With roots in the 18th century, this haunted genre’s hallmarks can be found throughout modern horror. Here’s where to start.

When you think “gothic,” you think about dark, foreboding, mysterious. In literature, it is all of those things. Dr. Heidi Backes says it is often constructed to tell a tale about the underlying ...

Whether you are watching a horror classic, such as “The Shining” or “Poltergeist,” or laughing at the over-the-top antics of “Beetlejuice” or the “Ghostbusters,” ghost stories abound during Halloween.

When Dr. Alessandra Pino and Ella Buchan, who had been friends for years, couldn't find a gothic cookbook they loved, they wrote their own. The result is A Gothic Cookbook: Hauntingly Delicious ...

After the Civil War, the Southern ruling class got to work idealizing the antebellum era of slavery, painting a picture of sweeping oaks, genteel folk and honeyed drawls. "The Lost Cause" was an ideal ...