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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

Category: longform

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

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

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

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

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The Hunt for the Gorbals Vampire (And How it Influenced UK Comic Censorship)

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This Pussy Bites Back: The History, Theory, and Reality of Vagina Dentata

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“Under Siege”: The Troubled Life and Debated Death of Cindy James

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A Deep Dive into the World’s Most Dangerous Water Slide

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Uri Geller, Kadabra’s Vanishing Act, and Pokemon’s Strangest Lawsuit

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“Only the Cow Knows”: The Fall and Rise of Cow Tools

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