The Grinch, Ebenezer Scrooge, Kris Kringle, the Wonderettes and many more holiday characters are heading to local stages ...

This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column—full of mad ramblings, Oxford commas, and “theatre” spelled with an “r ...

While “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens has been adapted into more than 100 versions for stage and screen, you don’t ...

In the summer of 1974, the lives of people in Cyprus were forever changed by the Turkish invasion of their island.

Ryota Kondo grew up on horror movies. For the Japanese director, that meant the "J-horror" of the ‘90s and ‘00s, a wave of ...

A rare spot of good news for poor Karin, who hoped to spend the summer with her cram school crush back in Tokyo: Oshō may be ...

These chilling destinations are approved for family travel, offering spine-tingling histories, unexplained phenomena and the ...

Ernst, who lives in Middleton, Wis., is the author of 20 historical novels and mysteries for young readers from American Girl ...

After my husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer, I believed I was preparing for his death. “The End of the Story” weaves ...

Next up on our tour of Ohio’s creepy greatest hits is the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. This place is what you’d get if you crossed a medieval castle with a prison and sprinkled in a dash of ...

Oh, the creepy things kids say! And we’re not talking about slightly disturbing stories but full-on creep shows. Read them ...