ghostlore

Noun

1. A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.
   • Three other sections of the state are important in this connection: the Adirondack Mountains and parts of the Catskills, which while sparsely settled and only slightly represented in this collection, have much good...
   • When one person tells another of a frightening experience, he is passing on ghostlore. - 1995, Charles Edwin Price, Haunted Tennessee:
   • From ruthless gangsters to restless mail order kings, from the Fort Dearborn Massacre to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the phantom remains of the passionate people and volatile events of Chicago history have made...