Alternative Holiday Activities in NYC

We all love New York City during the holidays, but certain activities have become slightly shopworn. Once you’ve gazed in department store windows, seen holiday trains, gawked at obscenely enormous trees, and wobbled around a tiny, overpriced skating rink, what...

Gift Certificates Are Here for the Holidays!

This holiday season, why not give your friends and enemies something delightfully macabre? Boroughs of the Dead gift certificates make the perfect present for New Yorkers and visitors alike. Gift certificates are good for any regular Boroughs of the Dead Macabre...

Why We Tell Ghost Stories At Christmas Part 2

This is the third post in a series of holiday themed posts celebrating our annual Christmas tours. We’ll be presenting three holiday themed ghost tours, Ghosts of Christmas Past, this December. To buy tickets to these events, click here! In yesterday’s post, we...

Why We Tell Ghost Stories At Christmas Part 1

This is the second in a series of holiday themed posts celebrating our annual Christmas tours. We’ll be presenting three holiday themed ghost tours, Ghosts of Christmas Past, this December, plus an extra highlights tour and reading of classic ghost stories at the...

Ruth Edna Kelley: Librarian, Authoress, Badass

Who was Ruth Edna Kelley and why am I obsessed with her? Kelley was a twenty-six year-old librarian who literally wrote the book on Halloween. Back in 1919, Kelley wrote The Book of Halloween, which I picked up in a slightly crumbling hardback first edition (!!!) from...

Macabre Holiday Gift List

In keeping with the spirit of the season, I’ve compiled a little wish list of all things ghastly and beautiful… just in case you’re wondering what to buy your strangest friends this holiday. These gorgeous glass globes, which could totally double as...