Cursed Objects are some of the most powerful yet dangerous ones, with the Monkey Paw being an especially tricky tool to use. You can generally find this item sitting on some kind of surface ...

The jump scare might have a bad rap, but it isn’t inherently cheap or lazy. It’s a tool like any other in a filmmaker’s arsenal, the same way a hammer can either help hang a painting or make ...

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If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you’re all too familiar with bomb scares. More often than not, they were just prank calls to the school principal to get out of class. And according to Smart ...

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“This is a scare tactic, plain and simple. The president is attempting to intimidate and bully state and local law enforcement into carrying out his mass deportation agenda for him ...

The singer has been accused of 'blighting' the sale of the country mansion she lived in for six months by claiming it was haunted. The 'Someone Like You' star told a chat show that Grade II listed ...

A mandatory evacuation order issued for the area around the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) in Dartmouth, N.S., was lifted just after 6 p.m. AT on Wednesday. A news release on ...

Novak Djokovic has described his incredible four-set triumph over Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Australian Open as “one of the most epic matches” he has ever played. The 24-time ...

I am an immigrant. I came to this country as a student 50 years ago, married an American and became a U.S. citizen. My husband worked for the State Department, so we spent all our professional ...

Welcome to 2025. A new year, with new news but still the same Lilja, Dread Central’s Stephen King correspondent. Most news has been about Welcome to Derry. But first, we need to talk about the ...