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  1. 👻 Oh no, #Unicode is being haunted! Quick, grab the Ghostbusters 👻! Apparently, in 1978, Japan's Ministry decided to throw in some #mystery #characters just for kicks 🤯—and now we're left playing detective in code. Because, of course, what software needs is more unsolvable puzzles 🙄🔍.
    dampfkraft.com/ghost-character #Ghosts #CodeDetective #SoftwarePuzzles #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

  2. 👻 Oh no, #Unicode is being haunted! Quick, grab the Ghostbusters 👻! Apparently, in 1978, Japan's Ministry decided to throw in some #mystery #characters just for kicks 🤯—and now we're left playing detective in code. Because, of course, what software needs is more unsolvable puzzles 🙄🔍.
    dampfkraft.com/ghost-character #Ghosts #CodeDetective #SoftwarePuzzles #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

  3. This alley has a creature living there you cannot see. But you can hear and feel it. If you walk to the end of the alley the iron gate won’t open. #spooky #photography #ghosts

  4. This alley has a creature living there you cannot see. But you can hear and feel it. If you walk to the end of the alley the iron gate won’t open. #spooky #photography #ghosts

  5. Some of the strangest English legends concern screaming skulls. Usually seen as belonging to former residents of a house, they emit horrifying screams if anyone tries to remove them or if anything unusual happens. One skull from Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, screamed to announce the births and illnesses of farm animals and family deaths. Some robbers once stole it, but returned it after being tortured by its incessant shrieks. When a railway was being built across the house's land, the skull would allegedly undo all progress after work finished for the day. The skull was eventually appeased by an interview with the chief engineer, who promised it free passage over the line forever. The painting below is 'Vanitas Still Life' by Pieter Claesz, 1630. #folklore #gothic #weird #skull #history #mythology #paranormal #ghosts #death #art #arthistory

  6. Some of the strangest English legends concern screaming skulls. Usually seen as belonging to former residents of a house, they emit horrifying screams if anyone tries to remove them or if anything unusual happens. One skull from Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, screamed to announce the births and illnesses of farm animals and family deaths. Some robbers once stole it, but returned it after being tortured by its incessant shrieks. When a railway was being built across the house's land, the skull would allegedly undo all progress after work finished for the day. The skull was eventually appeased by an interview with the chief engineer, who promised it free passage over the line forever. The painting below is 'Vanitas Still Life' by Pieter Claesz, 1630. #folklore #gothic #weird #skull #history #mythology #paranormal #ghosts #death #art #arthistory

  7. Traces Herne the Hunter, Windsor Forest’s antlered ghost, from his legend as Richard II’s sacrificed huntsman through his single Shakespearean source and his Victorian embellishment in Ainsworth’s Windsor Castle. #ghosts #shakespeare connectparanormal.net/2026/08/

  8. The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate, released in 1993
    Released for: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns
    Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
    Fantasy, Comedy
    ghosts, dinosaurs, magic, death, frog, gambling, rabbit, female protagonist, steam, bird, backtracking, revenge, dancing, snake, dice, alchemy, darkness, snowman, sheep, anthropomorphism, playing cards, voice acting, crocodile, mouse, descendants of other characters, treasure chest, saving the world, potion, castaway, octopus, betrayal, self-referential humor, parrot, liberation, yeti, violent plants, floating island, been here before, starfish, item combination, tentacles, domino, plot twist, escaping imprisonment, severed limbs, simon says, unrequited love, collection marathon, scummvm compatible

    From the Internet Games Database
    https://www.igdb.com/games/the-legend-of-kyrandia-…
    #games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #ghosts #dinosaurs #magic #death #frog #gambling #rabbit #femaleprotagonist #steam #bird #backtracking #revenge #dancing #snake #dice #alchemy #darkness #snowman #sheep #anthropomorphism #playingcards #voiceacting #crocodile #mouse #descendantsofothercharacters #treasurechest #savingtheworld #potion #castaway #octopus #betrayal #selfreferentialhumor #parrot #liberation #yeti #violentplants #floatingisland #beenherebefore #starfish #itemcombination #tentacles #domino #plottwist #escapingimprisonment #severedlimbs #simonsays #unrequitedlove #collectionmarathon #scummvmcompatible #pc9800series #win #mac #dos #fmtowns #fantasy #comedy
  9. The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate, released in 1993
    Released for: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns
    Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
    Fantasy, Comedy
    ghosts, dinosaurs, magic, death, frog, gambling, rabbit, female protagonist, steam, bird, backtracking, revenge, dancing, snake, dice, alchemy, darkness, snowman, sheep, anthropomorphism, playing cards, voice acting, crocodile, mouse, descendants of other characters, treasure chest, saving the world, potion, castaway, octopus, betrayal, self-referential humor, parrot, liberation, yeti, violent plants, floating island, been here before, starfish, item combination, tentacles, domino, plot twist, escaping imprisonment, severed limbs, simon says, unrequited love, collection marathon, scummvm compatible

    From the Internet Games Database
    https://www.igdb.com/games/the-legend-of-kyrandia-…
    #games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #ghosts #dinosaurs #magic #death #frog #gambling #rabbit #femaleprotagonist #steam #bird #backtracking #revenge #dancing #snake #dice #alchemy #darkness #snowman #sheep #anthropomorphism #playingcards #voiceacting #crocodile #mouse #descendantsofothercharacters #treasurechest #savingtheworld #potion #castaway #octopus #betrayal #selfreferentialhumor #parrot #liberation #yeti #violentplants #floatingisland #beenherebefore #starfish #itemcombination #tentacles #domino #plottwist #escapingimprisonment #severedlimbs #simonsays #unrequitedlove #collectionmarathon #scummvmcompatible #pc9800series #win #mac #dos #fmtowns #fantasy #comedy
  10. “She needs you, Dad,' Julia says. 'She has unfinished business in this world.'What is the matter with you?' Charlie asks his daughter. 'Any sane person would have told me to go to the doctor. I'm seeing a headless apparition every day. Maybe my medications are conflicting. You should see the list of side effects on this stuff.”
    ― Joey Comeau

    #Bot #Quote #Ghosts #Humor

  11. The story of Simonides, preserved in Cicero’s work, illustrates the belief that unburied dead cannot rest. Simonides honors an unknown corpse, later warned by its ghost not to sail, ultimately avoiding a shipwreck. #ghosts #ancienthistory connectparanormal.net/2026/08/

  12. The story of Simonides, preserved in Cicero’s work, illustrates the belief that unburied dead cannot rest. Simonides honors an unknown corpse, later warned by its ghost not to sail, ultimately avoiding a shipwreck. #ghosts #ancienthistory connectparanormal.net/2026/08/

  13. ROOMS is #horror audio #microfiction.
    Explore more ROOMS at my Patreon. Available at the free level! (Paid patrons get early access.)
    Cecile: Rae Witte
    Photo: Klimkin / Overlay: Saadelm
    Headphones recommended.
    #audiofiction #audiodrama #fiction #noai #hauntedhouse #supernatural #ghosts #rooms

    ROOMS IV - Maze

    patreon.com/wkeithtims/posts/r

  14. ROOMS is #horror audio #microfiction.
    Explore more ROOMS at my Patreon. Available at the free level! (Paid patrons get early access.)
    Cecile: Rae Witte
    Photo: Klimkin / Overlay: Saadelm
    Headphones recommended.
    #audiofiction #audiodrama #fiction #noai #hauntedhouse #supernatural #ghosts #rooms

    ROOMS IV - Maze

    patreon.com/wkeithtims/posts/r

  15. 'Spooky The Screech Owl' (by Louis Fuentes) says thank you to everyone who contributed to #SpookySunday yesterday: it was another fantastically phantasmagorical day. I'm already looking forward to next week's manifestations.
    #OwlishMonday #owl #ghosts #supernatural

  16. There, But Not There: The Phantom DNA Effect and the Physics of Absence

    A viral video promises a ghost in the machine. The real ghosts of science are stranger, and they had to earn the name. A reader sent me a short video this week with the kind of claim that arrives already glowing. A Russian scientist, the narrator says, shone laser light through a sealed vacuum chamber. Empty, the light scattered at random. Drop in a sample of DNA, and the photons arranged themselves into the shape of a double helix, as if the molecule had taught the light how to hold a form. Then comes the part that makes people forward the video to friends. The scientist removed the DNA, disturbed nothing else, and shone the light again. The helix pattern was still there. The molecule had left a ghost in the empty chamber, an imprint pressed into the quantum field. The narrator calls it the DNA phantom effect and lets the word "amazing" do the rest. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/08/08/ther

  17. There, But Not There: The Phantom DNA Effect and the Physics of Absence

    A viral video promises a ghost in the machine. The real ghosts of science are stranger, and they had to earn the name. A reader sent me a short video this week with the kind of claim that arrives already glowing. A Russian scientist, the narrator says, shone laser light through a sealed vacuum chamber. Empty, the light scattered at random. Drop in a sample of DNA, and the photons arranged themselves into the shape of a double helix, as if the molecule had taught the light how to hold a form. Then comes the part that makes people forward the video to friends. The scientist removed the DNA, disturbed nothing else, and shone the light again. The helix pattern was still there. The molecule had left a ghost in the empty chamber, an imprint pressed into the quantum field. The narrator calls it the DNA phantom effect and lets the word "amazing" do the rest. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/08/08/ther

  18. Dagens boktips blir äntligen Ghosts of Greenville av Gerri Hill. Tog några extra dagar att läsa ut eftersom jag har en vild fantasi som gör att jag inte kan läsa om spöken när det är mörkt 😅 Boken rekommenderas varmt. #bookstodon #ghosts #sapphicbooks

    goodreads.com/book/show/240387

  19. Dagens boktips blir äntligen Ghosts of Greenville av Gerri Hill. Tog några extra dagar att läsa ut eftersom jag har en vild fantasi som gör att jag inte kan läsa om spöken när det är mörkt 😅 Boken rekommenderas varmt. #bookstodon #ghosts #sapphicbooks

    goodreads.com/book/show/240387

  20. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #CBS #Ghosts #BBC ‘Ghosts’ Is Finally Becoming a Movie, but the Franchise Should Stop There dlvr.it/TTrP46

  21. Movie TV Tech Geeks #Exclusives #Ghosts #SDCC #Sitcom ‘Ghosts’ Season 6 Could Finally Deliver the Trevor and Hetty Moment Fans Want [Exclusive] dlvr.it/TTrFf5

  22. In St Mary the Virgin's Church, Woodford, Northamptonshire, a preserved human heart was discovered in a pillar during restoration work. Some suspect it belonged to a monk, whose ghost has been sighted in the church. One woman saw the 'monk' approach the altar, kneel and pray. Another saw the apparition drift down the aisle towards her before it vanished at the spot where the heart was found. Two holidaymakers in the 1960s took a photo of the interior of the church and, upon developing the film, were surprised to see a robed figure at the altar. A copy of the photo hangs in the church, along with a framed newspaper clipping about the incident. Another theory claims the heart belonged to a crusader who died in the Holy Land and whose friends returned his heart to England. #spookysunday #folklore #ghosts #paranormal #history #gothic #weird #churches

  23. In St Mary the Virgin's Church, Woodford, Northamptonshire, a preserved human heart was discovered in a pillar during restoration work. Some suspect it belonged to a monk, whose ghost has been sighted in the church. One woman saw the 'monk' approach the altar, kneel and pray. Another saw the apparition drift down the aisle towards her before it vanished at the spot where the heart was found. Two holidaymakers in the 1960s took a photo of the interior of the church and, upon developing the film, were surprised to see a robed figure at the altar. A copy of the photo hangs in the church, along with a framed newspaper clipping about the incident. Another theory claims the heart belonged to a crusader who died in the Holy Land and whose friends returned his heart to England. #spookysunday #folklore #ghosts #paranormal #history #gothic #weird #churches

  24. Scientific Explanations For Deja Vu And The Paranormal

    Most of us at some point in our lives have experienced Deja vu, that is we feel as though an experience we’re having or seeing has happened before. Most of us have also had the experience of seeing something out of the corner of our eye, or the sensation of having chills for no known reason. Some people also report that they’ve seen ghosts, spirits or aliens. Some of these phenomena such as ghosts or spirits are quite often associated with people who have passed away, sometimes in […]

    johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/

  25. Scientific Explanations For Deja Vu And The Paranormal

    Most of us at some point in our lives have experienced Deja vu, that is we feel as though an experience we’re having or seeing has happened before. Most of us have also had the experience of seeing something out of the corner of our eye, or the sensation of having chills for no known reason. Some people also report that they’ve seen ghosts, spirits or aliens. Some of these phenomena such as ghosts or spirits are quite often associated with people who have passed away, sometimes in […]

    johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/

  26. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #Ghosts #CBS #Comedy 'Ghosts' Still Needs To Address This Glaring Plot Hole Immediately dlvr.it/TTlVWf

  27. Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom, released in 1995
    Released for: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
    Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
    Fantasy, Historical, Educational
    ghosts, china

    From the Internet Games Database
    https://www.igdb.com/games/qin-tomb-of-the-middle-…
    #games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #ghosts #china #win #mac #dos #fantasy #historical #educational
  28. We recently signed up for the free "Tubi" and I am amazed by the plethora of psychotronic films they offer. Its insane collection of Amityville movies is rivaled only by its Shark section, which includes gems such as "Sharkenstein" and "Sharkula." Bravo TUBI! #tubi #streaming #streamingtv #streamingrelevision #television #horror #terror #horrorfilms #horromovies #amityville #amityvilleschlock #schlock #schlockhorror #sharkmovies #shark #sharkweek #sharkattack #ghosts #ghost #karen #karens

  29. ‘Ghosts’ Showrunners Tease New Characters, “Ghost-On-Ghost Possession,” A ‘Die Hard’ Christmas & More In Season 6 — Comic-Con
    #News #CBS #ComicCon #Ghosts #JoePort #JoeWiseman

    deadline.com/2026/07/ghosts-se

  30. The Northern Line ticket hall in Bank Tube Station was once the notoriously overcrowded crypt of St Mary Woolnoth's Church, which was cleared of bodies and reinforced when the station was built. Passengers often feel a sense of desolation and some have smelt putrid odours wafting through the tunnels. One ghost sometimes glimpsed in and around the station is the 'Black Nun', a woman whose brother worked at the nearby Bank of England and was executed for forging a cheque. St Mary Woolnoth was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, a mysterious figure known as the 'Devil's Architect' for embellishing his buildings with 'pagan' adornments like pyramids and obelisks. In 'The Wasteland', T.S. Eliot wrote: "St Mary Woolnoth kept the hours, with a dead sound on the final stroke of nine." #PhantomsFriday #folklore #history #London #gothic #psychogeography #weird #paranormal #architecture #ghosts #poetry #poets