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What follows is reported in the mode of pure observation: the body washed and wrapped in gauze “like a small mummy”; the ...

Karen MacPherson is the former children’s and teen coordinator at the Takoma Park Maryland Library and a lifelong mystery fan ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

When our waking thoughts get transmuted into dreams, what do we learn?

Imagine a surveillance state powerful enough to incarcerate people for the wrong dreams. In 2025, it doesn’t feel like such a ...

Cryptozoology is the pursuit of elusive creatures often rooted in folklore and travelers' stories — think Bigfoot, the Loch ...