Haunted

Time Magazine called the prison “the bloodiest 47 acres in America.”

From oomancy to human hematophagy, we got weird, wondrous, and wicked this year.

For me as a singer-songwriter, there’s just something alluring about that frigid, seasonal darkness.

A history of othering, experimentation, and mystery.

Our contributors share stories from spooky locations they’ve visited and which continue to haunt them.

Haunted places have a lot to tell us about ourselves.

Our Places Team shares spooky legends from both Transylvania and Appalachia.

We go inside Denmark’s Recreational Fear Lab to learn why our brains crave a good scare.

Maybe it's best to just steer clear of white lighters, medieval books, and Robert the Doll.

It's more bizarre than the urban legends.

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

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

We reflect on what these shiny surfaces reveal, from the curse of Narcissus to an experiment you can try at home—if you dare.

From a real-life ghost buster to a murder solved with testimony from the great beyond.