If you're planning a camping trip with the kids—whether it's in the forest or backyard camping—picture this scene: Everyone ...

Ghost stories are preserved by the retelling. Here are two: one from colonial Virginia, complete with scratchy cassette ...

What kid doesn’t love a good ghost story, especially when the Halloween season rolls around? Two years ago, I had this ...

Very little of the chatter on social media takes up the real lore that makes the region so rich in spooky storytelling.

It’s spooky season, and what better way to spend Halloween weekend than settling in to watch a classic Hollywood ghost story?

Childhood stories often have the power to linger in the mind for the entirety of our lives. For me, a longtime Washington Post reporter, an eerie legend seared my memory as a child in the 1980s. It’s ...

The Great Lakes have a rich history of ghost stories and maritime lore. Lake Superior's "Shipwreck Coast" is known for numerous shipwrecks and ghost ship sightings. The SS Bannockburn, a vanished ...

Haunted houses and other Halloween events are a fun way to celebrate spooky season. But what about the real ghost stories of Central New York? We’ve compiled a list of ghost walks and paranormal ...

Fellsmere has Marsh Landing and the old school. And Vero Beach has the Driftwood. The Treasure Coast — originally inhabited by the Ais tribe of Native Americans since at least 800 B.C. and named for a ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?