Benson’s mother was Mary Sidgwick, whose brother Henry was a founding member and first president of the Society for Psychical ...

Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

On Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 7 p.m. join author and storyteller Robert Oakes beside the fire at the allegedly haunted Ventfort Hall, as he brings back the Victorian tradition ...

King Charles had better take extra precautions before he sits down to deliver his traditional Christmas Address. His ...

In an hour-long episode, she traversed the pre-Christian origins of the ghost story in literature, gave us a spot of MR James and Charles ...

Christmas should be the busiest time of the year for the shopkeepers of Manger Square, but the birthplace of Jesus is now a ...

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To make the most of this peak reading environment, author John Searles, who is releasing his next book "Single Girls" in July ...

Ghost stories have long been a holiday tradition, so gather 'round the electronic hearth and watch some (or all) of these.

Ghost stories at Christmas, Dr Vernon says, appeal to the side of us that "loves horror and loves being scared while we're in ...

Tony Kent had no idea his late friend and legendary best-selling author Frederick Forsyth wrote The Shepherd on a dare. Kent spoke with As It Happens host Nil Köksal about what Forsyth taught him and ...