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‘The Masque of the Red Death’: Read Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling 19th-century tale

Classic fiction in the time of the virus.

Edgar Allan Poe
· Mar 23, 2020 · 05:30 pm
How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation

The Oujia board's origins were anything but evil. It emerged, in part, out of a longing to communicate with loved ones who had died during the Civil War.

Joseph P. Laycock, The Conversation
· Oct 25, 2016 · 03:30 pm
Cannibal-themed ‘Raw’ causes viewers to faint, giving the film publicity that money can’t buy

The saga of a vegetarian college student who starts feasting on human meat is only the latest movie to cause havoc in the aisles.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 14, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Acid bath murderers and poison: why dark tourism is important

People love all things spooky and gory: but when does dark tourism cross the boundary?

Angela Sutton-Vane, The Conversation
· Nov 08, 2015 · 09:30 pm