This FAQ contains frequently asked questions about famous hauntings, urban legends, and ghostly phenomena in general. I wrote the bulk of this FAQ in 1993-1994 for the newsgroup alt.folklore.ghost-stories. I posted it there monthly for over six years, until midway through 2000. At that time I withdrew the FAQ from USENET circulation due to a variety of factors. It has been housed on this website since shortly after its conception.

The FAQ is divided into the following sections:

THE OUIJA BOARD
* What is a Ouija board?
* Is the Ouija evil or just a game?
* Where can I buy or make a board?
* What rules should I follow when using the board?
* What does "Ouija" mean?
* What is the history of the Ouija?

FAMOUS HAUNTINGS
* The Amityville Horror
* The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
* The Bell Witch
* Borley Rectory
* Drury Lane Theatre
* The Tower of London
* Winchester Mansion
* The Chase Vault

URBAN LEGENDS
* Introduction
* La Llorona
* Three Men and a Baby
* Mary Worth/Bloody Mary
* The Vanishing Hitchhiker
* Haunted Traintracks
* The Blair Witch Project
* Stephen King's Rose Red

MISCELLANEOUS
* What is the Wendigo?
* What are will o' the wisps?
* How did that girl in Poltergeist die?
* What are the different categories of manifestations?
* Who are Ed and Lorraine Warren?
* Who are the Fox sisters?
* What is "Old Hag"?
* How can things appear to roll uphill?
* What is the best way to photograph ghosts?
* Can you sue if your new house is haunted?
* What are some theories of why ghosts exist?
* What is a caul?
* What is an incubus?
* What are the oldest recorded ghost sightings in Western culture?
* What are some natural explanations for supernatural phenomena?

The following people have contributed information to the FAQ:

Arthur Anderson
Brian Bethel
Noah Broadwater
David Chorley
cjs
Mike Czaplinski
David Fluker
Joel & Lynn Gazis-SAx
Jay Gitomer
Jason Hoffman
Matt Hucke
Paul Johnson
Leesa Kern
Lisa Korneluk
Mark Korven
Roberto Labanti
Laura Little-Reynolds
Susan Lynds
Joseph W. Metcalf
Prabal Nandy
Eugene Orlando
Alan Peschke
Proserpina
Arturo Sanchez
Nikki Taylor
Dave Wilton

A note on quotes: I have enclosed quotes from authors or people on the net in quotation marks ("). [These parts might be edited a bit for clarity or grammar.]