D.S. Dollman
The stories on this list are all considered ghost stories., with a ghost story defined as a work of fiction or non-fiction that contains a ghost as a primary or secondary character. Such story might simply have the premise of a ghost, or the premise of a haunting that implies the presence of a ghost.
Organizing a list such as this was a difficult, yet rewarding, endeavor. I struggled, at first, with the categories for classification, but truly enjoyed trying to classify my extensive list. If you know of a ghost story that you would like to see listed on this site, please contact me at dsdollman@yahoo.com.
Ghost Stories as Novels
Hunt, Ayn. The Haunting
Novels with Ghosts as Minor Characters
A Dream of Drowned Hollow by Lee Barwood, published in 2006 by Double Dragon Publishing. A ghost story with an ecological twist, this book won Andre Norton's Gryphon Award.
The Cynthia's Attic series of books by Mary Cunningham has ghosts as minor characters. This series is published by Echelon Press Publishing.
Psi Blue by Robert Walker. Published 2006, Echelon Press Publishing. Ghosts are secondary characters in this psychic thriller.
Ghosts in Short Stories
Crigger, C.J. "Aldy Neal's Ghost."
David, Evelyn. "I Try Not To Drive Past Cemetaries."
The short stories of author D.S. Dollman available on Fictionwise and Amazon.com.
Collections of Short Ghost Stories
Just A Little More Than Strange, a 2004 collection by D.S. Dollman, currently out of print.
Ghosts in Stage Drama
Hamlet by William Shakespeare has one of the most famous ghosts in history. Hamlet's father returns from the dead to lament his murder at the hands of his wife, sending Hamlet on a quest for revenge.
Ghosts in Campfire Stories
Haunted Camps: The Campfire Stories of Byron C. Justice, is a collection by an expert storyteller. Published in 2007 by Lone Tree Press.
Ghosts Stories on Television
Bonanza--Episode 335. Released in 1963. Little Joe (Michael Landon) is rescued by local townspeople after his horse is stolen in the desert. When the story has ended, the viewer can’t help but replay each scene in the mind, searching for clues to a conclusion that should have been obvious from the start. Great story.
M*A*S*H--Season 10, Episode 10. Released in 1982. "Follies of the Living--Concerns of the Dead." One of the spookiest shows I've ever seen. Both creepy, and sad.
Television Series' About Ghosts
Ghost Story, a 1972-73 anthology suspense drama involving different paranormal encounters.
Ghost Whisperer, a 2005-present series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt who speaks with the dead to help with their unresolved issues.
Ghosts in Film
Below, a 2002 horror/mystery/thriller that will scare the beejeebees out of you! This is a great movie. Well done.
Dragonfly, a 2002 horror/drama/thriller starring Kevin Costner and Kathy Bates, about a doctor who loses his wife.
Ghost Story, a 1981 horror drama masterpiece starring Melvyn Douglas, Fred Astaire, John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The Changling, a 1980 film starring George C. Scott. Based loosely on a true story.
The Devil's Backbone, or El Espinazo del diablo, is one of the scariest ghost stories I've ever seen, and this film is by far my favorite horror film. Subtitled, but who cares? It's great!
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a charming 1966 ghost story/murder mystery starring Don Knotts. I highly recommend this film.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, a 1947 paranormal romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. Later made into a television series. A favorite for generations of ghost story fans.
The Sixth Sense, a 1999 film written and directed by M. Knight Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis. One of my all-time favorite ghost stories.
The Uninvited, a 1944 horror mystery starring Ray Milland and Gail Russell. Great story line with a haunted house on a cliff.
Films with Ghosts as Minor Characters
The Gift, a 2000 psychic thriller starring Kate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi.
Lonesome Dove, a 1989 miniseries based on the Larry McMurtry novel, has a short, but important appearance by a ghost.
Radio Plays with Ghosts
Authors Who Write Ghost Stories Bangs, John Kendrick (The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall) Bierce, Abrose (Present at a Hanging) Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (Monos and Daimonos) Cunningham, Mary (Cynthia’s Attic series) De Maupassant, Guy (The Terror) Dollman, D.S. (The Strawboys) Forster, E.M. (The Celestial Omnibus) Harwood, John (The Underground Ghost) Kipling, Rudyard (At the End of the Passage) Stevenson, Robert Louis (The Isle of Voices) Stowe, Harriet Beecher (The Ghost in the Mill) Twain, Mark (A Ghost Story) Walpole, Horace (The Castle of Otranto) Wilde, Oscar (The Canterville Ghost)
Benson, E. F. (How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery)
Blackwood, Algernon (The Empty House)
Cather, Willa (The Affair at Grover Station)
Collins, Wilkie (Mrs. Zant and the Ghost)
Defoe, Daniel (The Ghost in All the Rooms)
Dickens, Charles (A Christmas Carol)
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (The Silver Mirror)
Glasgow, Ellen (The Past)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (The Ghost of Dr. Harris)
Hodgson, William Hope (The Horse of the Invisible)
Irving, Washington (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
James, Henry (The Romance of Certain Old Clothes)
James, M. R. (Lost Hearts)
Sheridan Le Fanu, Joseph (The Spirit’s Whisper)
London, Jack (Planchette)
Stoker, Bram (The Secret of the Growing Gold)
Stockton, Frank R. (The Transferred Ghost)
Turgenev, Ivan (Spirits)
Wells, H.G. (The Inexperienced Ghost)
Wharton, Edith (Afterward)
Wilkinson, Sarah (The Spectre)
Yeats, W.B. (Hanrahan’s Vision)
