Stratford Hall may be among Virginia’s most elegant colonial estates, but behind its brick walls and beneath its polished floors, something stirs. From ghostly children and vanishing figures to icy…| M.A. Kleen
In post-war Paris, a young photographer captures haunting images of the city’s ruins, only to find a shadowy figure drawing closer in every frame. As the lens brings it nearer, she learns too late that some subjects step out of photographs to claim their own. Please enjoy this horror short, part of a series experimenting […]| M.A. Kleen
Hidden among winding roads and ancient oaks, Peoria, Illinois’ Springdale Cemetery holds more than a century and a half of history—alongside chilling legends and true crimes that refuse to be forgotten. From Civil War ghosts to the infamous 1935 Hallmark murder, its quiet paths lead deep into the city’s haunted past. Lost among the winding […]| M.A. Kleen
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial, located just steps away from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., is a stirring tribute to the thousands of women who courageously served during the Vietnam War, particularly as nurses and caregivers. Designed by sculptor Glenna Goodacre and unveiled on Veterans Day 1993, the bronze statue poignantly captures the […]| M.A. Kleen
Long before rusted carnival rides creaked in the Appalachian wind, this patch of ground witnessed bloodshed, vengeance, and heartbreak. Today, Lake Shawnee Amusement Park is abandoned, but not empty. Visitors still come, drawn by whispers of a curse and the spirits said to walk its haunted paths. What comes to mind when you imagine a […]| M.A. Kleen
In the frozen isolation of a Siberian monastery, a cursed bell begins to toll without a hand to ring it, summoning the restless dead from their graves. As the snowbound night deepens, a young novice must choose between defiling a holy relic or letting the risen corpses breach the walls. Please enjoy this horror short, […]| M.A. Kleen
Abandoned for decades, Rochester’s towering Terrence Building holds a chilling history of ambition and neglect. From its psychiatric past to eerie modern legends, discover why it remains one of the city’s most talked-about landmarks. Hidden in plain sight along Elmwood Avenue in Rochester, New York’s Azalea neighborhood, a redbrick, irregular capital I-shaped building looms over […]| M.A. Kleen
My latest article is up on the Emerging Civil War blog! This is the first of what I hope to be a series on the Charleston, Illinois Riot of 1864. ECW welcomes back guest author M.A. Kleen. In late …| M.A. Kleen
In post-war Paris, a young photographer captures haunting images of the city’s ruins, only to find a shadowy figure drawing closer in every frame. As the lens brings it nearer, she learns too late that some subjects step out of photographs to claim their own. Please enjoy this horror short, part of a series experimenting…| M.A. Kleen
Over a century after cannons fell silent at Ball’s Bluff, chilling screams, phantom hoofbeats, and muddy handprints keep visitors on edge. Are you brave enough to walk among Leesburg’s lingering Ci…| M.A. Kleen
