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Folklore, legends and spooky stories have existed as long as the fires they’re often told around. Musing over ghosts, monsters and the unexplainable is an ancient pastime. You don't have to be ...

Launched 40 years ago, Alvin Schwartz’s spooky series pitted school administrators against PTO members pleading to ban the books According to the American Library Association, Scary Stories were ...

Indigenous stories often have teachings behind them, and scary ones are no exception, say three storytellers. Richard Van Camp, who is Tlicho from Fort Smith, N.W.T., has written 30 books in many ...