daughter.

4.29

295

🌀 Generational Curse 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👧 Child Sees Ghosts 🏠 House As Predator 🕯️ Folk Magic Cleansing

The House on Sunflower Lane 88%

A mother moves into a farmhouse where every family before hers has lost a daughter.

by Gwenna McAllis 2026

4.29

295 ratings

🌀 Generational Curse 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👧 Child Sees Ghosts 🏠 House As Predator 🕯️ Folk Magic Cleansing

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