The Gothic is all around us. Isolated mansions, trauma-ridden specters, macabre love, and entrapped women are pervasive archetypes that tune into our hidden fears, cultural anxieties, and forbidden desires. Though primarily associated with fiction, literature, and film, these archetypes also appear in "true" stories in American ghost lore. America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes is a tour through the uncanny tales of real people and settings that exude that elusive Gothic vibe. Dim the lights, curl up with a mug of something warming, and discover the history that truly is stranger than fiction in this illustrated talk that's perfect for a dark winter evening.