An illustration from an 1885 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from an 1897 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "Tormented by the family pictures."

"The Haunted Nursery": an illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from an 1873 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "The haunt of rook and raven, bat and owl. Drawn by A. H. Wall."

An illustration from a 1901 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "I stepped back as she passed."

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "The story of a haunted room. —'In less time than I can take to write it, an unearthly vaporous fire spring from the wrist.'"

An illustration from a 1907 issue of The Reader magazine.

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "I endeavored to command speech, but something in the cold statuesque form froze every faculty."

"The Whisper in the Night": an illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.

An illustration from a 1907 issue of The Reader magazine.  The caption reads: "'Your dope is some wrong,' said the shade. 'Did you ever hear that every person had two minds?'"

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "The sexton's ghost.—'He saw something move.  It was a tall figure, and it tottered weakly toward the gate on which he leaned."

An illustration from The Annals of Psychical Science, vol. 7 (1908).  The caption reads: "Giving heed to seducing spirits."

An illustration from a 1900 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.

An illustration from The Bachelors Club by Laurel Zangwill (1891).  The caption reads: "Again the voice came from the centre of the curling rings, 'I am your father's ghost.'"

An illustration from The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens (1848).

An illustration from Samantha at Saratoga by Marietta Holley (1887).  The caption reads: "With my mind's eye I see 'em, and I follered 'em down the narrow, steep stair-case."

An illustration from an 1884 issue of Penny Post magazine.

"Why new houses are haunted": an illustration from an 1886 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.