“Between the Lights,” first published in Benson’s 1912 collection The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, is set in a quintessentially spooky mansion in the English countryside at Christmastime, ...

In Victorian England, Ghost Stories Were a Beloved Christmas Tradition A version of this story originally ran in 2021; it has been updated for 2025. Halloween Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol ...

For her latest research project, Edward Little Professor of the English and Cinema Studies Aviva Briefel is exploring the ...

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!

Your eyes are red and white candy spirals, your brain is mince pie, and Elf on the Shelf, having glared at you for weeks, has returned to his desk job with the surveillance state. We know horror at ...

It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. The otherworldly white apparitions are a standby of Halloween celebrations. But they weren't always the stereotypical evil spirits we see in books and ...

It’s spooky season, and what better way to spend Halloween weekend than settling in to watch a classic Hollywood ghost story? To help you figure out what to watch, we’ve compiled a handy list of 15 ...

Kelton House Museum and Garden Director Jeff Lafever stands in the decorated parlor of Kelton House on East Town Street. In October, the historic Victorian home hosts "Fernando's Funeral," an event re ...

Am I the only one who is tired of seeing so many haunted house movies with the same formula of watching the living get the pants scared off them by the dead? I would actually rather watch a ghost ...

When it comes to spooky locations, nothing quite sets the scene like an ancient, dark castle. So you can imagine the spine–tingling moment staff at the medieval Chester Castle discovered they had an ...

Maribel Caves Hotel, known as "Hotel Hell," has legends of fires, ghosts and a portal to another dimension. Other local haunted sites include the Evergreen Inn Hotel, the wreck of the Christmas Tree ...