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Tonopah, Nevada's World Famous Clown Motel is located right next to a cemetery, and it is said to be haunted by spirits of miners buried there. Ready to book your stay?
Eden Gordon|
Numerous people were accused of being werewolves and executed in Europe in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Some of them even admitted it.
Eden Gordon|
Only two episodes of the BBC's legendary horror anthology series "Late Night Horror" have ever been found.
Eden Gordon|
From the jackalope to krakens, these mythic creatures turned out to have very real counterparts.
Lorna Wallace|
This eerie symbol has a deeper meaning than you might expect.
Logan DeLoye|
From incubator babies to a presidential assassination, these are some of the strangest and most disturbing things people would have seen at World's Fairs.
Eden Gordon|
From a border that cuts through a library to a piece of America surrounded by Canada, these are places when the U.S.-Canada border gets blurry.
Lorna Wallace|
Cruentation was a long-held belief that a corpse would show specific signs in the presence of its killer.
Paul Anthony Jones|

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Discover the last remaining section of the original World Trade Center subway concourse—a forgotten 1970s corridor preserved inside NYC's modern Oculus hub.
Nitya Rao|
Long before it described cathedral arches, spooky novels, or head-to-toe black clothing, calling something "Gothic" was a major insult. Here is how Renaissance art critics turned a Germanic tribe’s name into a centuries-long slur.
Jane Alexander|
The home that terrified and enamored its occupants in Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca' was based on real-life houses in the English countryside.
Chelsea Thatcher|
Test your architecture and geography knowledge with our high-rise quiz. Can you name the global cities boasting the most skyscrapers?
Nitya Rao|

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