A nightmarish stay at Colorado's Stanley Hotel inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining." Since then, there have been ...

Your eyes are red and white candy spirals, your brain is mince pie, and Elf on the Shelf, having glared at you for weeks, has returned to his desk job with the surveillance state. We know horror at ...

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 item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Susan Hill's classic ghost story, The Woman in Black, is a gothic novel ...