An illustration from a 1920 issue of Life magazine.  The caption reads: "The house haunters' union decides to strike for a four-hour night."

An illustration from a 1922 issue of Scribner's magazine.  The caption reads: "The Ghost Trees"

"Lamia":  an illustration from a 1900 issue of The Idler magazine and a precursor to the spooky portraits hanging in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion.

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Metropolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "'Through him!  Pass through him!  Come out!  Come to me!' I cried."

An illustration from a 1904 issue of Metropolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "Those brogans are ever with him."

An illustration from an 1897 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "They rise upon me tattered and dog-bitten."

Our Caption: Yes, do take stock and leave the bonds.

(Illustration from a 1912 issue of Life magazine)

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1904 issue of The Windsor magazine.  The caption reads: "Once more he placed the men, and once more they started of their own volition."

An illustration from a 1907 issue of The Windsor magazine.  The caption reads: "A dull, unearthly glare surrounded it."

An illustration from a 1901 issue of Life magazine.  The caption reads: "Christmas Night.  Ancestral Greetings."

"The Haunted House":  an illustration from an 1879 issue of Peterson's magazine.

"The Genealogical Ghost":  an illustration from an 1886 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Green Book magazine.  The caption reads: "His fingers ran about the keyboard and seemed to meet her fingers there as before.  She was at his side, her hands crossing his, his fingers lingering on hers.  He turned to clasp her . . . but his arms found only emptiness."

Here's a precursor to the spooky wallpaper in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, from a 1904 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.  This illustration prefigures the work of M.C. Escher by about three decades.

A ghostly illustration from an 1883 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The apparition."

An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "The wise man's home changed."

An illustration from a 1917 issue of Saturday Evening Post magazine.  The caption reads: "Do you not see its fearful eye staring at me through the wall?  Save me from it!"