People love to be scared. They subject themselves to terror through movies, haunted houses and books, getting the scare they ...

Amidst the months-long legal battle in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Lackawanna County will hold its special election on ...

I love horror, you love horror, we as a society love horror. There’s something about seeing the strange and unusual that gets us excited. Horror is about a lot of things. It’s about exploring dark ...

The Colonels are back and they’re ready to make history.  After a record-setting 2024-25 season that brought Wilkes ...

Step inside, if you dare, and walk through the doors of Philadelphia’s notorious and historic Eastern State  Penitentiary ...

We are biologically wired for fear.  It is an evolutionary mechanism that keeps us safe.   Fear is meant to warn us about ...

It may be October…but it is never too early for a Christmas album! Christmas music is one of my favorites and I am so excited to listen to this album. I have listened to certain songs from this one ...

With Native American Heritage Month beginning in only a few days, it seems only appropriate that the Wilkes Programming Board ...

Every spooky season, over 85%  of Halloween costumes end up in landfills, according to a Hubbub survey conducted in 2019. But ...

Kailey Vogel is an English and History double major at Wilkes University. In her first year, she joined The Beacon as a ...

Wilkes University is no stranger to haunted locations. Kirby Hall, which houses the English Department, is a gothic ...

Scott Vieth is a former Beacon editor-in-chief who has spent over 20 years as a collegiate athletics coach. He is currently the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Wilkes.  Embrace Your Inner Nerd ...