H.P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) is one of America's best-known horror writers. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he wrote dozens of stories...

A while ago I was poking around on the Internet and saw articles about a monster called the Glocester Ghoul. I had never heard of this terri...

People often ask me if New England is weirder or scarier than other parts of the country. I’ve been asked this by podcasters, other writers,...

The jack-o-lantern is a ubiquitous symbol of Halloween. All across America, people carve faces into pumpkins, placing them on doorsteps and ...

The historic Whitehorse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island is on a lot of lists. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. It's...

This weekend Tony and I took a quick day trip to Newport, Rhode Island. It was cool and rainy, which is perfect weather for exploring histor...

Many, many years ago when I was a small child I saw Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) on some local TV station. Although this movi...

This probably won't be a surprise to hear, but I'm a big horror movie fan. Zombies, summer camp killers, carnivorous alien monsters ...

This week I thought I'd just share a creepy story I recently read. It comes from William Simmons's book Spirit of the New England ...

In 1971 the ghost of H.P. Lovecraft appeared to a Brown University undergraduate living in an apartment at 10 Barnes Street in Providence, R...

A few weeks ago I posted about the states where you are most likely to see a UFO.  Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire were in the top ten, whi...

People in 19th century New England often celebrated Halloween by performing love magic. Halloween did have the spooky supernatural aspect we...