Fans of American Horror Story will enjoy the revolting real estate story that recently surfaced in the news. A Pennsylvania woman sued the seller of the home she purchased several years ago, for not disclosing its gruesome past. The home, which Janet Milliken purchased in 2007,...

Anticipation of The Hobbit may well be on your mind but before its release you'll have to make it through Thanksgiving, so instead of worrying about how perfect your turkey isn't or what to wear that won't show cranberry sauce stains, take account of some nasty and noisome...

My recent appearance on Coast to Coast with George Noory on the topic of vampires and werewolves, brought on some interesting callers, many of whom mentioned the duende, a sort of Latin American version of a goblin or sprite. And maybe this late-night interview and callers sharing...

With the recent passing of Neil Armstrong, many of us have looked to the night sky in his memory. Armstrong, who commanded the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, was born in Wapakoneta, in western Ohio. Along with other pioneering astronauts, he changed the way we look at...

Death is recession proof, or as Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." But in the tight economy, even funeral parlors are going to some great lengths to keep business alive.

Recent news details the story of...

The recent news from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that mermaids are, in fact, a myth resulted in a flurry of media coverage and everything from mockery of the government to broken-hearted little girls who still believe in mermaids, the Easter Bunny, Bigfoot and Santa. Since I...

I've been reading a lot of old horror fiction lately and central to almost every ghost story is the haunted house. Generally this house is an unoccupied flat or abandoned home, one of fine design with good bones. One that seems to be a real steal or a hidden treasure,...

A news article surfaced recently about a friend receiving an email from his dead buddy. Five months after his death of his beloved friend Jack Froese, Tim Hart received an email from Jack. The subject heading was "I'm Watching." Cynics might declare this a gruesome joke or that...

Horror devotees will recall the story of the infamous gathering at a lake house outside of Geneva, Switzerland in the summer of 1816 where a small party celebrated the settling darkness by reading ghost stories aloud to one another. Present were the host, Lord Byron, and his guests: Percy Bysshe...

Riding with the devil at midnight. Dancing with witches under the ripening moon. Rattling chains and moaning ghosts. When you really get down to it, there are a startling number of traditions that are far more sinister than your usual red-suit wearing, welcome-lapped (don't go there) Santas. I'm not talking...

One dark and early morning of late, when the fog horns signaled low in the distance and the view of shrouded Victorian rooftops outside my kitchen window seemed particularly haunting, the ghost again made its presence known. This may sound like the opening to a short story but it is...

Of late I have found myself up well past the Witching Hour but not for the usual reasons: freaky movies, wild parties, the muse seizing me by the collar and insisting I write that story down right now! No,my insomnia was of a far more domestic nature than that. I...

I was probably seven years old the first time I dabbled in the fine art of Metaphysics. A mysterious gift arrived from my mother's aunt, wrapped in bright red paper and suspiciously like the shape of a Monopoly board. My sister and I were gleeful to discover that it was...

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about vampires. Not those clingy ex-boyfriend kind of emotional vampires that end up stalking you, nor the ritual vampires who host balls and craft fangs (though they are cool, too!) And not even the True Blood or Twilight Saga type of vampires. I...

It happened again. It was coming on midnight and I found myself awake and alone with my baby boy, staring at a lumpy childlike figure that seemed to be a ghost. We had been visiting a friend a good hour away, and loving hubby was driving around and around in...

You may have read recently about this couple in California who staged the most incredibly awesome engagement photos of themselves. To announce their engagement, the couple posted pictures of the two of themselves in a lovely, wheaty field, picnicking and holding hands in the perfect sunlit moment, when suddenly a...

Skeletons in the closet? Try skeletons in the floorboards, or beneath them. In recent news the house for sale on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea going for 4.1 million Swedish kronor, or about $650,000, complete with visible skeleton in the cellar floor (Goths, eat your...