April Snellings

Joined: Mar 2, 2021

April Snellings has somehow built a career out of her passion for spooky pop culture. (Her obsession with The Facts of Life has thus far been less productive, but she remains hopeful.) She lives in Tennessee with her wife, their daughter, several recalcitrant dogs and cats, and a 7-foot-animatronic werewolf named C. Thomas Howl.

Robin Stille in 'The Slumber Party Massacre' (1982).

9 Fascinating Facts About 'The Slumber Party Massacre'

Many of these mysteries continue to endure.

15 of History’s Greatest Mysteries

These books altered history in ways big and small.

46 Books that Changed the World

Rules for Murder: The Detection Club and the Evolution of the Murder Mystery

13 Great Horror Remakes That Stand Up to the Original

John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ isn't the only good horror remake worth watching. This season, you can scare up something better for your next marathon with these killer picks.

Never underestimate the power of belief.

‘Dogged by Death’: The True Story Behind the Bizarre Syndrome That Inspired ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Here’s how a wave of mysterious deaths in the late 1970s and early 1980s among Southeast Asian refugees living in America inspired Wes Craven to pen his 1984 horror classic, “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

10 Frightening Facts About Shirley Jackson’s ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’

Shirley Jackson is best remembered for “The Lottery” and 'The Haunting of Hill House,' but her gothic mystery 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' is regarded as her greatest literary achievement.

Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, and Stacey Dash in 'Clueless' (1995).

The 25 Best High School Movies

Whether you loved high school or hated it, filmmakers seem determined to give you as many opportunities as possible to relive it.

Celebrate the end of 2022 with these acclaimed book titles.

Mental Floss’s 16 Best Books of 2022

From 'The Candy House' by Jennifer Egan to 'Tracy Flick Can’t Win' by Tom Perrotta, discover the best books of 2022 according to Mental Floss.

A self-portrait of Junji Ito with a cat.

10 Surprising Facts About Junji Ito

From his first encounters with manga to his diverse range of artistic influences, here are a few things you might not know about the reigning king of horror manga.

9 Definitive Facts About Noah Webster

Noah Webster—who was born on October 16, 1758—compiled America’s most influential dictionary, Americanized our English, essentially founded the publishing industry, and was a pioneer in epidemiology. Here's what you should know about Webster.

11 Not-So-Secret Facts About the Freemasons

While most of the conspiracy theories surrounding the organization are, to put it mildly, bizarre, you don’t have to venture to the fringe to find fascinating, sometimes-strange stories about Freemasons. Here's what you should know.

Nashville's Lower Broadway is known as the Honky-tonk Highway.

15 Nashville Slang Terms You Should Know

From hot chicken to honky-tonk and beyond, here are some terms that will give you a leg up when you visit Nashville.

9 Fascinating Facts About Jay Anson's 'The Amityville Horror'

Forty-five years after it was published, here are nine things to know about Jay Anson’s zeitgeist-shaping bestseller, The Amityville Horror.

8 (Supposedly) Cursed Books

From a diabolical Bible to a mournful Japanese war poem, here are eight texts that have been blamed for madness, misfortune, and death.

8 Facts About Patricia Highsmith's 'The Price of Salt'

When The Price of Salt was first published, it gave LGBTQ+ readers something they had never encountered before: a novel that didn’t punish its main characters for being gay and allowed them at least the possibility of a Happily Ever After.