All Stories

From the ‘manananggal’ (Philippines) to the ‘csodacsirke’ (Hungary), you’ll want to make sure you steer clear of these terrifying supernatural beings.

All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?

This spooky season, be able to tell your bugaboos from your tommyknockers.

No apples were harmed in the popularizing of this phrase.

The phrase made famous by ‘Good Will Hunting’ is much older than the 1997 film—and doesn’t have anything to do with actual apples.

Liberty Island, site of the Statue of Liberty, was reportedly where the pirate Captain Kiss stashed his loot.

From the Smithsonian’s “castle” to modern landmarks like the Hollywood sign, America’s most famous places bear histories of haunting.

A face no one with coulrophobia wants to see.

Clowns have a long and spooky history.

Women have written some of the most blood-curdlingly scary stories of all time, but they haven’t always gotten the credit they deserve. Explore some delightfully spooky Halloween reading from 11 masters of horror literature.

The Neptune Memorial Reef off Florida’s coast.

Neptune Memorial Reef is a piece of art, a cemetery, and a haven for wildlife.

The shelf-sized mammoth comes with three sets of tusks, including one with battle damage.

You won’t believe what scared Alfred Hitchcock.

You’ll never guess what frightens these masters of horror.

A new study shows that octopuses become bosses and fish become subordinates when the two species hunt together.

The knight’s tombstone rediscovered at Jamestown.

Scientists examined microscopic fossils in the tombstone and suggest the jet-black slab with an English knight’s insignia could have come only from one place.

Princeton comes in first place for the second year in a row.

Can you deduce what letters are missing and figure out the word?

The three types of pasta are all long, but when and how you use them will make all the difference for your meals.

A ‘witch’ grave makes a cemetery even spookier.

When these supposed spell-casters died, the stories about them lived on.

Two of the seven natural wonders of Africa: The wildebeest migration with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.

The antelopes’ annual migration has been called one of the seven natural wonders of Africa.

Moo Deng’s cuteness is hijacking our brains.

If you experience a violent reaction to Moo Deng’s cuteness, you’re not alone.

Those famous white statues weren’t originally white—and that’s just one myth about Ancient Greece we’re covering in the latest episode of Misconceptions.