Complete story — includes the ending
It's Halloween and after a child sneaks the book, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow into school, Mel starts having visions of a headless horseman. When Aiden's teacher drops some stuff from her recently deceased father off at the store, Mel gets visions from the costumes and equestrian gear. She eventually figures out that the ghost is the old boyfriend of the teacher, who broke his neck falling from a horse when running from accusations that he was stealing. Melinda has to unravel the truth and mystery behind a costume party years ago to help the ghost cross over. Aiden reveals what the "shadows" and "shinies" are- good and bad parts of people, the bad bits left behind (shadows).
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Source and revision history · Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Ghost Whisperer season 5. HTML formatting and reference markers removed. · Content license