The house the vampires share feels quite real — a “360 environment,” as Novak puts it — with entire floors fully built out on ...

We talked to three people who say their homes are haunted. Some were previously skeptics, others ready to embrace the gothic romance of it. But it was a problem as real to them as mice in the kitchen, ...

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The chills in the 1959 Gothic horror ...

A guide to the Chicago Reader's October 17, 2024 issue, devoted to spookiness, the Occult, and more, with a magic spell for you to try.

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In her Newberry Library course, Kay Daly examines the depiction of witches onstage, from the 17th century to the present.

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Hallowe’en lovers are in for a frightfully good time at Wrest Park with daytime fun as well as evening Spooky Woodland Walks ...

Is it too soon to start binge-watching Halloween movies? We think not — and, frankly, we watch the classic 1993 film Hocus ...

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." The board had a tense debate before agreeing to Tidwell's call for a separate vote on each book. Before the book removal votes were cast ...