Supernatural
Charles Dickens Was a 'Fascinated Skeptic' of the Supernatural
A new exhibition explores the writer's enduring interest in ghosts and other paranormal phenomena
The History Behind Robert Eggers' 'The Northman'
The revenge saga blends traditional accounts with the supernatural to convey the lived experience of the Viking age
What the History of 'Spirit Photography' Portends for the Future of Deepfake Videos
Today’s video hoaxes can be downright ugly. But image-makers have been fooling viewers from the beginning
From Books Bound in Human Skin to Occult Texts, These Are Literature's Most Macabre, Surprising and Curious Creations
A new tome takes readers into collector Edward Brooke-Hitching's "madman's library"
How 'Wonder Woman 1984' Was Filmed at the Smithsonian
The blockbuster saw the superhero working as a museum anthropologist. But how accurate was its depiction of the Institution at the time?
How the Vampire Got His Fangs
An incisive history of a Halloween snarl
Why Were Two Victorian Chess Pieces Hidden in a Barn?
They may have been intended to protect the property’s human and animal inhabitants from evil spirits
This Ancient 10-Year-Old Received a ‘Vampire Burial’ to Prevent Return From the Dead
The malaria-stricken Roman child was buried in the ominously named Cemetery of the Babies with a stone inserted into its mouth
Zombie Movies Are Never Really About Zombies
Zombies have offered a way to work out cultural fears about everything from race to climate change
Why Is Friday the 13th Supposedly Unlucky?
No one really knows–spooky, right?
How the Nauga and its Fictional Friends Helped Make Synthetic Fabric Cuddly
What started out as an advertising ploy turned into a low-key cultural phenomenon
England’s Witch Trials Were Lawful
It might seem like collective madness today, but the mechanisms for trying witches in England were enshrined in law
When the Beast of Gévaudan Terrorized France
The tale of this monster grew in the telling, but the carnage still left nearly 100 dead
