From timeless classics to new favorites, we've got a bumper crop of creepy suspense, scary thrillers and ghoulish ghost stories to read this Halloween spooky season Skip to content PEOPLE ...

Let’s remember that Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a ghost story. Telling dark and scary tales for the holidays is a tradition that dates back to pagan times.

Christmastime ghost stories never really caught on in the United States, according to Noble, despite singer Andy Williams promising, “There’ll be scary ghost stories, and tales of the glories ...