In honor of Halloween and all things spooky, we've collected a list of the best scary ghost stories that are even more chilling because they're 100-percent real. At least according to the people who ...

Lock the doors and check under the bed — you're going to need all the help you can get after reading these very scary and very real ghost stories. Even if you don't believe in supernatural occurrences ...

Of course, that is the paradox inherent in ghost stories. The better they are, the worse you’ll sleep at night. In the spirit of Halloween, we’ve rounded up some spooky storiesall of them true scary ...

Alex Lawther as Simon Rifkind looking scared and holding a cell phone in poster for Ghost Stories. Image via Lionsgate For more than ten years now, Alex Lawther has been carefully crafted his acting ...

Your eyes are red and white candy spirals, your brain is mince pie, and Elf on the Shelf, having glared at you for weeks, has returned to his desk job with the surveillance state. We know horror at ...

But it’s not only costumes that can be spooky. Sometimes the scary thing isn’t a bad choice by an employee but something that seems genuinely unexplainable. Here are nine true stories from spooky ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ever finished a horror movie with a chill running down your spine just because the phrase “based ...

In Victorian England, Ghost Stories Were a Beloved Christmas Tradition A version of this story originally ran in 2021; it has been updated for 2025. Halloween Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. If you thought True Haunting couldn’t get any creepier, just ...

Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived, and while Cape Fear and Shutter Island are the rare films of his that are horror adjacent, you can't say that a lot of his movies aren ...