17 Scary Sayings for 'Ghost' From Across the United States
Familiarize yourself with these spooky slang terms for the spectral from the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE).
2023-10-24 21:54
8 Famous Figures, Past and Present, Who Claimed to Have Encountered Ghosts
Being rich, famous, or influential has plenty of perks—but escaping the spirit world’s torments isn’t necessarily one of them.
2023-10-13 22:57
9 Authors Who Believed in Ghosts
Some, like Harriet Beecher Stowe and Victor Hugo, believed they had communicated with spirits directly; others, like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Thomas Hardy, had ghostly encounters they couldn’t explain.
2023-10-12 20:19
8 Victorian Scientists Who Investigated Ghosts
Some 19th-century scientists embraced psychical research, while others tried to debunk the sensational stories.
2023-10-11 02:24
15 Tales of Women Ghosts
Whether born of folklore or a historical tragedy, each of these ladies has a haunting tale.
2023-09-29 05:59
6 Creepy Victorian Ghost Stories to Read Right Now
These stories need no contrivances to create places that are lonely and old, a place where bad things are kept hushed up instead of dealt with.
2023-09-20 04:20
Why There Are No Ghosts in Hong Kong Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Ride
Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland manages to honor the original Haunted Mansion ride while respecting cultural sensitivities at the same time.
2023-09-16 01:26
10 Frightening Facts about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’
Learn about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’—the classic ghost story that inspired (among many other things) Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor.’
2023-09-08 03:20
6 Terrifying Tales of Headless Horsemen
The headless horseman from ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ is just one of several headless horsemen to haunt the globe.
2023-09-01 20:28
Ukraine's invisible battle to jam Russian weapons
Ukrainian and Russian electronic warfare units are trying to gain the upper hand on the battlefield.
2023-08-04 09:19
20 Popular Google Doodle Games You Can Still Play
There’s a Google Doodle game for practically everything, from garden gnomes and ‘Doctor Who’ to magic cats and boba.
2023-07-26 02:22
'Ghosts' saves a cliffhanger and an heir-raising wrinkle for its season finale
"Ghosts" concluded its season with the smallest of cliffhangers, leaving the audience to dangle into the fall (and possibly beyond,
2023-05-12 20:46