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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

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August 5, 2024

The Hands Resist Him: Did eBay Auction a Haunted Painting?

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July 15, 2024

The Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s (And How They Changed American Television)

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June 3, 2024

Satan Was a Lesbian: The Lurid Rise and Profound Impact of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

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May 1, 2024

The Sex Slave, the BDSM Blog, and the Murder: A Deep Dive into the Delia Day Case

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April 17, 2024

The Impossible Case of the Pimlico Poisoning

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March 3, 2024

In the Market for Embalmed Brain: The Harvard Body-Snatching Case, and the Strange Economy of Human Remains

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February 4, 2024

A “Jaunt into Journalesbianism”: Lisa Ben and America’s Gayest Magazine, Vice Versa

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January 23, 2024

Popee the Performer: A “Trauma Anime” for Kids (and How It Came to Be)

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January 10, 2024

Jay’s Journal: The 1970s Mormon Teen Diary Hoax that Set the Stage for Satanic Panic

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October 27, 2023

A History of a Modern Cryptid: The Truth (and Fiction) About the Chupacabra

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