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Eastern State PenitentiaryEastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Its vaulted, sky-lit cells once held many of America's most notorious lawbreakers, including "Slick Willie" Sutton and "Scarface" Al Capone.
Martha Stewart's Virtual Haunted House ToursExplore some of the spookiest interiors in history—all from the comfort of your own home.
Ghost Towns in MontanaVisiting one of Montana’s ghost towns is like stepping back in time to the era of gold, saloons and vigilantes. Experience the quiet solitude of Bannack State Park or watch history come alive with a performance at Virginia City and Nevada City.
The Clown MotelIt was named “America’s Scariest Motel” due to its clown theme and proximity to the Old Tonopah Cemetery. Many people are terrified of the Clown Motel, even though, according to former owner Bob Perchetti, they only have “happy clowns”. People from all over the world send clowns to the Clown Motel, and the collection now numbers over 600.
The Mütter MuseumMemento Mütter is an online exhibit that allows you to get uncomfortably close to the Mütter Museum in the comfort of your own home. The exhibit includes more than 60 items from the Museum’s collection, about half of which are not on public display. The name for the exhibit comes from the Latin memento mori – “remember that you shall die.”
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Haunted Places in PennsylvaniaFrom Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Allentown to Erie, Reading, Upper Darby, Scranton and more. Check out our picks for the top 10 most haunted places in Pennsylvania!
Haunted Car WashA clean car and a good scare! That's what Rainforest Car Wash in Brunswick, Ohio is offering its customers this Halloween season.
10 Spooky Commercials Starring Vincent PriceFrom the 1930s through the 1980s, Vincent Price was an incredibly prolific actor who was best known for his distinctively spooky voice and his performances in a range of classic horror movies.
NBC News: Spooky 360 Video Of Fort Delaware Paranormal TourExperience the Civil War era Fort Delaware, which housed close to 33,000 Confederate prisoners. About 2,500 prisoners of war died there, and now countless stories of shadowy figures, doors slamming and other unexplainable events lead paranormal investigators to believe that the fort is haunted by the spirits of former inhabitants.
NYC's 7 Most Haunted Locations | Ghosts and paranormal occurrencesIn the city that never sleeps, there are haunted places in NYC whose inhabitants might keep you up at night. From historic haunted houses to long-time taverns, today I'm going to share seven freaky places with you. Fact or fiction, these personas of paranormal activity will put you on high alert if you’re brave enough to pay a visit or take a ghost tour.
The Haunting Remnants of America's Ghost TownsBarry Peterson of CBS Sunday Morning, takes us to abandoned towns with names like Bodie and Bonanza, where the population is zero (at least among the living!).
3 Mysterious Winchester House Ghost StoriesWhy did a highly educated socialite withdraw from life to pursue relentless building work on a bizarre rambling mansion for thirty-eight years? In 1886, Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester, the childless widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester had moved from her home in New Haven Connecticut and traveled west, at the chilling behest of a clairvoyant who claimed to pass on a message from her deceased husband. Here is the story of Winchester House, built by one tormented soul and haunted by many more.
10 Creepiest Things Discovered In Abandoned Buildings!Abandoned buildings are mysterious places. Who knows what you’ll find lurking around the corner or in the basement! Part of the curiosity surrounding abandoned places is the reason they were left in the first place, although sometimes people who explore forgotten places end up finding something they wished they didn’t! In today’s video we are talking about the 10 Creepiest Things Discovered in Abandoned Buildings.
Silly Symphonies: The Skeleton DanceAs we hear the chimes at midnight and bats flutter from a belfry; as a hound howls at the full moon and black cats brawl on the tombstones; Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds!
Jèépers Crěêpers (1939)Porky Pig finds a fright during Halloween!
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A World Full of Spooky Stories by Angela McAllister; Madalina Andronic (Illustrator)ISBN: 9780711241480
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
Get ready for Halloween with this child-friendly collection of spooky stories from all over the world. Feel your pulse race and your skin tingle as you turn the pages of this spine chilling anthology of spooky stories from around the world. Read all about the fearsome witch Baba Yaga, the serpent woman from Spain, the rescue of Tam Lin from the bewitching Queen of the Fairies, how Father Death gets caught in the Enchanted Apple Tree, and the waterdwelling Bunyip from Australia. Make sure you have your candle ready as it's sure to be a long night... This gorgeous gift book is the perfect anthology for Halloween, or any time you want to be spooked!
Ghostly by Audrey NiffeneggerISBN: 9781501111198
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
From Edgar Allen Poe to Kelly Link, M.R. James to Neil Gaiman, H. H. Munro to Audrey Niffenegger herself, Ghostly reveals the evolution of the ghost story genre with tales going back to the eighteenth century and into the modern era, ranging across styles from Gothic Horror to Victorian, with a particular bent toward stories about haunting--haunted children, animals, houses. Every story is introduced by Audrey Niffenegger, an acclaimed master of the craft, with some words on its background and why she chose to include it. Niffenegger's own story is, "A Secret Life With Cats." Perfect for the classic and contemporary ghost story aficionado, this is a delightful volume, beautifully illustrated. Ghostly showcases the best of the best in the field, including Edith Wharton, P.G. Wodehouse, A.S. Byatt, Ray Bradbury, and so many more.
The Big Book of Ghost Stories by Otto PenzlerISBN: 9780307474490
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
A spirited Black Lizard anthology with over a thousand pages of haunted--and haunting--ghost tales. The ghost story is perhaps the oldest of all the supernatural literary genres and has captured the imagination of almost every writer to put pen to the page. Here, Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler has followed his keen sense of the supernatural to collect the most chilling and uncanny tales in the canon. These spectral stories span more than a hundred years, from modern-day horrors by Joyce Carol Oates, Chet Williamson and Andrew Klavan, to pulp yarns from August Derleth, Greye La Spina, and M. L. Humphreys. Whether you prefer possessive poltergeists, awful apparitions, or friendly phantoms, these stories are guaranteed to thrill you, tingle the spine, or tickle the funny bone, and keep you turning the pages with fearful delight.
The Apparitionists by Peter ManseauISBN: 9780544745971
Publication Date: 2017-10-10
A story of faith and fraud in post-Civil War America, told through the lens of a photographer who claimed he could capture images of the dead. In the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized America's imagination. A "spirit photographer," William Mumler took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of a lost loved one alongside the living subject. Mumler was a sensation: The affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln, who arrived at his studio in disguise amidst rumors of séances in the White House. Peter Manseau brilliantly captures a nation wracked with grief and hungry for proof of the existence of ghosts and for contact with their dead husbands and sons. It took a circus-like trial of Mumler on fraud charges, starring P. T. Barnum for the prosecution, to expose a fault line of doubt and manipulation. And even then, the judge sided with the defense--nobody ever solved the mystery of his spirit photography. This forgotten puzzle offers a vivid snapshot of America at a crossroads in its history, a nation in thrall to new technology while clinging desperately to belief.
The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories by Dennis Pepper (Editor)ISBN: 0192781545
Publication Date: 1999-12-16
Following the success of The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories, here is a second volume. The stories are drawn from the early twentieth century tradition of ghost stories, together with contemporary stories that develop and extend this tradition. An additional feature to this collection is that it contains original stories that have been specially commissioned for these books.
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz; Brett Helquist (Illustrator)ISBN: 9780060835217
Publication Date: 2010-08-24
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. This hardcover edition is illustrated in spine-tingling detail by renowned A Series of Unfortunate Events artist Brett Helquist. Read if you dare! And don't miss Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3!
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Ghosts in the BurbsBased in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Ghosts in the Burbs focuses on stories told to schoolteacher Liz Sower by residents of this relatively inconspicuous suburban town. Some of these tales are funny, some of them are chilling, but they’re all ostensibly true…or at least true in the urban legend sense where enough people believe them that they’ve become part of our common lexicon. Out of all the podcasts on this list, Ghosts in the Burbs is perhaps the most endearing due to Liz’s genuine interest in her friends and neighbors, but that isn’t to sell short its scariness — the show’s tales of hauntings and mysterious figures in the night are sure to get your pulse pumping.
In Another RoomAdapted from E3W Production’s ground-breaking, LA-based immersive show of the same name, IN ANOTHER ROOM is a collection of interlocking ghost stories, each one taking place in a different room of a notoriously haunted house. These ghost stories span the entire history of the mysterious home—from its troubled construction in the 1870s to today—and recount the tragedies of the various souls that have lived, and died, within.
Snap Judgement Presents: SpookedFrom Snap Judgment and WNYC Studios comes a spine-chilling collection of supernatural stories, told by real people who can barely believe it happened themselves. As host Glynn Washington warns: Listen with the lights on…
Haunted PlacesPart of the Parcast Network, Haunted Places is a weekly podcast in which host Greg Polcyn tells the story of how some of the scariest places on earth got their reputations. Polcyn has an amazing voice for podcasting, and he tells the story as a narrative, making you feel like you are right in the story. The fantastic music that accompanies each story adds to the spooky feeling.
SpiritsWhether it’s a deep dive into what a ghost tastes like (and smells like, for that matter), a debate over the pros and cons of owning a “legally haunted” house or a comprehensive history of western astrology, these friends offer conversational comedy and fascinating history lessons in perfect balance. Every week Amanda McLoughlin and Julia Schifini make each other laugh over drinks as they trade reliably researched, well-told stories behind the myths and superstitions that make up our modern culture.
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