If you’re looking for ghost stories that are outside the run-of-the-mill spooky tales, Kevin Brockmeier has got you covered. As the author of the highly praised 2006 novel “The Brief History of the ...

The Mediterranean great white shark population is hiding! These charismatic yet elusive creatures have been giving scientists the runaround for some time. However, the accidental capture of a ...

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If you're planning a camping trip with the kids—whether it's in the forest or backyard camping—picture this scene: Everyone is gathered around the roaring campfire. The marshmallows have been roasted, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every year on May 19, at Blickling Hall in Norfolk, England, the former home of the Boleyn family, a terrifying specter supposedly appears. A coach gallops down the road, guided by a headless driver ...

SPECTRAL STORIES: John Badger talks to a Haunts of Hendo tour group outside the Historic Courthouse in Hendersonville. "The historicity of it is very important to me — making it entertaining and ...

Haunted, mysterious Chicago tales live in every corner of the city, and ghost stories are also history lessons, a unique way to explore and learn. Reset hears some Chicago ghost stories from our guest ...