Haunted spots near NYU

Midterm season isn’t the only spooky thing at NYU this Halloween.

Sarah Whitacre, Staff Writer • October 31, 2022

There’s no better way to get in the Halloween spirit than visiting a place that is rumored to harbor ghosts and ghouls. If you’re trying your hand at ghost hunting this fall,...

Ghosts Face Gentrification in ‘Where Do All the Ghosts Go?’

In Barbara’s Kahn’s dark comedy, an eclectic group of ghosts who call the St. Denis building home must team up with a young lesbian couple to find new dwellings to haunt before the historic building is demolished.

Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer • April 15, 2019

In a historic building just south of Union Square, modernist artist Marcel Duchamp (David Leeper) and Wild West showman Buffalo Bill (Christopher Lowe) play a game of invisible...

Working With Bones, Bringing Peace to the Dead

When your profession revolves around skeletal remains, you develop a unique connection with the deceased.

Natalie Chinn, Culture Editor • October 29, 2018

When your profession revolves around skeletal remains, you develop a unique connection with the deceased.

The Spooky Issue

Andrew Heying, Opinion Editor • October 30, 2017

Check out this week's spoooky stories about what haunts the streets and students of NYU.

Janice Gunter: Ghost Hunter

Natasha Roy, Assistant Managing Editor • October 30, 2017

Update: Janice Gunter: Ghost Hunter is a webseries by the actress Elizabeth McDonough. The following article is a profile on the character.  New York City native Janice Gunter...

‘Ugetsu’ is an Essential, Beautiful Haunt

Matthew Holman, Contributing Writer • March 2, 2017

The re-release of Kenji Mizuguchi’s 1953 film "Ugetsu" should be eagerly anticipated — the work is both one of the few ghost movies with neither over-the-top ghouls and one of the few war films that doesn't simply lapse into gore.