Ahead of the latest in the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas strand airing on Christmas Eve, we revisit the atmospheric locations for the original series to see how time has changed them.

On 23 October 1642, the first major battle of the English Civil War broke out in southern Warwickshire. The Battle of Edgehill, near Kineton, saw a 13,000-strong Royalist force take on a ...

But in Victorian England, Christmas was an opportunity to exchange gruesome stories of ghosts, evil spirits, and people gone mad. A Spooky Season According to Sara Cleto, an expert in folklore who ...

The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the ...

A recurring, terrifying dream is the theme of this year’s tale from Mark Gatiss, starring Lumley and Tobias Menzies ...

Benson’s mother was Mary Sidgwick, whose brother Henry was a founding member and first president of the Society for Psychical ...

Nightmare and waking life seem to finally collide in A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower by E.F. Benson ...

In Victorian England, from the 1830s until around 1900, telling ghost stories was a big part of how you celebrated Christmas: ghosts, evil spirits and people gone insane!

Long before Christmas became synonymous with glittering lights, and cheerful carols, the holiday carried a quieter, enchantment. In Victorian England — an era that blended strict moral codes with deep ...

It’s spooky season, and what better way to spend Halloween weekend than settling in to watch a classic Hollywood ghost story? To help you figure out what to watch, we’ve compiled a handy list of 15 ...