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We’re diehard fans of all things macabre and we love nothing more than sharing our odd obsessions with fellow creepy fiends. Here we unearth forgotten crimes, share true ghost stories, and pride ourselves on giving the best recommendations for terrifying books and movies. Peruse the stories below—you’re sure to find something to satiate your appetite for the uncanny.
What if their minds were real?
We may think of Saint Nick as a jolly old elf, but the life and holy works of the historic St. Nicholas were strange, peculiar, and gruesome.
By Eric Olsen
For the founders of the Stanley hotel, the music hasn't stopped ... even in death.
By Eric Olsen
This Kentucky nightclub's grisly history includes murder, suicide, and rumors of Satanic sacrifice.
Soon after entering the morgue of Waverly Hills, Theresa Argie's chilling encounters became uncomfortably personal.
One prisoner wanted out so badly, he burned himself to death in his cell.
The ghosts of TALA have a tendency to follow you home ...
The phantom sounds of agonized screams and tearing metal echo through the boiler room.
What's worse: the world outside, or the terror indoors?
By Eric Olsen
Ghost hunter Cathi Weber describes her first encounter with the state's most spirited canine.
By Cathi Weber
In 2014, an eerie character from the darkest corners of the Internet inspired two Wisconsin tweens to stab their classmate 19 times.
By Eric Olsen
They say it lurks in the water, and has a taste for human flesh ...
Haunting the riverbanks of Loveland are sightings of a mysterious creature with leathery skin and a gaping mouth.
In 1994, Texas authorities responded to silent 911 calls from the home of Olivia Mabel. What they found horrified them...
By Eric Olsen
In the woods of Ohio are dark tales of a mad doctor and the mutant descendants of his horrific experiments.
On a chilly spring day in Utah, a mysterious voice led rescue workers to an overturned car and the young family trapped inside.