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Microscopic Wasps Will Help Stamp Out a Moth Infestation at Anne Boleyn’s Ancestral Home

Blickling Hall in Norfolk, England.

Microscopic Wasps Will Help Stamp Out a Moth Infestation at Anne Boleyn’s Ancestral Home

Zak Bagans Shares 16 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Ghost Adventures

Zak Bagans and his Ghost Adventures team.

Zak Bagans Shares 16 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Ghost Adventures

The Lizzie Borden Ax Murder House Has Hit the Market

David, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

The Lizzie Borden Ax Murder House Has Hit the Market

ScareHouse: How a Famously In-Your-Face Haunted House Is Using the Pandemic to Its Advantage

ScareHouse is serving up a ton of (socially-distanced) terrors in Tarentum, Pennsylvania.

ScareHouse: How a Famously In-Your-Face Haunted House Is Using the Pandemic to Its Advantage

10 Facts About Famed Paranormal Investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren  

Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren in Amityville II: The Possession (1982).

Fright Fest: The Science Behind Why We Love to Be Scared

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The Real-Life Origins of 15 Urban Legends

He's (probably) not hiding in your shower.

11 Women Horror Writers You Need to Read

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6 Bizarre Halloween-Related Lawsuits

Halloween scares can sometimes invite legal action.

15 Halloween Movies for People Who Don’t Like Horror Movies

Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein (1974).

Nightmare Fuel: An Ohio Car Wash Transforms Into a Haunted Drive-Thru for Halloween

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Loftus Hall, Ireland’s Most Notorious Haunted House, Has Hit the Market

Loftus House

The Owners of The Conjuring House Are Hosting a Haunted Livestream

Warner Bros.

Take a 40-Minute Virtual Tour of the Winchester Mystery House

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The Winchester Mystery House Was Recreated With More Than 7500 LEGO Bricks

Courtesy of Winchester Mystery House

Harry Potter’s (Possibly Haunted) Childhood Home Is Available to Rent on Airbnb

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