ghost stories

A Reddit thread asking users to share their creepiest experiences ever brought up numerous stories—some unusual and disturbing experiences, some right out of a horror or thriller movie. Here are five of the top stories.

A look at our world through local headlines on June 14, 2014: “Burglar gets nine months for stealing toilet bowl,” “Al-Shabab’s ‘Halal’ Football a Different Game,” and more.

If there is one thing Ireland is known for it’s fairy tales and ghost stories. While tantalizing hints of small, pipe-smoking men and pots of gold are offered at the end of every rainbow, every stately mansion more than 100 years old has a resident ghost or two. I was on a week’s tour around the southeast coast of the Irish Republic and in these garden counties, ghosts and greenery seemed to go together.