Orrin Grey

Orrin Grey is the author of several spooky books, among them Guignol and Other Sardonic Tales and Painted Monsters and Other Strange Beasts. His stories about monsters, ghosts, and sometimes the ghosts of monsters have been published in dozens of anthologies, including Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year.

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Gone in the Night: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel

One night in 1913, the inventor's illustrious life came to a mysterious end.

A Ghostly Glow in the Sky: What Are the Brown Mountain Lights?

A Ghostly Glow in the Sky: What Are the Brown Mountain Lights?

The unexplained lights have been fodder for many a strange story over the years.

The Chilling, Unsolved Dardeen Family Murders

The crime was considered too brutal and gruesome to be reported on daytime TV...

13 Best Horror Books of 2017

Get ready to be terrified.

13 Best Horror Movies of 2017

Here are the year's greatest terrors.

The Whaley House: The Most Haunted Home in America

On a quiet street in California sits a stately brick house swarming with paranormal activity.

The Yosemite Killer: Cary Stayner's Twisted Mind

The Yosemite Killer: Cary Stayner's Twisted Mind

He nearly got away with four murders.

Dennis Nilsen: Britain’s Kindly Killer

In each of his victims, he sought someone who would never leave.

The Wailing Elm of Peoria State Hospital

This historic hospital for the mentally ill holds a strange history—and an even stranger ghost story.

A Man in the Attic: The Deadly Affairs of Walburga Oesterreich

Walburga's bizarre love affair cost her husband his life.

How the Pierre Hotel Robbery Went Off Without a Hitch but Then Ended in Tragedy

How the Pierre Hotel Robbery Went Off Without a Hitch but Then Ended in Tragedy

They thought they hit the jackpot…but it came with a terrible price.

Sarah Jane Harvey and the Creepy Case of the Mummy in the Cupboard

Sarah Jane Harvey and the Creepy Case of the Mummy in the Cupboard

When Ms. Harvey's son finally opened the door, he was met with a grisly sight...

A Haunting at Caledonia Mills: The Chilling Case of the Mary Ellen Spook Farm 

What strange, supernatural force drove this family from their home in 1922?

The Ghosts of Sauer Castle

On a hill in Kansas City rests a crumbling mansion with a sinister reputation.

The Devil’s School: The Most Haunted Place in Jacksonville

According to one popular legend, the janitor used to take students down into the boiler room where they were burned alive.

The Sadistic Hotel Murders of Neville Heath

The Sadistic Hotel Murders of Neville Heath

This British playboy was deadly.

Terror in Glasgow: Was Serial Killer Peter Tobin Behind the Unsolved Bible John Murders?

Serial killer Peter Tobin has three known victims: but was this depraved killer also responsible for the unsolved Bible John murders of the 1960s?

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