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

With the pumpkin season soon approaching, there’s no better time to indulge in ghost stories around the campfire and lift the spirits from the cold ground. Literally. The internet is full of allegedly ...

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 ...

Not to brag, but I have so many travel horror stories you'd think my life was written by Mike White. None have culminated in a resort-wide shoot-out like in "The White Lotus" season three, but they're ...

Created for listeners who love gothic fiction, classic ghost stories, haunted houses, historical mysteries, Victorian murder cases, and atmospheric true crime, Gaslight Ghost Stories and Victorian ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred When the sun vanishes early and the chill of ...