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* AfterlifeAvenger: In ''You'll Always Be Mine'', a dangerous stalker falls to his death while being pursued across rooftops by police. Unperturbed by his death, he continues to stalk the object of his affection from the afterlife, eventually raping and murdering her and stalking her spirit afterwards. Terrified, the woman turns to a devoted police detective who will do anything to ensure her safety. [[spoiler: After being driven insane with guilt after constantly receiving calls from the woman begging for help, the cop commits vehicular suicide, but returns as a spirit on the same plane as the stalker, ready to protect the woman for all eternity.]]
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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories'', ''[[Film/Kwaidan Ghost Stories (1964)'', or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.

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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories'', ''[[Film/Kwaidan ''[[Film/{{Kwaidan}} Ghost Stories (1964)'', (1964)]]'', or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.
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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories'', ''[[Film/{{Kwaidan}} Ghost Stories (1964)'', or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.

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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories'', ''[[Film/{{Kwaidan}} ''[[Film/Kwaidan Ghost Stories (1964)'', or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.
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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories'', ''Film/GhostStories'' (1964), or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.

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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories'', ''Film/GhostStories'' (1964), ''[[Film/{{Kwaidan}} Ghost Stories (1964)'', or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.
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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories''.

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Absolutely no relation to the anime ''Anime/GhostStories''.''Anime/GhostStories'', ''Film/GhostStories'' (1964), or ''Film/GhostStories2017''.
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* AnAseop: The series likes to quote these before and after every episode.

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* AnAseop: AnAesop: The series likes to quote these before and after every episode.
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--> -- '''Rip Torn''', narrator of series.

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--> -- '''Rip Torn''', '''Creator/RipTorn''', narrator of series.

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''Ghost Stories'' is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1997 to 1998 on the cable channel The Family Channel. The show was narrated by Rip Torn and originally two episodes were presented back to back in an hour-long segment. Each episode featuring a Twilight Zone-esque shocking plot twist. Once complete, it goes directly into the episode where Rip Torn introduces the episode. During the episode's conclusion, Rip Torn comments on what was seen (usually in some form of a moral).

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''Ghost Stories'' is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1997 to 1998 on the cable channel The Family Channel. Channel (now Creator/{{Freeform}}). The show was narrated by the late Rip Torn Torn, and originally two episodes were presented back to back in an hour-long segment. Each episode featuring a [[Franchise/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone-esque Zone]]-esque shocking plot twist. Once complete, it goes directly into the episode where Rip Torn introduces the episode. During the episode's conclusion, Rip Torn comments on what was seen (usually in some form of a moral).moral).

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* AmbiguouslyBi: The demon Jadee in "Personal Demons" who takes a special interest in her host Billy Thorp and then takes an special interest in her newest host [[spoiler: Kelly, stroking her hair lovingly as she does so.]]

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* AmbiguouslyBi: The demon Jadee J.D in "Personal Demons" who takes a special interest in her host Billy Thorp and then takes an special interest in her newest host [[spoiler: Kelly, stroking her hair lovingly as she does so.]]



* Hair-TriggerTemper: Eric Duke in "Cold In The Grave", still pent-up in anger about his wife divorcing him, loses it [[spoiler: when a woman he tries picking up rejected him after he makes creepy advances towards her and compares her to a refrigerator]].

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* Hair-TriggerTemper: HairTriggerTemper: Eric Duke in "Cold In The Grave", still pent-up in anger about his wife divorcing him, loses it [[spoiler: when a woman he tries picking up rejected him after he makes creepy advances towards her and compares her to a refrigerator]].



* MirrorScare: In "Personal Demons", [[spoiler:Kelly]] is revealed to being the next loony victim after the demon Jadee appears in the mirror next to her.

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* MirrorScare: In "Personal Demons", [[spoiler:Kelly]] is revealed to being the next loony victim after the demon Jadee J.D appears in the mirror next to her.



* StalkerWithoutACrush: The demon in "Personal Demons".

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* StalkerWithoutACrush: The demon J.D in "Personal Demons".



** After being traumatized by Billy Thorp and his demon Jadee, [[spoiler: Kelly]] starts to become unhinged by her husbands plans and the camera zooms in showing a knife in her hands. After that, the next scene shows [[spoiler: Kelly]] washing the blood off her hands and her husband lying dead in the background.

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** After being traumatized by Billy Thorp and his demon Jadee, J.D, [[spoiler: Kelly]] starts to become unhinged by her husbands plans and the camera zooms in showing a knife in her hands. After that, the next scene shows [[spoiler: Kelly]] washing the blood off her hands and her husband lying dead in the background.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Marty in after the realization that [[spoiler: he was the one who killed his wife Gail after all.]]

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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Marty in the episode "Denial" after the realization that [[spoiler: he was the one who killed his wife Gail after all.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Marty in after the realization that [[spoiler: he was the one who killed his wife Gail after all.]]
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* Hair-TriggerTemper: Eric Duke in "Cold In The Grave", still pent-up in anger about his wife divorcing him, loses it [[spoiler: when a woman he tries picking up rejected him after he makes creepy advances towards her and compares her to a refrigerator]].

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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Kelly loses her mind again after after being traumatized and nearly killed in "Personal Demons"]].

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* BreakTheHaughty: DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Kelly loses her mind again after after being traumatized and nearly killed in "Personal Demons"]].


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* HeroicBSoD: [[spoiler: Kelly suffers complete with AThousandYardStare and hearing voices shortly before killing her husband in "Personal Demons"]].
** Detective Dave Payne suffers this over and over again after continually trying and failing to save Jenny from her ghostly stalker in "You'll Always Be Mine".
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Kelly loses her mind again after after being traumatized and nearly killed in "Personal Demons"]].
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--> '''Rip Torn:''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.

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--> '''Rip Torn:''' When ''When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.''

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* ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. --> '''Rip Torn:''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.

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* ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator.
--> '''Rip Torn:''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.
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* ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. --> --> '''Rip Torn:''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.

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* ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. --> --> '''Rip Torn:''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.
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* ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. --> -->''''Rip Torn''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.

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* ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. --> -->''''Rip Torn''' --> '''Rip Torn:''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one.
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* ParanoiaFuel" Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. "When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one."

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* ParanoiaFuel" ParanoiaFuel Several in episodes involving ghosts. Invoked in episode "Beware The Muse" by the series narrator. "When --> -->''''Rip Torn''' When a writer describes an event or a character or a place, it takes on a life of its own. Becomes real in the mind of the reader. Becomes as vivid as anything physically experienced. But don't take my word for it...you can read all about on page one."

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