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What do we mean when we talk about “witches”? And what imaginary world is conjured up by this historical figure turned mythical?
The famous composer certainly didn’t have haunted houses in mind when he wrote the piece.
Halloween’s influence is transforming popular festivities around Día de los Muertos and its ceremonial customs in rural and urban areas of Mexico in some fascinating ways.
Nos Galan Gaeaf on October 31 in Wales is steeped in folklore and tradition.
Some of popular culture’s most famous ghosts and demons have roots in ancient Mesopotamia. What did ancient humans believe about the supernatural? And what stories did they tell?
Food was tied into multiple Halloween traditions that had love trouble at their core.
An art exhibit, ‘The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts,’ sees contemporary artists contextualize uncanny photographs taken between the World Wars in Winnipeg.
These five works of Welsh gothic literature will not only help you explore Wales through the macabre but are likely to give you a good scare too.
Horror films incorporate varied musical influences, but there are some things many scary soundtracks have in common.
About half of our Halloween pumpkins go entirely uneaten.
Witchcraft is an enduring source of fascination but also prone to popular misconceptions.
A recent addition to the “spooky” calendar of events are Gothic festivals, inspired by Gothic literature classics such as “Dracula”.
A Gothic audio expert gives her recommendations of unsettlling podcasts and radio dramas.
Ghosts can be spooky fun, but there’s no evidence they exist.
The Playboy bunny represents feminine sexuality in its most playful and heightened form.
Traditionally seen as an American holiday, more Australians are preparing to celebrate Halloween. Here’s what we know about costumes, cosplay and copyright, just in time for the spooky season.
From haunted houses to villainous vampires, these are the spooky reads our experts just can’t forget.
Halloween is a sustainability nightmare – but it doesn’t have to be.
What seems at first blush to be an innovative approach to franchise movie-making is nothing more than a futile exercise in cinematic nostalgia.
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