Made from clay and animated by the sacred word of G-d, the golem of Jewish origin has evolved from a 6th-century meditation of creation, to a source of labor, and finally, an avenging symbol of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Do you believe in monsters? Getting into the ...

The word Halloween seems like a good place to start. The Christian holiday All Saints' Day has been celebrated on Nov. 1 for over a thousand years. Another word for "saint" is "hallow" — as in ...

The popularity of "Monstrum" has proven to Zarka that whatever hides under the bed at night is essential to the human experience. The idea of monsters "comes from a need we have as humans to want to ...

Reading certain books felt like an objectionable act for Emily Zarka as a kid in 1990s Vermont. Monster-related media consumption, like collecting the children's vampire bunny novel series "Bunnicula, ...

This episode looks at how social media contributes to horror in the 21st century. Lumbering through the countryside blasting its eerie messages from metal speakers perched atop a forty-foot wooden ...

Reading certain books felt like an objectionable act for Emily Zarka as a kid in 1990s Vermont. Monster-related media consumption, like collecting the children's vampire bunny novel series "Bunnicula, ...