Tag: halloween
How do you spot a witch? This notorious 15th-century book gave...
Melissa Chim, General Theological Seminary
Books have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers –...
Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021
Meg Sorg, Purdue University
The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and kids across the country...
Tax or treat! State laws on candy taxation vary wildly
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their...
3 things I learned from teaching students about horror pioneer George...
Carl Kurlander, University of Pittsburgh
I’m no fan of horror movies. At least I wasn’t until I moved from Hollywood back to my hometown of...
The spooky and dangerous side of black licorice
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side. On Sept. 23, 2020,...
Rabies’ horrifying symptoms inspired folktales of humans turned into werewolves, vampires...
Jessica Wang, University of British Columbia
In 1855, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the gruesome murder of a bride by her new husband. The...
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
Of all the sounds humans produce, nothing captures our attention quite like a good scream.
They’re a regular feature of horror...
Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of...
Elizabeth Outka, University of Richmond
Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
