The Ghost-Extinguisher by Gelett Burgess

The Ghost-Extinguisher

Gelett Burgess

23 pages first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark funny mysterious slow-paced

Description

This short story must have been the inspiration for the popular movie "Ghost Busters" (1984). The humorist-author here tells the tale of a scientist-philosopher who invents devices to capture ghosts and sets up a business of eradicating them from ...

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