photos Themepark in an ancient, cavernous Transylvanian salt-mine Cory Doctorow

Science Vulture vomit is the leading theory for Kentucky's 1876 meat shower Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment How Mel Brooks' mother talked him out of his childhood Frankenstein fears Mark Frauenfelder

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cheese The USDA has 1.5 billion pounds of cheese stashed in caves in Missouri Natalie Dressed

death Trails Carolina Camp "not fully cooperating" after suspicious death of 12-year-old Rob Beschizza

movies Genndy Tartakovsky's R-rated animated comedy has its cast Devin Nealy

peter thiel Peter Thiel, who is certainly not a vampire, reportedly attended a Halloween party at Dracula's Castle Thom Dunn

halloween Watch: Hundreds of jack-o-lanterns haunt Transylvania University in amazing display Carla Sinclair

film Vampire film museum exhibit includes opportunity to donate blood David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Dracula's Castle in Romania now offering COVID-19 vaccines Thom Dunn

the lincoln project Storytime with The Lincoln Project! Listen to brief excerpts from niece Mary Trump's tell-all book Carla Sinclair

happy mutants Kickstarting a deluxe "Dracula" edition in a suitcase full of "primary source materials" from the novel Cory Doctorow

books Bram Stoker's reference materials for Dracula discovered at the London Library Cory Doctorow

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