Subjects of scary stories (6)

I believe the answer is:

ghosts

(Other definitions for ghosts that I've seen before include "Spooks, spectres" , "Writes for another; Ibsen play" , "Spirits or apparitions" , "Apparitions of a dead people" , "Spectres, wraiths" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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