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Director John Landis wrote the script for ‘An American Werewolf in London’ when he was just a teenager—but for years, no one wanted to make the movie.

From ‘cakewalk’ to ‘no can do,’ the origins of these common idioms and sayings are surprisingly dark.

Try spicing your fall with a few of these rustic charmers, drawn from the pages of Washington Irving.

The birth of our universe happened at least 13 billion years ago—and you may have seen it on TV.

The Beatles helped bring backmasking to the mainstream, but here are a few classic tracks that may (or may not) feature hidden messages, too.

Learn about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’—the classic ghost story that inspired (among many other things) Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor.’

You’ll be chuffed after you read this peng British slang list, with bare terms that will keep you from looking like a pillock.

Non-Philadelphians can finally look up the meaning of ‘jawn’ in the dictionary.

Let’s take a roadtrip through the country, with stops at a self-flushing latrine, a collection of human brains, and much more.

Stick these terms in your cauldron and pass them around your coven.

Maniac Pumpkin Carvers’ co-founder Marc Evan shares his tips, tricks, and picks for the best pumpkin-carving tools.

Shirley Jackson's classic novel ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ was inspired by real-life paranormal investigators—and so scary her husband was afraid to read it.