1980s In 1980, 300 children collapsed at a marching band competition and no one knows why Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1962, a laughing fit spread through Tanzania for 18 months Ellsworth Toohey

shapeshifters First she turned Black. Now Fox's Peter Doocy says Kamala Harris turned Southern (video) Carla Sinclair

mass hysteria Dozens of children hospitalized after Ouija board fun goes wrong David Pescovitz

trailers Insomnia is one of the evil villains in this new Netflix post-apocalyptic thriller Carla Sinclair

coulrophobia Residents warned of evil clown Rob Beschizza

Science The woman whose blood made an entire ER collapse Ellsworth Toohey

disgrace Mystery firm to build desert concentration camp where Japanese Americans were once interned Jason Weisberger

books Massachussets police search school for copy of "Gender Queer" book Rob Beschizza

movies Was "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" good, actually? Rob Beschizza

taco bell Volume 6 of Taco Bell Quarterly just dropped! Jennifer Sandlin

Marvel cinematic universe Kumail Nanjiani defends Scorsese and Tarantino's opinions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Devin Nealy

britain How British Intelligence manufactured a Satanic Panic in Northern Ireland Thom Dunn

nazis How a centuries-old debate about musical tuning turned into a Nazi conspiracy theory Thom Dunn

mistakes Pepsi's deadly "Number Fever" campaign Mark Frauenfelder

aliens Former Israeli military leader opens up about contact with "Galactic Federation" of aliens Thom Dunn

picks No, anti-vaccine hysteria didn't emerge from grassroots. This rich NYC couple funded it. Xeni Jardin

mass social panics Documentary on right-wing "three-percent" militia in the U.S. Mark Frauenfelder

photography This $300,000 Air Force One photo caused a panic in 2009 Andrea James

clowns Evil clown arrested Rob Beschizza