During the long nights of midwinter, join Ghostlight Ensemble and the Driehaus Museum by the fireplace(s) as we revive the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Yuletide. Adapted by Ensemble ...

A flawed but fascinating history of the modern world. Michael Dirda on Victorian ghost stories: “Anthologies of English ghost stories frequently begin with Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘The Old Nurse’s Story’ ...

Back in the 19th century, ghost stories were all the rage at Christmastime. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reads a spooky Victorian tale. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Martha Pym said she had never seen a ghost and ...

When Steven Moffat revealed the Sherlock special at San Diego Comic Con, pretty much all that was said was that the standalone adventure would take place in Victorian London. Now, we finally know a ...

Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1, a special issue: HAUNTING II: Citations (March 2002), pp. 133-148 (16 pages) Many Victorian suburban ghost stories address anxieties ...

Let it snow! When the weather outside is frightful, it’s time for classic ghost stories and mysteries — even if you’re only wrapping them up as presents for lucky friends and family. Need a few ideas?

Ten years ago, Mitch Kirsner saw his first ghost at Victorian Station. The century-old Victorian home, built by a Swedish immigrant and Hampton Institute students in 1897, was a nighttime music venue.

Older Easton homes are often associated with their former owners. Mine, in my family for 58 years, is David Bishop Skillman's house. But after they put his name on Lafayette College's new library in ...

I tell myself I don’t believe in ghosts — until I hear a good ghost story. I just read an 833-page collection of 79 creepy, unsettling and suspenseful supernatural tales, “The Big Book of Ghost ...

There are many ways to scare yourself this Halloween season. You could attend a haunted house, where non-union actors will attempt to frighten you with jump scares and corn syrup blood. You could stay ...