Six years ago, Bham Now published a story right before Halloween about Kathryn Tucker Windham, the author of 13 Alabama Ghosts Stories and Jeffrery and one of Alabama’s greatest storytellers. Her daughter, Dilcy Windham Hilley, provided us with a delightful interview…
Every good novel on the condition of England should involve at least one fantastical creature. Or so Dickens thought. The first thing we are told in David Copperfield is that our hero, on account of b Every good novel on…
This time of year, St. Cloud State University pops up in the news with spooky ghost stories and haunted halls. A quick Google search brings up dozens of hits, with stories about hauntings on and around campus, from lights that…
How Dracula continues to slake our thirst for terror Although scholarly interpretations of Dracula see the novel as a fearful embodiment of some pressing threat in the Victorian consciousness, in some ways—be it sexual, economic, colonial, or gendered—Count…
Olga Ilici finds characters of Interview with the Vampire not guilty on the moral trial. …the discourse boils down to which one of these murderous vampires is the most toxic boyfriend …it is imperative that we recognise the fictitious vampiric…
An unfortunate schoolmaster, a mysterious midnight rider and a 200-year-old mystery. In New York's Hudson Valley, we follow the Headless Horseman through ancient churchyards and wooded landscapes to discover the real Sleepy Hollow, just in time for Halloween Somewhere along…
From haunted mansions and Southern Gothic literature to historic squares, Lowcountry cooking and extraordinary local characters, discover the stories behind one of America's most atmospheric cities There is something about Savannah that encourages you to slow down. Perhaps it is…
VICE From giants in the Afghan mountains to the Fort Campbell Dogman, Tales From the Grid Square is a vast trove of soldiers’ paranormal ordeals. By Sam Watanuki | Reviewed by Nick Stockton
Along with the pumpkins and costumes, the candles and cobwebs, Halloween is all about storytelling. From tales of haunted houses to accounts of demonic possession, ghost stories are part of the holiday’s appeal. As a professor at the University of…
This Halloween, revisit Bram Stoker’s immortal 1897 opus. Lifetimes later, the dark and intricate world of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” keeps its high standing as an emotional, gripping and worthy read. People keep returning, whether to adapt it to film or television,…
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