The Minnesota Historical Society really knows how to celebrate Halloween. TheyâÄôll be sponsoring dramatic readings of 19th-century Victorian ghost stories at the James J. Hill house in St. Paul, the ...

'The Haunted Lane,' a stereoscope card from L.M. Melander & Bro., 1875. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic ...

In 1864, a peculiar book called "Spectropia" offered Victorian readers a scientific way to summon ghosts. As the Smithsonian reports, author J.H. Brown created this "toy book" to combat what he called ...

This crackerjack Victorian thriller has all the elements of a classic ghost story — young women imprisoned by propriety and expectation, an unexpected inheritance, a derelict mansion and awesome ...

In the middle of the 19th century, however, popular portrayals of ghosts became a year-round staple, in part because photographers discovered that they could depict them. The first ghost photographs ...

October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic festivals to ward off restless spirits after harvest time to the modern standby of using an old sheet to make a last-minute Halloween ...

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