Claims of ghostly presences are more common than you think, but it's impossible to prove their existence. And what about extremely famous ghosts that pop up over centuries, and sometimes, in the same ...

Spirtualists often tried to conjure the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. Harry Houdini set out to expose them. And Brad Ricca wrote about it all.

One of the Capital Region's most popular bits of folklore involves the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. His assassination in 1865 by actor John Wilkes Booth happened nearly 400 ...

Danny Klecko was working on a book about Abraham Lincoln when he had a conversation with George Saunders — yes, the George Saunders — author of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” which Klecko believes is a novel ...

The national holiday we know as Thanksgiving has a long and complex history. Since we live in Illinois, let’s focus on the role Abraham Lincoln played in its genesis. Perhaps you already know that as ...

A reporter has joked that the White House is haunted by ghosts after a creaking noise interrupted a daily press briefing. Press Secretary Jen Psaki was talking about Joe Biden’s response to the Covid ...