Historic sites like former prisons and asylums were the sites of real-life horrors. Halloween can mean needed revenue, but ...

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Surrounded by monsters, ghouls, and the sound of chainsaws ringing, it was a dream proposal setting for one Yucapai couple.

Some filmmakers have no qualms about sending audiences out on the bleakest note; others famously watered down their ...

All Things Considered producers Avery Keatley and Marc Rivers talk about movies that capture the eerie spirit of Halloween without the blood, gore, or jump scares.

The ghost of the Calico Saloon piano player returns with a little help from the Knott’s Berry Farm creative team.

What are ways to include an individual with dementia in Halloween activities? Halloween is one of the most celebrated days in ...

The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud discussed the roots of the uncanny in the familiar, something that is altered just enough to ...