Wailing spirit of Irish legend, from bean si, woman of the fairy mound · Irish
Deadly nightshade, Italian for beautiful lady · Italian
An old word for a grey cat, as in Graymalkin, the first witch's cat in Macbeth
A magic brew stirred in the cauldron
Salem in Massachusetts, famous for its witch trials of 1692
The deck of fortune telling cards
A skeleton's worth of bones, and a dog's favourite thing
Bram Stoker's vampire count of 1897, from Romanian for son of the dragon · Romanian
Mary Shelley's scientist of 1818, whose creature now carries his name · big dogs
Mischievous little creature of European folklore · small dogs
Imaginary imp that RAF pilots blamed for mechanical faults · small dogs
The church grim, the ghostly black dog of English folklore
As in hocus pocus, the conjuror's magic words
Mr Hyde, the dark side of Dr Jekyll in Stevenson's 1886 story
Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster chased by the Headless Horseman
A small mischievous demon of folklore · small dogs
Plant with a forked root that legend says screams when pulled up
The raven's one word in Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem The Raven
A noisy ghost that throws things, German for noisy ghost · German
Shape shifting spirit of Irish folklore, often seen as a black horse · Irish
The Grim Reaper, death with his scythe
The straw man keeping watch in the field on Halloween night
A ghost, from Latin spectrum, an appearance · Latin
Vlad the Impaler, the Wallachian prince whose family name inspired Dracula
A person who turns into a wolf at the full moon, from Old English wer, man · Old English · big dogs
A man of magic, a word built on wise
Dusty spider webs in the haunted house
A grave haunting spirit of Arabic folklore · Arabic
From All Hallows' Eve, the old name that gave us Halloween
Poisonous plant of witches' tales and Socrates' last cup
A witch's spell, from German Hexe, a witch · German
As in jack o' lantern, the carved pumpkin lit with a candle
As in eye of newt, from the witches' brew in Macbeth · small dogs
Gaelic festival at the end of October marking the end of summer · Irish
Eight legged Halloween favourite · small dogs
A ghost, from the Dutch word spook · Dutch
Mushroom of fairy rings and witches' tales
As in trick or treat, and every good dog's reward
Poisonous plant that legend says keeps werewolves away
A ghostly figure, a word first recorded in Scots