It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. But they weren't always the evil spirits we see in books and movies today. For ...

Which do you think are funnier? Brits in the United States (think "Ruggles of Red Gap") or Americans in England (think Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost"). In "Ruggles" a proper English butler is ...

This book materialized unannounced on my desk, and I was underwhelmed by the cover: a gauzy image of a see-through young girl, staring wistfully at a blue tricycle in an empty room (a high-school ...

Borley’s haunts included a tall stranger in a top hat who paid bedside calls on unsuspecting parlor maids, an aged family retainer long since dead, a lurking prowler who went without a hat and without ...

Are there ghosts in “Ghosts”? Short answer: You bet. Long answer: Well, that is what reading this wonderful novel is finally all about -- considering the question, “What is a ghost?” Or maybe not. The ...