This Halloween, reading some of the foundational American scary stories from a trio of the nation’s early 19th century creative writers — Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Brockden Brown — can help us shiver along with the spookiest sides of society and self alike. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2022/10/considering-history-what-early-american-writers-knew-about-our-scariest-stories/