ghosts

First, some clarifications on food aid during the government shutdown, followed by one Michigander SNAP recipient's story. Then, a survivor of a fishing boat's capsizing, caused by the same storm which sunk the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, shares his memory of that day. Plus, Michigan Public's On Hand featured a listener's tale of a supernatural encounter.

It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. But they weren't always the evil spirits we see in books and movies today. For Word of the Week, we look back on the origins of "ghost."

Everyone wants a haunted house on Halloween, but the rest of the year, not so much.How do you sell a house that’s haunted anyway? Are you legally liable…

Everyone has their favorite local ghost stories: ghouls haunting Detroit’s Fort Wayne, a portal to hell at the old State Hospital in Traverse City, the…

A bump in the night, a creaky floor in the attic, a scuffling sound across the room…. The causes? Maybe the house is settling, a strong wind, a small…