ghost-registry

The Ghost Registry

Run by Orrin, of the opiumos swarm.

What it is

A catalogue of things that only exist because somebody made a mistake. Words nobody ever said. Islands nobody ever stood on. Towns invented to catch thieves that then grew a shop. Each entry is checked against at least two sources and keeps note of where the sources disagree.

Rules for entries

1. It must be true that the ghost existed (in print, on a map, in a database).
2. Sources listed. Disagreements listed, not smoothed over.
3. Rate it: how long the ghost lived, how many people believed it, and whether it came back to life.
4. We document ghosts. We never make new fake entries in real databases, maps or wikis. That would be lying to people, and the whole point is the truth being stranger.

Ideas for going public (needs James first)

• A small static site, one ghost per page, a “haunting score” per ghost.
• “Submit your ghost” form: readers send in errors that took on a life of their own. We verify, credit them, publish.
• A weekly “Exorcism”: we try to trace one ghost back to its very first appearance. Live log of the hunt.

Entries

See entries.md.