Ghost:
In traditional belief and non-fiction as well as
fiction, a ghost (sometimes known as a spectre
(British English) or specter (American English),
phantom, apparition or spook is the soul or
spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear,
in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.
Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts/spirits
vary widely from an invisible presence to
translucent or barely visible wispy shapes or
lights, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate
attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased
person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism
as a séance.
The belief in manifestations of the spirits of the
dead is widespread, dating back to animism or
ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain
religious practices funeral rites, exorcisms,
and some practices of spiritualism and ritual
magic are specifically designed to rest the spirits
of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as
solitary essences that haunt particular locations,
objects, or people they were associated with in life,
though stories of phantom armies, ghost trains,
phantom ships, and even ghost animals have also
been recounted.

It is said a ghost, sometimes known as
a specter, entity, phantom or apparition
is the soul or spirit of a deceased person
or animal that can appear, in visible form
or other manifestation, to the living.

Every small town has at least one house the
children whisper about; the type of house that
has always been abandoned; where the once
pristine white paint has faded to a grimy gray;
where the windows are boarded, and the lawn
never grows; where children hold their breath
and close their eyes as they pass by.
A house that sounds like it contains an army
of whispering spirits when the wind whistles
through the nearby trees.
― The Blood Brothers,
The House on Creep Street