Can you recommend NPR Ghost Stories for a spooky night?

Sure. 'The Monkey's Paw' is a great choice. It's a short but very effective ghost story. The idea of the cursed monkey's paw that grants wishes but with a horrible price is really terrifying. Just three wishes lead to so much horror.

Sure. 'The Canterville Ghost' is a great pick. It's set in an old English manor during winter, and the ghost has some really funny and spooky antics. Another is 'Thurnley Abbey' which has a very chilling atmosphere, especially when the cold winter winds are howling outside. And 'The Mezzotint' is also a good one. It gives off a very eery feeling, much like a cold winter night.

Sure. 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens can be considered a ghost story. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come visit Ebenezer Scrooge and transform his life. It's a great story for a spooky night as it has that eerie element of the supernatural while also having a moral lesson.

Sure. 'Lights Out' is a great choice. It has a lot of bone - chilling ghost stories. Another good one is 'Suspense' which will keep you on the edge of your seat with its ghostly tales.

Definitely check out the story of the Baychimo. It was a cargo ship that got stuck in the ice in 1931. Even after being abandoned, it was seen drifting in the Arctic for decades. People who claim to have seen it say it looks like a ghost ship, just floating there all alone.

One such story is 'The Haunted Mirror'. A girl bought an old mirror at a thrift store. Every night, she would see a faint figure in the mirror that seemed to be getting closer. One day, she noticed scratch marks on the mirror from the inside. Terrified, she threw the mirror out, but that night, she saw the figure standing at the foot of her bed.

Sure. 'The Woman in Black' is a great silent horror story. The desolate setting and the silent figure of the woman in black that haunts the marshes create a really eerie atmosphere. It's all about the silences between the strange noises and sightings that make it so spooky.

Sure. 'The Woman in Black' is a great one. It's about a vengeful ghost that terrifies a small town. Then there's 'The Turn of the Screw' which is very eerie as it involves a governess who believes she sees the ghosts of two former employees at the house where she works. 'Coraline' is also a bit on the spooky side. It has a parallel world filled with creepy doppelgangers.

Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is a great one. It's often available in audio form. The narrator's descent into madness is really spooky.

Ghosts are a common spooky element. They often appear as shadowy figures or as apparitions that haunt houses or places. Another element is the sense of being watched. In many NPR scary stories, the characters feel like there are unseen eyes following them. Cursed objects are also spooky. Like in the story of the haunted mirror, it brings unease and danger to the owner.