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08-25-2010, 09:15 AM
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Top 10 Famous Ghosts
Spooks, spirits and specters – the stuff of folklore and films for centuries. Don’t be afraid of this list, there are friendly ghosts and frightening spirits who are more famous in this life than in the afterlife. This list brings you the most famous fictional and non-fictional ghoulies we love to get scared by. 10. Casper McFadden  Everyone’s favorite friendly ghost was created in the late 1930s as a character in a story book, but was soon adapted into animation. Casper was created in the late 1930s by New York City native Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, the former devising the idea for the character and the latter providing illustrations.The New York-accented ghost was desperate to make friends after he got tired of scaring people all the time, much to the annoyance of his pesky uncles, The Ghostly Trio. The film adaptation in 1995 featured Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman. 
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08-25-2010, 09:15 AM
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9. The Ghost of the Seven Gables
 The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, or ‘The House of the Seven Gables’ in Salem, Massachusetts, was the birthplace of famous author Nathanial Hawthorne. Hawthorne’s ancestors presided over many of the witchcraft trials in 1692, and many say a hex was placed on the family – which inspired many of Hawthorne’s novels. It is believed that the grounds are haunted by Nathaniel and his son Julian, both cursed into walking the earth forever.
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08-25-2010, 09:16 AM
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8. Jacob Marley
 Marley, the deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, comes back at Christmas time to teach the protagonist some valuable life lessons, according to this Charles Dickens classic. Marley has appeared in many versions of this seasonal tale, played by Alec Guinness in the 1970s film, by Goofy in Mickey’s Christmas Carol and voiced by Nicholas Cage in the 2001 movie version.
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08-25-2010, 09:16 AM
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7. Blood
 Mary Turn the lights out, spark a candle, stand in front of the mirror and say her name three times. This Western folklore declares that the image of Bloody Mary – said to be a mad widow, a bereaved mother or just a mad old hag – will appear in the reflection and in some variations, **** you violently or scratch your eyes out. A mainstream variation of this legend featured in the 1995 film Candyman.
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08-25-2010, 09:16 AM
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6. The South Shields Poltergeist
 In one of the most recent real-life ghost stories, this naughty Northern poltergeist caused a real media furor. In the summer of 2006 in Tyne and Wear, Newcastle, UK, two paranormal specialists, Michael J. Hallowell and Darren Ritson were called in to investigate some extremely eerie goings-on. In an intricately documented year-long period, the family and investigators reported ghostly silhouettes, taps pouring blood, death threats sent to mobile phones and bloody scratches appearing on skin. You can find out more in the book: The South Shields Poltergeist: One Family’s Fight Against an Invisible Intruder 
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