halloween
Jumpstart Your Halloween With These '90s Horror TV Intros
Fear and intrigue, together in the opening titles.
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police
The Most Halloween Police Photo of 2016
It's a good one.
galvanism
The Real Electric Frankenstein Experiments of the 1800s
Why scientists during the late 18th and 19th centuries conducted crude experiments with reanimating corpses.
31 days of halloween
How the Hidden Sounds of Horror Movie Soundtracks Freak You Out
From altered voices to "infrasound," these audio tricks spook and unsettle.
heaven and hell
This Map Shows The Future of Your Immortal Soul
Just in case you needed a reminder that you are most likely on the road to damnation.
mark twain
Watch a Claymation Mark Twain Take Tom, Huckleberry, and Becky to Meet Satan
It'll have you repeating after Becky, "I want to go home."
milk
Inside the Final Days of New York City's Last Dairy
Elmhurst Dairy closes its doors in late October. What happens when a metropolis loses milk?
cooking
In the 1800s, Sick People Would Consult Cookbooks Before Doctors
Need to bake a pie AND cure consumption?
diatoms
Watch This Artist Create Kaleidoscope Masterpieces With Single-Celled Algae
Diatom arrangement is an old Victorian art form.
birds
Exhausted Geese Are Falling Out of The Sky in Canada
They need a break.
nostalgia
This is How New York City Celebrated Halloween in 1993
Photos from a 1990s archive show post-parade festivities in the West Village.
embassy
There's Only One State Embassy In Washington. Of Course, It's Florida's
Florida exceptionalism wins again.
halloween
The Forgotten Halloween Games That Predict Who You'll Marry—And When You'll Die
How to use produce to divine the future, on one night only.
found
Found: The Original Walls of the Cave Where Jesus Was Buried
The walls, enclosed in a marble structure, were thought to have fallen long ago.
31 days of halloween
In 1961, Roald Dahl Hosted His Own Version of 'The Twilight Zone'
Looking back at the macabre delights of the famous author's forgotten TV horror show.
longreads
Was It Hershey or Reese That Made Peanut Butter Cups Great?
The surprising story of how "two great tastes" came together.
linguistics
How a Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood By Storm
The story behind the strange way Katharine Hepburn (and others) spoke.
flags
We Asked a Vexillologist How to Design a Great National Flag
Behold our new flag!
