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All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

logic

Puzzle Monday: The Art of Illumination

AO Puzzles
Atlas Obscura
October 24, 2022
The cottage where Michael Cleary murdered his wife, Bridget, still stands in Ballyvadlea in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is shown here in an 1895 photograph.

fairies

The Haunting True Story of Bridget Cleary’s “Changeling” Murder

There's more to this 19th-century crime than the dark side of fairy lore.

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2022
William Selig's 1898 short film Something Good-Negro Kiss is considered one of the earliest black films depicting black intimacy on screen.

secret lives of museums

How 20 Seconds of Film Changed Movie History

This kiss is more than just a kiss.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2022
Fruiting bodies of the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps emerge from the body of a fly in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru. This photo won top prize in the 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.

body snatching

Real Zombies and Body Snatchers Live Among Us

A creepy form of parasitism is one of evolution's favorite strategies, and scientists are starting to figure out how it works.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
October 20, 2022
Few knew the origins of the mysterious Kay's Cross in Kaysville, Utah, and ghost stories grew up around it.

ao loves halloween

The Strange, Awful Truth Behind Utah's Eerie Stone Cross

It's more bizarre than the urban legends.

Greg Christensen
Atlas Obscura
October 20, 2022
Podcast: Times Square Hum

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Podcast: Times Square Hum

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
October 20, 2022
The rougarou, the Cajun cryptid said to haunt Louisiana's wetlands, is the mascot of a conservation effort for its traditional habitat.

cajun

The Rougarou, Beast of the Louisiana Bayou, Gets a Makeover

One man hopes to turn the wolfish cryptid into a mascot for saving the state's imperiled wetlands.

Joel Balsam
Atlas Obscura
October 19, 2022
Whether you call it shunka warak'in, the Rocky Mountain hyena or simply the beast, a mysterious canid preyed upon livestock in Montana in the late 1880s.

ancient terrors

Beware Montana’s Shunka Warak’in, the 'Rocky Mountain Hyena'

Is one of these crafty cryptids on display in a small museum?

J.W. Ocker
Atlas Obscura
October 19, 2022
Selling a supposedly haunted home isn't as difficult as one might think.

ao loves halloween

5 Haunted House Stories That Will Make You Scream

There are jump scares, tragic tales, and even real estate angst.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
Atlas Obscura
October 19, 2022
Podcast: Brown Dog Statue

dogs

Podcast: Brown Dog Statue

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
October 19, 2022
Edward Gorey in 1977, on the set he designed for a stage production of Dracula on Broadway.

halloween

Getting to Know Edward Gorey

A visit to the home museum of the famous oddball artist, 30 years after meeting him there for tea.

Paula Span
Atlas Obscura
October 18, 2022
Cheese labels are immensely charming.

cheese

The French Art of Cheese-Label Collecting

“It’s more than a hobby, it’s a passion.”

ANNA MINDESS
Atlas Obscura
October 18, 2022
Members of Colla Joves Xiquets De Valls form the pinya, or foundation, of a human tower during a castell-building competition in Tarragona, Spain, earlier this month.

gymnastics

Catalonia's Human Tower Tradition Starts With a Strong Base

Castell-building has been a tradition in the Spanish region for centuries.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
October 18, 2022
Podcast: Meramec Caverns

kitsch

Podcast: Meramec Caverns

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
October 18, 2022
In a Toronto haunted house, a female actor poses for a photo.

gender

How Sexism Haunts the Haunted House Industry

And the sociologist and actors trying to exorcise the gender stereotyping demon.

Kate Golembiewski
Atlas Obscura
October 17, 2022
Reading tea leaves.

witchcraft

The Ancient Art of Kitchen Divination

How to try tasseography, cromniomancy, and other mystical gastronomic arts.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
October 17, 2022
Every year, countless carved pumpkins turn out scarier than planned thanks to those meddling microbes.

pumpkins

Only You Can Prevent Sad Pumpkins

Keep your Halloween masterpiece looking ghoulishly good with a few easy steps.

Matt Kasson
Atlas Obscura
October 17, 2022
This Is Halloween, All Month Long!

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This Is Halloween, All Month Long!

This October, we're harvesting a whole lotta scares and spooky tales.

Atlas Obscura
October 17, 2022
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