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

J ust in time for Halloween, Netflix released True Haunting, showcasing Chris Di Cesare’s paranormal experience in Erie Hall.

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 ...

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