hauntings
Ghostly recurring appearances
Hauntings are supposed supernatural disturbances at a location—unexplained sounds, apparitions, objects moving on their own.
The word implies recurring events rather than a single incident: The hauntings at the old asylum have been reported for decades.
Ghost hunters investigate hauntings; skeptics attribute them to drafts, settling foundations, or overactive imaginations.
Ritual to contact spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
channeling · necromancy · EVP · cold spots · orbs · possession · investigation · demonology
Visible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
revenant · spirit · shade · banshee · visitant · ectoplasm · manifestation · presence
Disturbingly strange
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
creepy · unsettling · foreboding · spectral · phantasmal · eldritch · macabre · gothic
Stored past experiences
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- regretSorrow over past actions
- traumaLasting psychological wound
grief · loss · lingering · obsession · unfinished business · remorse · longing · anguish
Landed aristocratic residence
- asylumShelter from persecution
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
castle · hotel · lighthouse · prison · hospital · plantation · theater · ship
seance
Ritual to contact spirits
clairvoyant · channeling · necromancy · EVP · cold spots · orbs · possession · investigation · demonology · spiritualism
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
wraith · revenant · spirit · shade · banshee · visitant · ectoplasm · manifestation · presence · entity
eerie
Disturbingly strange
sinister · creepy · unsettling · foreboding · spectral · phantasmal · eldritch · macabre · gothic · shadowy
memories
Stored past experiences
trauma · grief · loss · lingering · obsession · unfinished business · remorse · longing · anguish · torment
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
battlefield · castle · hotel · lighthouse · prison · hospital · plantation · theater · ship · graveyard
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
murder · death · curse · victim · restless · vengeful · wronged · injustice · betrayal · massacre
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, folk heroes, John Henry, folk narratives
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, poltergeist, apparition, paranormal phenomena
- Gothic horrorghost story, Dracula, vampires, Frankenstein, graveyard
- haunted placesghosts, apparitions, phantoms, specters, paranormal
- hauntingsghosts, apparition, apparitions, ghost sighting, phantoms
- Bavarian FolkloreKrampus, kobold, nixie, mountain spirits, forest spirits
hauntingsemptiness
Absence of substance
vacancy · absence · normalcy · ordinariness · mundanity
hauntingscoincidences
Unplanned corresponding occurrences
natural phenomena · hallucinations · misperceptions · delusions · imagination
- haunting imageryMemorable, disturbing mental pictures
- haunting vocals
- haunting melodiesSongs that linger emotionally
- haunting visionsDisturbing recurring mental images
- haunting callUnforgettable, unsettling vocalization
- The HauntingSupernatural lingering presence