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Let’s face it: death is terrifying. And even though we all know death is a part of life, most of us still push this inevitable reality to the back of our minds and try to think about it as little as possible. But, there are still a ton of people that work with dead bodies […] More

Every Halloween, kids across the country get dressed to the nines and go door-to-door, hoping to score a pillowcase full of candy. But, once many kids return home, their inevitable sugar comas are put on hold. Why, you might ask? Well, their parents want to check the candy for tampering first. Myths about poisoned and […] More

Most people are familiar with Alcatraz, the infamous fortress of a prison that sits on a small island in the middle of the San Fransisco Bay. Before closing in 1963, the prison had enclosed inmates since the Civil War. Between the years 1934 and 1963, a whopping total of 36 inmates attempted to escape the […] More

Issei Sagawa, better known as the “Kobe Cannibal,” admitted to daydreaming for decades about feasting on human flesh. But, even though he eventually succumbed to the gruesome urge in 1981, Issei is walking free today. Issei’s Early Life He was born in Japan on April 26, 1949, and ever since Issei can remember, he has […] More

In 1989, this man and his friends decided to go camping in an Australian national park in the middle of the winter. He and his buddies were all nineteen years old at the time and thought it would be a fun group adventure. So, on their first day at the park, they set up camp. […] More

Each year, as soon as brisk autumn air replaces summer’s humid heat, Washington Irving’s chilling ghost story, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, is at the center of American folklore. This classic tale involves a superstitious school teacher named Ichabod Crane, who happens upon a supposedly haunted town known as Sleepy Hollow, New York. There, Ichabod […] More

The debate over “nature versus nurture” has existed since the sixteenth century. Are people genetically predisposed to behaving a certain way, or are our environments– such as life events– responsible for molding us? This age-old question has been debated everywhere, from college classrooms to psychologists’ offices. But, a study conducted by researchers at the University […] More

In 1978, Steven Kubacki was a twenty-three-year-old student attending Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Around campus, he was regarded as a bright young adult who tended to be a bit more free-spirited than his peers at the conservative school. And in his free time, Steven was an avid outdoorsman. Earlier in his collegiate studies, he […] More

If you have been to a middle school sleepover, you have likely been subjected to the legend of Bloody Mary. And it is supposedly quite simple to summon the evil spirit. Daring children just have to stand alone in a dark bathroom with a single candle lit. Then, they have to stare into a mirror […] More

Most people were first introduced to the spine-chillingly creepy doll named Annabelle after the supernatural horror film, Annabelle, premiered in 2014. And like the movie depicted, Annabelle still sits imprisoned in a glass case to this very day. The doll is kept at Ed and Lorraine Warren’s original Occult Museum located in Monroe, Connecticut– where […] More

Have you ever heard the story of Grace Sherwood? If not, get ready to hear a tale that is sure to stick with you. Grace Sherwood was a young farmer woman living in Pungo, Virginia, in the 1600s. She lived through the thick of the witchcraft conspiracy era, where women were constantly accused of witchcraft […] More

During the early seventeenth century, the village of Trencin– located in present-day Slovakia– fell victim to countless unexplainable crimes. All of a sudden, peasant girls who had been searching for work in the Csejte Castle began vanishing one by one without a trace. Then, rumors of torture and murder began to swirl throughout the region. […] More

Unfortunately, there is always a shortage of organ donors. In fact, according to the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), there are currently about one hundred and six thousand men, women, and children hopefully awaiting a donor organ on the national transplant waitlist. And sadly, about seventeen people die every single day waiting for their […] More