The Real-Life Origins of 15 Urban Legends
From Maryland’s Goatman to the "real" corpses in haunted houses, here are the sort-of true stories behind all your favorite urban legends.
From Maryland’s Goatman to the "real" corpses in haunted houses, here are the sort-of true stories behind all your favorite urban legends.
In the mid-1800s, John Henry Pepper was a superstar in science demonstrations. Then he helped usher in a dramatic special effect that left Victorian London awestruck.
If you're looking for a spooky way to celebrate the season, order this Ghostbusters-inspired off-menu item from Starbucks.
Cleator, Arizona, a former gold mining town, is home to a fake yacht club, eight humans, five dogs, and two grumpy cats.
From carnival rides to iconic architecture to toys, here are 12 unusual marriages involving nonhuman partners.
Cory and Jennifer Heinzen are quarantined inside the house that inspired 'The Conjuring,' and for one week, they're inviting the public to join them virtually.
The genial ghost has been trying to make friends with the living since 1945. But did he once walk among them as a real boy?
One of Thomas Edison's final inventions was a machine he built to contact spirits—and to show up his rival Nikola Tesla one last time.
Conduct a seance by standing in the 400-pound planchette and letting the spirits move you across the board.
This Nyack, New York, house has such a notorious reputation for being haunted that the state's Supreme Court ruled the sellers had to warn buyers what they were getting into .
Three years after the paranormal hit aired its series finale on Syfy as that network's longest-running reality show, 'Ghost Hunters' is coming back on August 21st (though this time to A&E).
The day after Sharon Tate’s 1969 murder, Charles Manson’s cult struck again, killing the LaBiancas in their Los Angeles home. Almost 50 years later, the LaBiancas' house just got bought by a master ghost-hunter.
The Magnolia Hotel—supposedly haunted by a total of 13 ghosts—will soon open its doors to overnight visitors.
It was one of Parkers Brothers' most popular board games in the 1960s. Then came the accusations that the toy's makers were marketing the occult to kids.
Many believed that mediums were a connection to the other side. Instead, they were mostly con artists.
From myths to literature to giant squid, here's how some of our favorite eerie creatures and legends got their start.
'Ghostwatch,' a 1992 broadcast of a supposedly haunted house, led to documented cases of PTSD in young viewers.
The Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has been around since 1745—and has picked up a resident ghost along the way.
Whether their crews disappeared or their captains went mad, these ghost ships still sail the seas (supposedly).
Elva Zona Heaster Shue, or the "Greenbrier Ghost," is only known case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer.