Menjadi yatim piatu sejak umur 11 tahun, Castle putus sekolah pada usia 15 tahun, untuk bekerja di teater. Dia mendatangi Columbia Pictures untuk mengikuti promosi talent, dan dia diterima. Dia mempelajari pembuatan film dan menjadi sutradara.
Castle, William, with introduction by John Waters (1976, republished 1992, republished 2010). Step Right Up! I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Movie Mogul. New York, Putnam. ISBN 0-88687-657-5 (Pharos edition 1992). ISBN 978-0-578-06682-0 (William Castle Productions 2010).
Castle, William and Joseph, Robert, with introduction by Orson Welles (1945). Hero's Oak. New York, The Reader's Press.
Waters, John (1983). Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters. New York, Macmillan Publishing Company. Chapter 2, "Whatever Happened to Showmanship?", was originally published in American Film December 1983 in a slightly different form.
Castle, William (2011). "From the Grave: The Prayer". William Castle Productions. ISBN 0-615-50757-3.
Documentary. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) Director: Jeffrey Schwarz