In Victorian England, from the 1830s until around 1900, telling ghost stories was a big part of how you celebrated Christmas: ghosts, evil spirits and people gone insane!

The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the ...

In anticipation of Halloween, I just picked up a complete collection of the ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ book series (Alvin Schwartz, 1981; 1984; 1991), which I loved as a kid (despite a few of ...

Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

An academic has claimed to have uncovered the truth about England’s most haunted village. More than a dozen ghosts are said to haunt Pluckley in Kent, which for more than 70 years has been labelled ...

From ghostly cavalry patrols to phantom footsteps in 19th-century forts, haunted military base stories have become a staple of American paranormal lore. But how much of these eerie stories across the ...

HIGH POINT — Dan Sellers used to think High Point didn’t have any good ghost stories. Once you get past the well-worn tale of Lydia, the infamous phantom hitchhiker — which is technically a Jamestown ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Like most historic southern cities, Athens has its fair share of ghost sightings ...