Some stories sound too wild to be real. But every now & then, one of those old tales turns out to have actually happened, and the truth behind them is usually more incredible than the story itself.

Urban legends have always lived in spaces where curiosity meets fear. Before fact-checking was a tap away, these strange ...

The Taiwanese horror tradition has been having quite a renaissance ever since the release of the groundbreaking supernatural mystery film, Double Vision, in 2002. One of the most intriguing aspects of ...

Stories are an innately human tradition. Every community since the dawn of time has had its own tales, be they myths and legends or true stories of heroics. One of the best parts about traveling from ...

Nearly every place has an urban legend told by locals either to scare younger folks into behaving themselves or just to pass the time. A study has found some of the most popular ones across the United ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...