Halloween
People Feared Being Buried Alive So Much They Invented These Special Safety Coffins
For centuries, inventors have been patenting technology to prevent such a nightmare from happening
The Science Behind Decorative Gourd Season
Gourds are the runts of their family of fruits, too tough and bitter to eat, but they remain one of the most popular crops of fall
Get Spooked on One of These Haunted Vintage Train Rides
Skip the haunted house and climb aboard one of these trains instead
17 Inventions That Will Put You in the Halloween Mood
Here are some bizarre costume ideas, decorations and supplies culled from the U.S. patent archives
In Need of Cadavers, 19th-Century Medical Students Raided Baltimore's Graves
With a half-dozen medical schools and a shortage of bodies, grave robbing thrived—and with no consequences for the culprits
Explore the Dublin Destinations That Inspired 'Dracula'
Follow in the footsteps of Bram Stoker and see how his hometown inspired him to write his famous horror novel
A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories
Though the practice is now more associated with Halloween, spooking out your family is well within the Christmas spirit
An A.I. Bot Named "Shelley" Is Generating Spooky Stories on Twitter
And you're invited to collaborate on her very weird tales
Celebrate Halloween With These Unsettling Sounds From Outer Space
NASA's new SoundCloud playlist captures the sounds of planets, comets and plasma waves
A Brief History of the Haunted House
How Walt Disney inspired the world's scariest Halloween tradition
The Hair-Raising Gimmicks of the Abominable Showman
William Castle went all-out to fright audiences with his horror movies and marketing strategy
Yes. The Night Before Halloween Is a Real Holiday
In New Jersey, it's known as 'Mischief Night." In Detroit, it's 'Devil's Night.' And in Cincinnati, it's ... 'Cabbage Night'?
Zombie Movies Are Never Really About Zombies
Zombies have offered a way to work out cultural fears about everything from race to climate change
How New Printing Technology Gave Witches Their Familiar Silhouette
Popular media helped give witches their image
Getting to the Roots of "Plant Horror"
From the serious—pod people—to the farcical—”feed me, feed me!”—this genre has produced some strange stuff
Burials Unearthed in Poland Open the Casket on The Secret Lives of Vampires
What people actually did to prevent the dead from rising again was very different than what Hollywood would have you think
What Happens in the Brain When We Feel Fear
And why some of us just can't get enough of it
When Halloween Was All Tricks and No Treats
Nineteenth-century urbanization unleashed the nation's anarchic spirits, turning holiday mischief into mayhem
At This Spectral Subway Platform, Trains Approach But Never Arrive
An otherworldly art installation debuts at the Renwick just in time for Halloween
In 2014, Americans Feared Walking Alone at Night. Now They’re Worried about Government Corruption
A survey on American fears by Chapman University sociologists has produced some surprisingly frightful results
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