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Halloween FeatureThe Startling History of the Jump Scare
By Gavia Baker-Whitelaw · October 28, 2024
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Halloween Feature5 Macabre and Mysterious Stories About Candy
By Samantha Chong · October 11, 2024
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Halloween FeatureFoxfire Brings Magical Light to the Dark Forest
By Leigh Ann Henion · September 25, 2024
Haunted Halloween Harvest
Atlas Obscura Scares Up the Best of the Season
October is our favorite month to celebrate the macabre, the mysterious, and the monstrous. Join us on a wild ride through a landscape of unsolved hauntings, terrifying legends, and hidden places almost too creepy to be real. It's going to be ghoulish good fun.
Tales of Terror: The mother of all witches, creepy cryptids, the many faces of death, and more.
An Extra-Creepy Atlas: Create your own Road Trip of the Damned with these unsettling Places you can visit IRL (in this life or the next).
You Are Fearless. You Have Scrolled Deep Into the Atlas Obscura Crypt.
Venture even deeper into the shadows for more spine-tingling Stories, positively paranormal Places, and other spooky surprises.
Scroll down at your own risk
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Getting to Know Edward Gorey
A visit to the home museum of the famous oddball artist, 30 years after meeting him there for tea.
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How Sexism Haunts the Haunted House Industry
And the sociologist and actors trying to exorcise the gender stereotyping demon.
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The Ancient Art of Kitchen Divination
How to try tasseography, cromniomancy, and other mystical gastronomic arts.
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Only You Can Prevent Sad Pumpkins
Keep your Halloween masterpiece looking ghoulishly good with a few easy steps.
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The Spooky Science of Why Mirrors Can Freak Us Out So Much
We reflect on what these shiny surfaces reveal, from the curse of Narcissus to an experiment you can try at home—if you dare.
Still hungry for more mischief and mayhem?
Satisfy your appetite for all things Halloween, from tasty treats to unsolved mysteries, with these classics from years past.
Explore now