Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was no stranger when it came to telling a scary ghost story. His "Legends of the Province House...

Ernst T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), one of the earliest progenitors of supernatural stories, makes his first appearance on this ghost story ...

18th Best Ghost Short Story 1800-1849 Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) is known in supernatural circles for penning one of the...

Although Albert Werdendorff; or, The Midnight Embrace is not the most artful name in this countdown of the Top 40 best ghost stories for...

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This is an exciting time because we have reached in the countdown the Top 20 ghost stories for the first half of the nineteenth century. ...

Ghost story 21 of the Top 40 from 1800-1849 is The Haunted Manor-House of Paddington by Charles Ollier (1788-1859). "The Haunted Ma...

One of the first and few scary ghost stories by a female author takes spot 22 in my countdown of the Top 40 ghost short stories for the f...

Horace Smith (1779-1849) was an English stockbroker, poet and novelist. When he became independently wealthy trading stocks, he turned to...

Joseph Snowe's ghost story "All Soul's Eve" appeared at spot 30 in my countdown of the Top 40 ghost stories from 1800-1...