The modern ghost story as a form of cultural haunting appeared in Serbian literature at the beginning of the 1980s. Ghosts and death are topics which constitute the most highly developed point of the uncanny, according to Sigmund Freud. This chapter examines ways in which history that hurts is articulated through a range of uncanny motifs. Fictional narratives containing clearly emphasized uncanny motifs, rather than more classical ghost stories, also began to make their appearance from the beginning of the 1980s. It discusses works by Danilo Kis, Antonije Isakovic, and Radoslav Brati. The chapter focuses on analysing the performance or construction of history in novels challenging traditional forms of historical fiction. The haunting ghosts of Serbian fiction of the 1990s are equally troubled by stories of war and dispossession, but now find themselves in the middle of a current conflict, the Wars of Yugoslav Succession.