Ghouls Galore- John Hawkshaw- The Monster Club Soundtrack

As I prepare to watch a solid hour of The Alfred Hitchcock Show on Antenna TV, I am trying to sneak in a five minute interlude to listen to the song "Ghouls Galore" by Alan Hawkshaw, from the Monster Club Soundtrack. While you're here, could you do me a favor and take just a moment to bookmark my website, share it on Twitter, Facebook, wherever is easiest for you? 


Back to ghouls. 

A ghoul is a (folkloric) monster associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh, often classified as undead. The oldest surviving literature that mention ghouls is likely One Thousand and One Nights.[1] The term was first used in English literature in 1786, in William Beckford's Orientalist novelVathek,[2] which describes the ghūl of Arabian folklore.

By extension, the word ghoul is also used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre, or whose profession is linked directly to death, such as a gravedigger.

This is a photograph taken at a local cemetery purportedly documenting a ghoul robbing a grave. It's a very old photograph and I can't determine exactly what's happening here. 

Synonyms

cacodemon, devil, fiend, ghost, demon, ghoulie, imp,shaitan

Related Words

hag [archaic], lamia, vampire; incubus, nightmare,succubus; afreet (or afrit), genie, jinni (or jinn also djinnior djinn); apparition, banshee, bogey (also bogie or bogy),bugbear, familiar, familiar spirit, genius, phantasm (alsofantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter(or spectre), spirit, spook, vision, wraith; brownie, dwarf,elf, faerie (also faery), fairy, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin,hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, pixie (also pixy), puck,sprite, troll; monster, ogre

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