Ghost stories don’t just scare us – they remind us of historical injustices

By Marcus Librizzi, Professor of English, University of Maine, The Conversation · October 26, 2026

From phantom ships carrying enslaved people to an apparition in a Maine lake, ghost stories have revived memories of injustices that might otherwise have been forgotten.

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