An illustration from a 1919 issue of Munsey's magazine.  The caption reads: "He saw a veritable cloud of evil creatures, swimming about like fish in dark waters."

An illustration from an 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine.

An illustration from a 1902 issue of Everybody's magazine.  The caption reads: "She is not there, Danny."

An illustration from a 1911 issue of Everybody's magazine.  The caption reads: "He was not walking on the wall.  He was walking on air, three or feet above the wall."

In the grand finale of Disneyland's famous Haunted Mansion, a ghost sits next to you.  Here's an illustration from an 1891 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "Haunted."

[This one's dedicated to our friend at Long-Forgotten, who ruminates fascinatingly on the eccentric masterpiece that is the Haunted Mansion.]

An illustration from an 1898 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "Innumerable spirits mobbed him."

Do you remember,
when you were a child,
the animals used to call your name?
And you knew in the dark
when the others were dreaming
and you could never get to sleep.
—Cat People (1982)

An illustration from an 1897 issue of Century Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "He took a long draught."

"Wall Street Ghosts":  an illustration from a 1905 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of Life magazine.

A ghostly illustration from an 1896 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "An irresistible force compelled me to follow."

An illustration from an 1890 issue of Illustrated American magazine.

An illustration from a 1920 issue of Munsey's magazine.

An illustration from a 1911 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Hallucinations and the World Beyond: Little comfort in a ghost chair."

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Marthe cried out that something was pulling her hair."

An illustration from a 1912 issue of Hampton's magazine.

An illustration from an 1894 issue of English Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1910 issue of Hampton's magazine.  The caption reads: "Under the influence of electricity, the columns were condensed miraculously into an intense image of Laurent."

An illustration from an 1882 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.