other television shows. Popularized in part by the 1984 comedy franchise Ghostbusters, ghost hunting has been popularized as a hobby wherein reportedly haunted places are explored. The ghost hunting theme has been featured in paranormal reality television series, such as A Haunting, Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, and Most Haunted. It is also represented in children's television by such programs as The Ghost Hunter based on the book series of the same name and Ghost Trackers. The Indian television series Aahat featured ghost and supernatural stories written by B. P. Singh. It was first aired on 5 October 1995 and ran for more than a decade, ending on 25 November 2010 with more than 450 episodes. See also Macabre Paranormal romance Ghost Stories (magazine) References Further reading Bailey, Dale. American Nightmares: The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction. Bowling Green, OH: Popular Press, 1999. . Ashley, Mike, ed. Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine. Ash-Tree Press, 2000. Joynes, Andrew, ed. Medieval Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2003. Locke, John, ed. Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers, Volumes 1 & 2. Off-Trail Publications, 2010. Sullivan, Jack. Elegant Nightmares: The English Ghost Story from Le Fanu to Blackwood, Ohio University Press, 1978. . Brewster, Scott, and Luke Thurston, ed. The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story. New York: Routledge, 2018. O'Brian, Helen Conrad, and Julie Anne Stevens, ed. The Ghost Story from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century: A Ghostly Genre. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010. Briggs, Julia, Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story. London: Faber, 1977. External links - 1919 PDF of original 1919 The Best Ghost Stories Ghost Story Society Fantasy genres Folklore Halloween practices Horror genres Psychological horror Speculative fiction Traditional stories