Meaning of ghost story | Babel Free

Definitions

A story about ghosts or the supernatural, often meant to be frightening.

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Examples

“In all smuggling places ghost stories abound. Can it be that they were invented to keep law-abiding folk behind closed doors at night, when the deeds were being done?”

“There are the books full of Underground ghost stories. An invisible runner pounds along the platforms at Elephant & Castle; children scream in the basement of what used to be the surface building of Hyde Park Corner, [...]”

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