All in Your Head
Is the Vice Office Haunted? We Used a Spirit Box to Find Out
The frequency-sweeping device has overwhelmingly positive ratings on Amazon but failed to pick up any spirits this time around.
12 Million Reasons to Believe in Lizard People
A new book explains why we're hard-wired to believe in conspiracy theories.
Radio Ghosts Have Haunted the Airwaves for Nearly a Century
No one knows who or what is responsible for long-delayed echoes in radio transmissions.
Vampires in The Sheets: The Terrible, Anxious Dread of a Bed Bug Infestation
For some, there is no worse fear.
The Best Place on Earth to Die
In Tana Toraja, people keep their dead relatives' corpses in their homes for years.
The Skeptical Psychic
The magician Nicholas Wallace hosts a live show about séances, but doesn't believe in ghosts—and he doesn't think you should, either.
The Lead Designer of 'Alien: Isolation' Reinvents His Other Favourite Monsters
Former Creative Assembly man Gary Napper talks things that go bump in the night, from Godzilla to the Predator.
The Disney Ride That May Have Real Human Remains Built Into It
The original human skeletons in the ride were allegedly replaced by props in recent years...but legend has it a few remains remain.
The Scientist Whose Lab Is a Haunted House
A sociologist learns about fear by watching the frightened, and undergoing frights herself.
The Futility of Modern Fears
From an evolutionary perspective, our fear instincts make a lot of sense. But in our cozy modern-day lives, fear sometimes seems to do more harm than good.