01
Ghost
The Residual
Not a mind, but a moment caught in the architecture. Residual hauntings repeat like a damaged recording: footsteps at the same hour, a door that remembers being opened.
Common signsCold air · repeated motion · no response
Field Notes · Vol. XIII
Archive 13For the curious, not the careless
An illustrated field guide to
Ghosts &
Ghouls
Some things linger. Others hunt. Learn the difference before the lights go out.
Open the field guide
Know what followed you home
Not every shadow
is the same.
Ghosts are echoes, witnesses, and unfinished stories. Ghouls are something older and more physical. The distinction is not academic. It is survival.
02
Ghost
The Watcher
An aware presence that observes before it acts. Watchers gather around thresholds, mirrors, and objects that held unusual emotional weight.
Common signsDirect gaze · moved objects · lucid dreams
03
Ghoul
The Hunger
Where a ghost is memory without a body, a ghoul is appetite without a life. Folklore places them at the boundary between graveyard and wilderness.
Common signsDisturbed earth · animal silence · iron scent
The veil grows thin
Five signs
you are not alone.
- 01A room turns cold without a draftTemperature drops are usually localized and abrupt.
- 02The house develops a rhythmListen for knocks, steps, or doors at the same time each night.
- 03Animals refuse a familiar spaceWatch where they stare—and where they will not cross.
- 04Objects return to old positionsDocument first. Move nothing twice.
- 05You dream a stranger’s memoryWrite down names, rooms, and dates before sunrise.
Case assessment
Measure the
haunting.
Select only what you have directly observed. Coincidence is common. Patterns are not.
Current readingLikely ordinary
0/06Observe before drawing conclusions.