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the unfinished business of physics, kept alive by drafty houses and overactive imaginations.
means The supposed spirits of the dead, lingering or appearing among the living, often as faint apparitions.
from From Old English 'gast,' meaning spirit, breath, or soul — the same word that survives in 'Holy Ghost.' It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root (compare German 'Geist'), likely tied to an older sense of being terrified or amazed, as if the breath had been knocked out of you. The silent 'h' is a latecomer, probably borrowed by early printers in imitation of Flemish spelling — a typographic haunting that never left.
- carbon monoxide
- Poisoning causes hallucinations once blamed on haunted homes
- infrasound
- Sound below hearing triggers dread and phantom shapes
- sleep paralysis
- Waking mid-dream conjures shadowy figures on your chest
- legal tender
- A UK court once heard a haunted house refund case
banshee of irish folklore — supernatural wailing woman from irish mythology, featured in countless documented ghost stories across ireland since medieval times
ghost of anne boleyn — reported apparition at tower of london since her execution in 1536, seen by guards and visitors for nearly 500 years
phantom of the opera — fictionalized ghost character in gaston leroux's 1910 novel, based on urban legends of paris opera house