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In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, life-like visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance.
The belief in manifestations of the spirits of the dead is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to appease the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life, though stories of phantom armies, ghost trains, phantom ships, and even ghost animals and quantities have also been recounted.
Ed and Lorraine Warren are American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of hauntings.
Edward Warren Miney (September 7, 1926 – August 23, 2006) was a noted demonologist, author, lecturer, World War II US Navy veteran, and former police officer. Lorraine Warren, née Lorraine Rita Moran (January 31, 1927 – ), his wife, is a professed clairvoyant and a light trance medium who worked closely with her husband.
The Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in 1952 and later opened the Occult Museum. They are the authors of numerous books about the paranormal and their own private investigations into various hauntings. They claimed to have investigated over 10,000 hauntings during their career. The Warrens were among the very first investigators in the controversial Amityville haunting.
The Warrens were responsible for training several current paranormal investigating demonologists including Dave Considine, Lou Gentile, and their nephew John Zaffis.
Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. (born April 12, 1947) is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and promotional purposes. His name is also a brand for similar movie scripts written by ghost writers and many series of non-fiction books on military subjects and merged biographies of key leaders. He is Vice Chairman of Community Activities and Public Affairs, as well as a part-owner, of the MLB Baltimore Orioles.
Clancy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland, graduating with the class of 1965. He then attended Loyola College in Baltimore, graduating in 1969. Before making his literary debut, he spent some time running an independent insurance agency. This agency thrived for a few years before joining a group of investors.
Clancy and his first wife Wanda married in 1969, separated briefly in 1995, and permanently separated in December 1996. Clancy filed for divorce in November 1997, which became final in January 1999.
Actors: Jason Brasier (producer), Jason Brasier (composer), Jason Brasier (writer), Jason Brasier (actor), Jason Brasier (editor), Jason Brasier (director), Jason Knight (producer), Jason Knight (actor), Mickey Stone (actor), Elaine Jenkins (actress), Brittney Greer (producer), Brittney Greer (actress), Brittney Greer (writer), Kevin Keppy (actor), Tyler Durham (composer),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Tom Jahn (actor), Oliver Paulus (writer), Oliver Paulus (director), Oliver Paulus (producer), Pola Kinski (actress), Stefan Hillebrand (director), Stefan Hillebrand (producer), Stefan Hillebrand (writer), Isolde Fischer (actress), André Bigoudi (editor), Dietrich Garbrecht (actor), Jochen Wenz (actor), Jochen Wenz (composer), Mardi Gras.bb (actor), Mardi Gras.bb (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor),
Plot: Casper And Wendy's Ghostly Adventures. Casper the friendly ghost to the rescue! The night is Halloween, the night when witches, goblins and ghosts howl and shriek and scare the life out of you! But unlike the other ghosts, there's Casper. He doesn't want to scare people, he just wants to be friends! Join Casper and his ghoul-friend Wendy, Spooky and the infamous ghostly trio as you take a journey through the classic 1950s cartoons.
Genres: ,Actors: Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor),
Plot: Casper And Wendy's Ghostly Adventures. Casper the friendly ghost to the rescue! The night is Halloween, the night when witches, goblins and ghosts howl and shriek and scare the life out of you! But unlike the other ghosts, there's Casper. He doesn't want to scare people, he just wants to be friends! Join Casper and his ghoul-friend Wendy, Spooky and the infamous ghostly trio as you take a journey through the classic 1950s cartoons.
Genres: ,Actors: Joseph Barbera (actor), Michael Bell (actor), Jeff Bergman (actor), Jeff Bergman (actor), Jeff Bergman (actor), Frank Welker (actor), Penny Singleton (actress), Jean Vander Pyl (actress), Jean Vander Pyl (actress), B.J. Ward (actress), William Hanna (writer), Henry Corden (actor), William Hanna (actor), Casey Kasem (actor), Don Messick (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Seymour Kneitel (director), Jack Mercer (actor), Sid Raymond (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Mae Questel (actress), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Isadore Klein (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Alan Shay (actor),
Plot: Casper, the friendly ghost, likes people but people are afraid of him. So Casper goes to the zoo looking for a friend, which he quickly makes with a baby elephant, and, together, they go out playing in the night. The mother elephant finds him missing and raises an alarm. Casper returns with his new friend and is allowed to remain in the elephant's cage with his new friend.
Keywords: cage, casper, elephant, friend, friendship, ghost, loneliness, longing-for-a-friend, mother-son-relationship, spectreActors: Izzy Sparber (director), Jackson Beck (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Ed Sullivan (actor), Mae Questel (actress), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Isadore Klein (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Alan Shay (actor),
Plot: In this pun-title cartoon (from Toast of the Town) Casper, the friendly ghost, is banished from Ghost Town/Heaven/Territory, because he refuses to frighten living people. He saves a baby from a burning building and is acclaimed a hero and is appearing on a television show. His fellow ghosts see the program and are afraid he will ruin the ghost business, and fly to the television studio. However, Casper tells the audience that the ghosts are there to entertain them, and the people laugh. The mayor gives Casper a skeleton-key to the city.
Keywords: 1950s, audience, baby, banishment, big-city, burning-building, casper, expulsion, friend, ghostActors: Izzy Sparber (director), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Mae Questel (actress), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Alan Shay (actor),
Plot: Casper the Friendly Ghost, while all the other ghosts spend their time ghosting, is studying about how to become a Boy Scout. He finds a troop of Boy Scouts, but they all run away in fear. Finally, he meets Little Billy, who is too young to be a scout but is okay with Casper being his friend. Billy sees that a large bear has the scouts cornered, and Casper comes to their aid and scares the bear away. The grateful scouts acclaim Casper as a hero.
Keywords: bear, boy-scouts, camp, camping, casper, danger, field-manual, field-trip, friend, friendlessActors: Izzy Sparber (director), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Isadore Klein (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Alan Shay (actor),
Plot: The adult ghosts are testing themselves on a Scare Meter; but poor, lonely Casper has no wish to frighten anyone. Yet he's a ghost; and when he tries to befriend an owl and two rabbits, all he does is scare them away. Casper even scares some bees that are chasing a bear cub. But the cub is grateful to Casper, and unafraid of him. The two become fast friends, and Casper names the cub Brownie. Casper soon finds that the cub has a natural talent for juggling, so he teaches him how to juggle while balancing on a hoop. A ringmaster happens to see Brownie and takes him away. He soon has Brownie doing his act on a high wire. Casper finds him, but an enormous gorilla may spoil the happy reunion.
Keywords: animal, anthropomorphism, bear-cub, bee, bugle, bunny, casper, chalkboard, circus, fearActors: Izzy Sparber (director), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Alan Shay (actor),
Plot: Casper, the Friendly Ghost, who does not like scaring people, is hauled up before the Ghost Tribunal and is quickly convicted of Friendship-in-the-First Degree and is booted out of the local ghost community. Ostracized, but head still held high, Casper makes friends with a lonesome puppy, who he later rescues from the dog-pound along with all the other lost dogs. Casper becomes highly respected in the dog community.
Keywords: 1950s, captive, capture, casper, chase, convicted-felon, dog, dog-pound, dogcatcher, friendHere I stand victorious
The only man who made you come
When you cried, you cried for us
And when we died, you died alone
Gravity's calling
Don't go home
Where are we
Did what I could
For one of us
I always thought it was for you
And when I lied
Oh I lied for us
Because you never heard the truth
I am lying alone tonight
Don't go home
Where are we
If we are ghosts
(A long long time ago)
It looks like we could have made it baby
We are ghosts
(A long long time)
Me and you
We are ghosts
(A long long time ago)
We could have made it
We are ghosts
(A long long time)
Me and you
(Ago)
Look at the time its taken me
To get away from what was said
I'll never leave
I'll always love
You know that all those words are dead
Buried in yours tonight
Move aside
I'm taking you home
On the radio
She was that summer song
Packing them in
Making them dance
A law of her own
Taking the time to sing it
I don't need you
But I'm lost
I'm lost without you tonight
Have you no heart
Where are we
(Everybody sing it)
Ghosts
We love like ghosts
We are ghosts
They're taking down our satellite
We are ghosts
Josephine
I'll follow your star tonight
We are ghosts
If not tonight
Then when will she say
(Everybody sing it)