List of Ghosts - Folklore

Folklore

European folklore

• The Wild Hunt
• The Headless Horseman
• White Lady

Romania

• Iele, feminine mythical creatures
• Moroi, a type of vampire or ghost
• Muma Pădurii, an ugly and mean old woman living in the forest
• Strigoi, troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave
• Vântoase, female spirits of the wind
• Zmeu, a fantastic creature

Scandinavia

• The Knights of Ålleberg are the ghosts of twelve knights that died in the battle of Ålleberg in 1389.
• James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell of Dragsholm Castle, Denmark

United Kingdom

• Drummer of Tedworth
• Bloody Mary
• The Brown Lady
• Sweet William's Ghost
• The Cock Lane ghost received massive public attention in 18th-century England.
• Man in Grey of the Theatre Royal
• Nan Tuck's Ghost, believed to haunt Nan Tuck's Lane, one mile from Buxted.
• The ghost nun of Borley Rectory

New Zealand

• Brian Boru Hotel, Thames, New Zealand

Pakistan

• Pichal Peri

United States

• Ghosts of the American Civil War
• Blue Lady, the ghost of a woman reported in and around the Moss Beach Distillery Cafe in Moss Beach, California.
• Joe Bush, a ghost that allegedly haunts the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Sumpter, Oregon. He is said to leave wet, bare footprints on the decks of the dredge. He is also said to cause lights to flicker, and doors to open and close.
• Minnie Quay, a legend in the paranormal circles of Michigan.
• Old Book is the name given to a ghost or spirit which haunts a cemetery at Peoria State Hospital in Bartonville, Illinois.
• The Red Lady of Huntingdon College is a ghost believed to haunt the former Pratt Hall dormitory at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
• The Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin Folklore, is believed to terrorize people along a 25 mile stretch of old mining road.
• Slag Pile Annie, a ghost appearing as an elderly woman working in a remote and difficult-to-access location of the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Greenbrier Ghost, the alleged ghost of a young woman in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. In a murder trial, her "testimony of a ghost" was accepted as evidence.
• Emily, The ghost of a high school age girl who supposedly haunts a covered bridge in Stowe, Vermont. The bridge is dubbed "Emily's Bridge" and she is said to only be seen at midnight.
• The lady in the white dress, a lady in a white dress who resides on the swingset at Camp Judaea, North Carolina.

Canada

• The Headless Nun is a purported ghost believed to haunt French Fort Cove in Nordin in New Brunswick.

Australia

• Frederick Baker ("Federici") of Princess Theatre, Melbourne

Latin America

• La Llorona, a ghost of Latin American folklore who is said to have murdered her children.

Japan

• Okiku of Himeji Castle
• Hanako-san
• Kuchisake-onna
• Teke Teke
• Yuki-onna

Indonesia

• Nyai Roro Kidul of the South Sea, who pulls swimmers to their death

Urban legends

• Vanishing hitchhiker
• Deogen, or "De Ogen" or "The Eyes", is a ghost believed to haunt the Sonian Forest in Belgium. It is often seen as figure in the form of fog followed by smaller shadow figures.