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Article: Ghosts on Television Series
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- Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
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Ghosts on Television Series
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lthough ghosts and phantoms are frequent subjects for television documentaries, there have been few series that have treated the spirit world in a serious manner. In 1953,
Topper,
a fantasy-comedy about a businessman who is harassed by a ghostly couple trying to get him to loosen up and enjoy life, became a successful television series. The characters were derived from
Topper
(1937), a comedy that became popular enough among motion picture audiences to produce two sequels.
On
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond,
which premiered in the 1950s, serious students of
psychical research
recognized many classic cases of ghosts and phantoms presented in a balanced ...