Articles by Natalie Zarrelli

Bonnie Tyler’s classic rock epic nearly got the ‘Bat Out of Hell’ treatment.

Conquer your "Last of Us" fears by consuming Cordyceps.

Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she?

In the field of knot forensics, half-hitches can result in convictions.

“Take the fresh, unspotted cadaver of a redheaded man..."

An unshushable social movement is afoot.

A new vehicle on the streets of London caused quite the commotion—and some light sabotage.

Who needs a coherent plot when you have nudity and pitchforks?

Sin eaters risked their souls to soak up the misdeeds of the dead.

Dictionaries made Thieves' Cant accessible for the masses in the 16th through 19th centuries.

Slow and steady doesn't always win the race.

In the 1960s, some experimental horticulturalists went nuclear.

She owned 27 Harleys and rode them all over the United States, before settling in Miami.

Dr. John Wilkins' lunar ambitions were a little too lofty.

Benjamin Franklin even wrote an ode to a fallen one.

The artwork, said UK tabloids at the time, was haunted.

By his own acknowledgment, Carlos Menem brings bad luck.

"Groom of the Stool" could be a crappy role, but it came with great benefits.

The fakes were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 28 years.

The fearless aviator was determined to fly.

Nothing like getting surprise hate mail from a would-be lover on February 14.

And a wooden board separating the lovers in bed.

Turnspit dogs ran in a wheel to keep the spit meat spinning.

We mapped 150 superstitions around the world.