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these are the Ghoulies ghosties
long-legged beasties and things that go
bump in the night
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
legendary spirits and ghosts does this
look familiar oh my god yes for this
list we’re looking at the most famous
spooks and spirits reportedly recorded
around the world throughout history some
of these speculative specters have been
the subject of popular books and movies
so don’t be surprised if you see some of
your old favorites
and our jury
number ten peg entwistle you ever seen
the spirit of peg entwistle the rages
will tell you this there has been here
for like twenty plus years they say they
do go that trail at night you will see
her between I don’t know midnight you
know what is really they see it all the
time in life this Welsh born English
Beauty was aspiring stage and screen
actress
Millicent Lillian peg Entwistle
tragically she only achieved the same
she craved after she left from the H
Omni as it was then known Hollywoodland
sign to her death she wrote the ending
to her own story on September 18th 1932
Hollywood police got an anonymous phone
call from a woman who claimed to have
found a body under the sign but that was
not the last time peg was found not
alive anyway since her death hikers and
park rangers have reported a ghostly
blond haired woman
sadly wandering near the iconic landmark
but who vanishes if you approach others
have reported the overpowering scent of
gardenias Peg’s
signature perfume it’s been 70 plus
years since she died but people still
see a woman in period clothing
appropriate for the time that she died
walking up this that lonely road up to
the sign number nine the brown Lady of
Raynham Hall the brown lady is thought
to be the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole
the sorely mistreated wife of by count
Charles Townsend locked in her rooms by
her husband until her death in 1726 some
believe she still haunts the house she
could never leave so nicknamed because
of the brown brocade dress she wears
many have encountered the lady including
guests of a Christmas party who reported
a lady with no eyes King George the
fourth who left in the night as a result
and Captain Frederick Mariette who
described encountering a woman who quote
grinned in a malicious and diabolical
manner
yikes in 1936 a london-based
photographer managed to capture the now
famous image of the lady on the stairs
number 8 Lincoln’s ghost also known as
the White House ghost president astone
since that fateful night at Ford’s
Theatre in 1865 how was people from
presidents to visiting states men and
women to staff have reported seeing a
ghost throughout the White House some
have simply heard footsteps in knocking
and attributed the sounds to the
deceased pres the president has been
shot however in 1942 Queen Wilhelmina of
the Netherlands heard a knock at her
guestroom door when she answered there
stood the former president the Queen
immediately fainted furthermore Sir
Winston Churchill fresh from a bath was
surprised to see Lincoln standing by his
fireplace the British prime minister
never to be outdone fit him good evening
and admitted himself at a disadvantage
to which the ghost reportedly smiled as
though amused and vanished number seven
the flying dutchman not a person this
time but a ship while there are
variations to the legend the basic story
involves captain Hendrik van der decken
GU in 1641 ignored the pleas of his crew
to take safe harbour during a storm he
swore not even God could halt his course
and from that time on the Flying
Dutchman and its entire crew were cursed
I offer you a choice
join my crew and push button judgment
accounts of the doomed ship have cropped
up all over the world with the ghost
ship usually interpreted as an omen for
a coming storm or death was always in my
blood to die at sea there was not a fate
I had wanted for you the chilling tale
of the doomed crew first spread by
sailors a since seen its share of
exposure and popular culture however
inspiring everything from a vogner opera
to the Pirates of the Caribbean to
SpongeBob SquarePants Thank You magic
around that’s probably because it good
but now the owner is too lazy to clean
or drop it anchor than I write plate
number 6 the ghosts of the Stanley Hotel
the inspiration for Stephen King’s
Overlook Hotel in The Shining the
Stanley Hotel is said to be inhabited by
many ghosts
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contains staff and guests have
complained of bizarre sounds object
moving of their own accord and the piano
in the dining room playing by itself at
night when the hotel opened in 1909 it
was considered one of the pinnacle
luxury hotels however first hauntings
were reported as far back as 1911 after
a housekeeper Elizabeth Wilson was
electrocuted during a storm and survived
paranormal activity is frequently
reported in room 217 and the concert
hall in early 2016
a tourist snapped some photographs of
the empty Lobby only to find that
perhaps he hadn’t been so alone after
all
you
number five the bell which this story is
one of the only paranormal related
events where it is said an evil entity
actually caused the death murdered a
living person John Bell a frightening
19th century tale the Bell family of
Adams Tennessee had one serious ghost
problem the spirit soon known as the
bell which tormented the prominent
farming family for years
upsetting furniture assaulting them
cursing them driving off the daughter
scooter and finally killing people
traveled from all over to witness the
disturbing events many of whom were
chased away by the shrieking Specter in
1820 John Bell the patriarch was
supposedly poison according to the
family as he lay dying they could hear
the witch laughing the Bell which spoke
in a disembodied voice
I gave old jack a big dose of that last
night which victim to this day
unaccountable disturbances are reported
on the Red River settlement the site of
the old Bell farm and these disturbances
are thought to be the work of the
violent witch number 4 the ghost of Anne
Boleyn I love you I love you
see everything’s being treated to
everything we were the ghosts of King
Henry the eighth’s ill-fated second wife
and Berlin has been allegedly spotted
throughout the UK most frequently she’s
seen at the Tower of London where she
spent her final days was beheaded and
later buried
however the Queen has also been seen at
the window of the dean’s cloister at
Windsor Castle most dramatically Flynn
is said to haunt flickering Hall as well
a Grand Manor built on the old Berlin
family property on the ground she is
said to be occasionally seen arriving by
a ghostly carriage driven by headless
horses and a headless coachman while she
herself holds her severed head on her
lap well that’s one way to make an
entrance
my lady I cannot tell you that the King
has decreed that you will not be banned
but suffer a quickly dies by
decapitation
number three Banshee surprise she a
shadowy Spectre from Irish folklore the
name Banshee comes from the Gaelic words
meaning lady or woman and fairy but she
is no Tinkerbell
while more frequently heard than seen
this ghoul is said to appear is either
an old hag or a beautiful woman but
always folded in a dark ragged cloak and
with long wild hair unlike most ghosts
banshees are not the lost souls of once
living people but more a force of nature
her wailing is said to herald the
approach of death and to hear her cry is
to know that someone in the family will
soon die once a family hears the Banshee
screaming there’s nothing they can do
but wait for the inevitable
number two Bloody Mary Bloody Mary
it’s an old slumber party stand by the
blood-soaked woman is said to appear to
anyone brave or foolish enough to stand
in front of a mirror at night and say
her name three times
Bloody Mary Bloody Mary Bloody nope
can’t scared they did it but the results
supposedly vary some say she will tell
your future others say that she will
scratch out the eyes of whoever calls
her this ghost is said to be the spirit
of Mary the first of England who earned
her grisly moniker after having hundreds
of Protestants butchered the Bloody Mary
legend has gone on to inspire many
movies and TV shows personally we prefer
our Bloody Mary’s with a stalk of celery
and lots of ice
number one the headless horseman
legends of horsemen clad in black and
headless crop up everywhere
from Ireland to Germany to America to
India in some tales the horseman is
either death itself or depth servant but
at other times it’s a heroic figure such
as in Germany where he blows his horn
don’t have cow to warn hunters of danger
or seeks out revenge on those who
committed serious crimes
but perhaps the most famous Headless
Horseman is the ghastly villain of
Washington Irving’s 1820 short story The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow where a headless
rider chases off the schoolmaster
Ichabod Crane on a dark night or goes on
a murder spree like in the Tim Burton
adaptation your choice
[Music]
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite legendary ghoul for more
haunting top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
here’s Johnny
[Music]
these are the Ghoulies ghosties
long-legged beasties and things that go
bump in the night
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
legendary spirits and ghosts does this
look familiar oh my god yes for this
list we’re looking at the most famous
spooks and spirits reportedly recorded
around the world throughout history some
of these speculative specters have been
the subject of popular books and movies
so don’t be surprised if you see some of
your old favorites
and our jury
number ten peg entwistle you ever seen
the spirit of peg entwistle the rages
will tell you this there has been here
for like twenty plus years they say they
do go that trail at night you will see
her between I don’t know midnight you
know what is really they see it all the
time in life this Welsh born English
Beauty was aspiring stage and screen
actress
Millicent Lillian peg Entwistle
tragically she only achieved the same
she craved after she left from the H
Omni as it was then known Hollywoodland
sign to her death she wrote the ending
to her own story on September 18th 1932
Hollywood police got an anonymous phone
call from a woman who claimed to have
found a body under the sign but that was
not the last time peg was found not
alive anyway since her death hikers and
park rangers have reported a ghostly
blond haired woman
sadly wandering near the iconic landmark
but who vanishes if you approach others
have reported the overpowering scent of
gardenias Peg’s
signature perfume it’s been 70 plus
years since she died but people still
see a woman in period clothing
appropriate for the time that she died
walking up this that lonely road up to
the sign number nine the brown Lady of
Raynham Hall the brown lady is thought
to be the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole
the sorely mistreated wife of by count
Charles Townsend locked in her rooms by
her husband until her death in 1726 some
believe she still haunts the house she
could never leave so nicknamed because
of the brown brocade dress she wears
many have encountered the lady including
guests of a Christmas party who reported
a lady with no eyes King George the
fourth who left in the night as a result
and Captain Frederick Mariette who
described encountering a woman who quote
grinned in a malicious and diabolical
manner
yikes in 1936 a london-based
photographer managed to capture the now
famous image of the lady on the stairs
number 8 Lincoln’s ghost also known as
the White House ghost president astone
since that fateful night at Ford’s
Theatre in 1865 how was people from
presidents to visiting states men and
women to staff have reported seeing a
ghost throughout the White House some
have simply heard footsteps in knocking
and attributed the sounds to the
deceased pres the president has been
shot however in 1942 Queen Wilhelmina of
the Netherlands heard a knock at her
guestroom door when she answered there
stood the former president the Queen
immediately fainted furthermore Sir
Winston Churchill fresh from a bath was
surprised to see Lincoln standing by his
fireplace the British prime minister
never to be outdone fit him good evening
and admitted himself at a disadvantage
to which the ghost reportedly smiled as
though amused and vanished number seven
the flying dutchman not a person this
time but a ship while there are
variations to the legend the basic story
involves captain Hendrik van der decken
GU in 1641 ignored the pleas of his crew
to take safe harbour during a storm he
swore not even God could halt his course
and from that time on the Flying
Dutchman and its entire crew were cursed
I offer you a choice
join my crew and push button judgment
accounts of the doomed ship have cropped
up all over the world with the ghost
ship usually interpreted as an omen for
a coming storm or death was always in my
blood to die at sea there was not a fate
I had wanted for you the chilling tale
of the doomed crew first spread by
sailors a since seen its share of
exposure and popular culture however
inspiring everything from a vogner opera
to the Pirates of the Caribbean to
SpongeBob SquarePants Thank You magic
around that’s probably because it good
but now the owner is too lazy to clean
or drop it anchor than I write plate
number 6 the ghosts of the Stanley Hotel
the inspiration for Stephen King’s
Overlook Hotel in The Shining the
Stanley Hotel is said to be inhabited by
many ghosts
[Music]
contains staff and guests have
complained of bizarre sounds object
moving of their own accord and the piano
in the dining room playing by itself at
night when the hotel opened in 1909 it
was considered one of the pinnacle
luxury hotels however first hauntings
were reported as far back as 1911 after
a housekeeper Elizabeth Wilson was
electrocuted during a storm and survived
paranormal activity is frequently
reported in room 217 and the concert
hall in early 2016
a tourist snapped some photographs of
the empty Lobby only to find that
perhaps he hadn’t been so alone after
all
you
number five the bell which this story is
one of the only paranormal related
events where it is said an evil entity
actually caused the death murdered a
living person John Bell a frightening
19th century tale the Bell family of
Adams Tennessee had one serious ghost
problem the spirit soon known as the
bell which tormented the prominent
farming family for years
upsetting furniture assaulting them
cursing them driving off the daughter
scooter and finally killing people
traveled from all over to witness the
disturbing events many of whom were
chased away by the shrieking Specter in
1820 John Bell the patriarch was
supposedly poison according to the
family as he lay dying they could hear
the witch laughing the Bell which spoke
in a disembodied voice
I gave old jack a big dose of that last
night which victim to this day
unaccountable disturbances are reported
on the Red River settlement the site of
the old Bell farm and these disturbances
are thought to be the work of the
violent witch number 4 the ghost of Anne
Boleyn I love you I love you
see everything’s being treated to
everything we were the ghosts of King
Henry the eighth’s ill-fated second wife
and Berlin has been allegedly spotted
throughout the UK most frequently she’s
seen at the Tower of London where she
spent her final days was beheaded and
later buried
however the Queen has also been seen at
the window of the dean’s cloister at
Windsor Castle most dramatically Flynn
is said to haunt flickering Hall as well
a Grand Manor built on the old Berlin
family property on the ground she is
said to be occasionally seen arriving by
a ghostly carriage driven by headless
horses and a headless coachman while she
herself holds her severed head on her
lap well that’s one way to make an
entrance
my lady I cannot tell you that the King
has decreed that you will not be banned
but suffer a quickly dies by
decapitation
number three Banshee surprise she a
shadowy Spectre from Irish folklore the
name Banshee comes from the Gaelic words
meaning lady or woman and fairy but she
is no Tinkerbell
while more frequently heard than seen
this ghoul is said to appear is either
an old hag or a beautiful woman but
always folded in a dark ragged cloak and
with long wild hair unlike most ghosts
banshees are not the lost souls of once
living people but more a force of nature
her wailing is said to herald the
approach of death and to hear her cry is
to know that someone in the family will
soon die once a family hears the Banshee
screaming there’s nothing they can do
but wait for the inevitable
number two Bloody Mary Bloody Mary
it’s an old slumber party stand by the
blood-soaked woman is said to appear to
anyone brave or foolish enough to stand
in front of a mirror at night and say
her name three times
Bloody Mary Bloody Mary Bloody nope
can’t scared they did it but the results
supposedly vary some say she will tell
your future others say that she will
scratch out the eyes of whoever calls
her this ghost is said to be the spirit
of Mary the first of England who earned
her grisly moniker after having hundreds
of Protestants butchered the Bloody Mary
legend has gone on to inspire many
movies and TV shows personally we prefer
our Bloody Mary’s with a stalk of celery
and lots of ice
number one the headless horseman
legends of horsemen clad in black and
headless crop up everywhere
from Ireland to Germany to America to
India in some tales the horseman is
either death itself or depth servant but
at other times it’s a heroic figure such
as in Germany where he blows his horn
don’t have cow to warn hunters of danger
or seeks out revenge on those who
committed serious crimes
but perhaps the most famous Headless
Horseman is the ghastly villain of
Washington Irving’s 1820 short story The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow where a headless
rider chases off the schoolmaster
Ichabod Crane on a dark night or goes on
a murder spree like in the Tim Burton
adaptation your choice
[Music]
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite legendary ghoul for more
haunting top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
here’s Johnny
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