From abandoned mansions to eerie manors still occupied, haunted house stories continue to grip our imagination. But what makes these tales so unforgettable is that many are rooted in actual locations; ...

I have written about how the architecture of haunted houses creeps us out in a previous Psychology Today blog post. However, I am also interested in exploring how easily people can be duped into ...

Built in 1885 for Christopher and Elizabeth Crawley, this late-Victorian manor is widely known as Australia’s most haunted house. Visitors have reported icy touches of unseen hands against their skin, ...

Whether in scenes of the slime oozing from the walls of the house in The Amityville Horror or the blood-filled hotel elevator in The Shining, horror movies and the books that inspire them often make ...