I love ghosts. I grew up loving ghosts like Casper and Gus and even when I found stories where they weren't so friendly, I still loved them. Ghost stories are my absolute favorite and I'm going to share with you some of the creepy, ghoulish ghost stories you may not know about, or maybe you do and just need a nudge to try them. There is no better time to hang out with an apparition or visit a haunted house than October, so grab a warm blanket and some hot cocoa and settle in with a spooky tale like these.

Mentioned:

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

Hell House, by Richard Matheson

Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson

The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill

Anthologies edited by Martin H. Greenburg

Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Housefull, short stories by multiple authors and edited by Alfred Hitchcock

Discussed:

The Invited, by Jennifer McMahon

Author Simone St. James' books: The Broken Girls, The Sun Down Motel, The Haunting of Maddy Clare, and Inquiry Into Love and Death

The Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo

The Fate of Mercy Alban by Wendy Webb

Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold

Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman

Author Joe Hill's books: 20th Century Ghosts, Heart-Shaped Box

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Nick's suggestion from libraries:

Magazines on Overdrive