Fright Fiction … the ghost story site

‘O MARY, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
Across the sands of Dee.’
The western wind was wild and dark with foam,
And all alone went she.
The western tide crept up along the sand,
And o’er and o’er the sand,
And round and round the sand,
As far as eye could see.
The rolling [...]

A mother and daughter embroiled in a messy custody battle move into a new apartment building where there are unusual goings on in an empty upstairs apartment, and serious problems with the plumbing.
This film should have been better. It has all the right ingredients to be a gripping, psychological ghost story – a woman scarred [...]

A salvage crew discover a ship that went missing in mysterious circumstances in the 1960s and go on board in hope of making a fortune, getting more than they bargained for.
There are some tense moments in Ghost Ship, before everything kicks off. The film has the promise of all you could want from a ship [...]

This traditional American folk song which is related to the better known Frankie and Johnnie has a fleeting and rather creepy ghost appearance at the end.
Delia cursed Tony,
On a Saturday night,
Cursted him such a wicked curse
That he swore he’d take her life.
Delia’s gone,
One more round,
Delia’s gone.
The first time he shot her,
Shot her in the side,
The [...]

The BBC had a ghost story on over Christmas, a mostly forgotten festive tradition that I applaud and want to see more of.
Crooked House was a television series of three interwoven ghost stories all based around the fictional house of Geap Manor. Shown on BBC 4 in December 2008, the series was written by [...]