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Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack from 1987 to 2002 and later by Dennis Farina starting in 2008.

The show was broadcast first as specials in 1987, then as a regular series on NBC (1988–1997), CBS (1997–1999), Lifetime (2001–2002), and Spike (2008–2010).

Lifetime once again airs the revived version of the series, but only in reruns.

The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden." In common English usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal," as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable," usually referred to as science.

The term is sometimes taken to mean knowledge that "is meant only for certain people" or that "must be kept hidden", but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences.

The terms esoteric and arcane can also be used to describe the occult, in addition to their meanings unrelated to the supernatural.

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

These include oral traditions such as tales, proverbs and jokes.

They include material culture, ranging from traditional building styles to handmade toys common to the group.

Folklore also includes customary lore, the forms and rituals of celebrations like Christmas and weddings, folk dances and initiation rites.

Each one of these, either singly or in combination, is considered a folklore artifact.

Just as essential as the form, folklore also encompasses the transmission of these artifacts from one region to another or from one generation to the next.

For folklore is not taught in a formal school curriculum or studied in the fine arts.

Instead these traditions are passed along informally from one individual to another either through verbal instruction or demonstration.

The academic study of folklore is called folkloristics.

In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living.

Descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions.

The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance.

In works of art, macabre (or) is the quality of having a grim or atmosphere.

Macabre works emphasize the details and symbols of death.

The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in nature.