My own thoughts on this are that spirits are much different entities than ghosts or haunts. I am of the same belief as Chip on the spirits. I believe they have crossed and just visit to interact at times.
Ghosts/hauntings I've come to see as something quite different. I'm not sure yet if these are dimensional interactions of some sort (like bleeding over in space time events) or actual lost souls. Some I believe to be demonic in nature, which are demons from other planes of existance, although some may call that plane hell. Of course we also have the residual hauntings, which we all know are like tape recordings on replay.
What are your thoughts on this distinction?
