Scary Ghost Stories From New York Times Archives
From haunted zoo cages to ghostly bar owners, here are five stories from our archives that will make you shiver, or maybe chuckle.
From haunted zoo cages to ghostly bar owners, here are five stories from our archives that will make you shiver, or maybe chuckle.
The ghost stories, dating back to the 19th century, are fitting for a building where the past rarely stays dead.
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For almost 1,000 years, Oxford Castle and Prison has stood over the city, witnessing wars, executions, escapes and imprisonment.
With Halloween falling on a football Saturday, we take a haunted trip to the sport's spookiest places.
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The Seven Mysteries of Honjo are a group of once-famous ghost stories and urban legends tracing back to the Edo Period.
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The saving grace for Crunchyroll's newest isekai anime is that it channels the same YouTube abridged series parody energy as 'Golden Boy,' 'Ghost Stories,' and 'Konosuba.'
They were known as the ‘Ghost Patrol’ by opposing Italian forces because the unit often appeared suddenly out of nowhere in the deep desert
They were known as the ‘Ghost Patrol’ by opposing Italian forces because the unit often appeared suddenly out of nowhere in the deep desert
Unusual patterns in federal student aid data led the Justice Department to charge five people and seize more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency tied to a network associated with Kenyan nationals. The charges are the first results of a...
Ghost hunting has changed in recent years due to AI chatbots, and paranormal enthusiasts are concerned Ghost hunting is a tech-heavy pursuit. When Amy Waine and Jarrad Cutting investigate haunted locations, they’re loaded up with...
Fraudsters are inventing "ghost" students who enroll in college, never show up, yet pocket thousands of dollars in federal financial aid, government officials revealed Thursday, saying the scams -- often tied to overseas operations in...
Anthropologist Tok Thompson joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about ghost stories and folklore. What’s the oldest recorded ghost story? What counts as a ghost? What’s the difference between poltergeists and ghosts?...
Layoffs have reportedly hit Sucker Punch, the PlayStation-owned studio behind the Sly Cooper series, Infamous and last year's Ghost of Yotei .
Smaller Iranian ghost fleet tankers are slipping past the U.S. naval blockade carrying sanctioned LPG fuel to China via a shadowy Malaysia anchorage.
Iranian 'Ghost Fleet' Tanker Filmed Slipping US Blockade With 500,000 Barrels Of LPG For China A sanctioned Iranian tanker carrying about 500,000 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas slipped past the U.S. naval...
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A sea mystery right on the even of Halloween
BBC viewers were so terrified by a ghost story that aired on Halloween more than 30 years ago that it was never shown on TV again
Chad Pergram recalls slipping on the U.S. Capitol steps in front of Justin Trudeau and explores the ghostly history behind his unexpected fall.
Shan Turner-Carroll wins the $50k Open Category at this year's Fisher's Ghost Art Award, an exhibition that explores everything from grief to motherhood and hope in a world that sometimes feels hopeless.
Prince Louis has been living at Forest Lodge with his family for a year, and he will likely be glad to have escaped the 'wild' ghost who reportedly haunted his old nursery
JAMES SHARPE AT VITALITY STADIUM: How fitting it was, amid this season of ghouls and zombies, that it was one of James Trafford's old ghosts that came back to haunt him.
From Casper to Harry Potter, ghosts in film and TV are usually portrayed as floating white figures. But a new analysis suggests that supernatural sightings actually take a range of ominous forms.
A man claimed a ghost told him where his body was buried. This Sydney suburb holds a two-week-long festival in tribute to it.
En empruntant autant au roman de Gaston Leroux qu’à Black Swan, Suspiria et Twilight, cette nouvelle adaptation risque de diviser les cinéphiles.
Most conventional firearms come with serial numbers and leave unique microscopic markings on bullets and cartridge cases when fired. Investigators can use these clues to trace weapons or connect them to crimes. However, 3D-printed...
Meet Huggin Molly, the towering phantom woman whose frightening hugs turned an Alabama ghost story into a small-town tradition.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrests several foreign actors in connection with a "ghost student" scheme to defraud student aid programs of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Australian Navy is testing a futuristic underwater drone known as a "Ghost Shark," a stealthy unmanned submersible, which can travel long distances. The submarines are anticipated to be used in both surveillance and strike missions....
Properties where someone has died in tragic circumstances can have big reductions in price.
The alleged scheme used stolen identities to claim US student aid, with Kenyans among those charged.
Five defendants have been charged in a nationwide FAFSA fraud scheme involving stolen U.S. identities and fake student accounts. Authorities also seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency tied to a network...
With ghost-hunting equipment and stories of Chicago’s haunted past, Northwestern students and staff traversed campus Thursday evening on a ghost tour hosted by the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement. The tour, led by...
One of regional South Australia's historic landmarks reopens its doors to the public, with new caretakers leaning into the site's dark heritage.