Wraith, for example. Merriam-Webster shared the history behind 8 Halloween words.
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"Watch a strange animation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Tell-Tale Heart,' voted the 24th best cartoon of all time (1953)." (via Open Culture)
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The New York Public Library recommended "bewitching romance books for spooky season."
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For Halloween, Mental Floss shared "13 weird old words for witches and warlocks" and "6 terrifying tales of headless horsemen."