Across
- 3. This famous “ghost ship” was indeed found empty, but descriptions of its dinner table being set with a still-hot meal are later embellishments.
- 5. Mystery Incorporated team member largely inspired by TV sitcom character Maynard Krebs.
- 9. Name of Tennessee family plagued by a ghost that in part inspired the “Blair Witch Project.”
- 11. The title of his famous novel about a soul-collecting carnival roaming the upper Midwest comes from a line uttered by one of the witches in Shakespeare’s MacBeth.
- 15. Term used to describe low-frequency sound below the lower limit of human audibility; believed to give some settings an ominous “vibe.”
- 18. Mayfair, central London location of a famous haunting said to have involved a terrifying tentacle monster.
- 21. Jack Torrance’s ghostly bartender and advisor.
- 22. Spectral sad-sack from Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
- 24. Grand dame of San Jose’s so-called “Mystery House.”
- 25. Forested New Jersey region where the so-called “Jersey Devil” is said to have been prowling since the 18th century.
- 27. Often a source of supernatural dread, these objects are prominently displayed at Mexico’s Isla de las Munecas.
- 32. Mississippi location where a headless pirate skeleton is said to ward people away from its hidden buried treasure.
- 33. Delightfully summed up by Wikipedia as prototypical “brainy sweater girl.”
- 36. The “Grey Lady” of this Welsh castle is so named not because of her appearance but rather because it was her real name in life.
- 37. Color prominent in famous horror classics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Robert Chambers.
- 38. A 2012 art installation of 30 hooded ghosts reignited interest in this 14th century church in the Czech Republic. (Use the possessive, minus the apostrophe.)
- 40. The “Flying Dutchman” is believed, if based on a real ship, to have been this type of vessel.
- 41. Ironically, he’s in the room where it happens—if you’re talking about the recurring hauntings said to plague New York restaurant “One if By Land, Two if By Sea,” which was once the site of his carriage house.
- 42. While Lincoln is said to haunt the White House, Lyndon Johnson is said to make his presence known in this famed Texas hotel.
- 43. This large “huggin” spirit is said to roam Alabama streets at night, waiting to pounce on and grapple the unsuspecting while screaming in their ears.
- 45. Carpathian villain of the forgettable sequel “Ghostbusters 2.”
- 46. One of the most recognizable ghosts from Disney’s Haunted Mansion keeps his head here.
- 49. Grown-ups might look on him with fright, but children—yeah, they think he’s OK.
- 51. Symbol associated with the contagious obsession in manga graphic novel “Uzumaki.”
- 53. Hollywood hotel where, in room 1200, the ghost of Marylin Monroe is said to be have been seen.
- 54. A vengeful ghost is said to claw at cars and pedestrian passing across a 50-foot covered bridge in this Vermont town.
- 55. Title of frequently forgotten (and much later) sequel to Stephen King’s “The Shining.”
- 56. Neon green ghost from 1984’s “Ghostbusters.”
- 58. This famous voice actor has spent literally decades voicing the ascot-wearing Fred Jones.
- 59. Real-world hotel that inspired Stephen King’s “The Shining.”
- 61. The Destructor, who asks you to choose its form. (How lazy.)
- 62. Romanian forest home to strange and inexplicable curved trees, known by some as “Transylvania’s Bermuda Triangle.”
Down
- 1. Adjective applied to infamous Leap Castle chapel.
- 2. Real last name of Irving’s Bones.
- 4. You can stay overnight in this famously haunted Kansas house, though it costs $150 per person and you can’t stay there alone.
- 6. Brown Lady’s stomping grounds.
- 7. Regal Long Beach landmark said to be a paranormal hotspot.
- 8. Role of ill-fated narrator in Henry James’s “The Turn of The Screw.”
- 10. Danny Torrance scrawls this word on the door using his mother’s lipstick in Kubrick’s horror classic.
- 12. From whence the ghost army hails in Tolkien’s “Lord of The Rings.”
- 13. When Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” appeared here, at least one person sent in a letter asking if this was a true story about life in New England.
- 14. Namesake father and son characters from the works of Shakespeare, the former of whom would fit this category.
- 16. Adorn the railings of staircase in famous 1966 ghost photo, though technically they’re actually “fleur-de-lis.”
- 17. Stine series or the phenomenon it might incite.
- 19. Fictional marshmallow brand.
- 20. Occupy Paris’s former limestone quarries; about a mile of this infrastructure is open to visitors.
- 23. The more-than-900-year-old Tower of London was built by this conqueror in 1070.
- 26. Even though its name means friendship, this Long Island town’s name has been synonymous with horror since the 1970s.
- 28. Locale tough on schoolmasters.
- 29. Both Sheffield Island, Connecticut, and St. Augustine, Florida, can boast of famous hauntings in this kind of structure.
- 30. Location of infamous Massachusetts ax murder in 1892.
- 31. Inocuous body part made menacing in “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.”
- 34. The other body part that obsesses Poe’s narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
- 35. Romanian castle home to the inspiration of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”
- 39. Greek personification of darkness, and name of ill-fated ship lost searching for Northwest Passage.
- 44. It might have been a mistake to build this reportedly very much haunted San Diego house on the sight of the city’s first public gallows.
- 47. Japan’s famed cursed forest.
- 48. Name of Chicago area’s famed vanishing hitchhiker.
- 50. Birthplace of “House of the Seven Gables” author Nathaniel Hawthorne, as well as the site of the titular residence.
- 52. Venetian island home to a former hospital where it’s said that a bell can still be heard ringing in the distance despite its removal decades beforehand.
- 57. Father of spirit photography.
- 60. What the Great Pumpkin prizes.