Famous Ghost Stories

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The following are famous ghost stories for you to enjoy. They are some of the best, short, classic ghost stories that are in the public domain. We chose seven of them for your reading enjoyment.

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Famous Ghost Stories

The Legend Of Sleepy
Hollow
Washington Irving classic
about Ichabod Crane and
the Headless Horseman.

The Premature Burial
Edgar Allen Poe's classic
ghost story.

The Tell-Tale Heart
Famous Edgar Allen Poe
story of ghosts.

Famous Ghost Stories

The Black Cat
Another of Edgar Allen
Poe's famous ghost stories.

The Raven
Ghost story written by Poe
is a true famous must read!

The Body-Snatcher
Famous goulish ghost story
by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Fall of the House of Usher
Read some more Poe and
get creeped out!

These famous ghost stories are worth the read. Poe wrote most of the collection we have posted here, but truly he is an American Master of the famous ghost story.

Some ghost stories we have heard before, as they have become famous, urban legends. These famous ghost stories here, should really be called "classic" ghost stories, as they are well-written, well-thought out, and contructed to frighten the reader.

Other famous ghost stories that are true tales will be added here soon. For now, enjoy the famous ghost stories found here that will just plain scare you, but will have little basis of fact.

A Christmas Carol
One of the best and most famous ghost stories ever written. A Charles Dickens classic ghost story!