News Man returns from vacation to learn that he has died, according to the government David Pescovitz

archaeology 400-year-old "vampire" child found padlocked in its grave to prevent an undead escape David Pescovitz

music Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" stretched into nine hours David Pescovitz

music Listen: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" vs Disneyland's Haunted Mansion David Pescovitz

music Listen: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" vs Disneyland's Haunted Mansion David Pescovitz

music San Francisco Bay Area tonight and 2/21: David J (Bauhaus and Love and Rockets) solo shows David Pescovitz

music Watch the earliest footage of Bauhaus playing live (1979) David Pescovitz

music Listen: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" vs Disneyland's Haunted Mansion David Pescovitz

music Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead" recording session to be released David Pescovitz

art Illustrator mixes western iconography with the undead Andrea James

Funny Adorable mascots struggle to fit through narrow spaces in Japan Popkin

Entertainment Bad writing becomes an art form in annual contest for world's worst prose Ellsworth Toohey

music Nine hours of Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" plus a bonus jungle remix David Pescovitz

mistakes The Unofficial Apple Weblog returns as plagiarized hyperslop Rob Beschizza

kickstarter Sneak Peek at the new Dracula prequel comic from Grendel creator Matt Wagner and Batman artist Kelley Jones Thom Dunn

iceland The Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft tells the story of Iceland's 17th century "witchcraze," complete with "necropants" Jennifer Sandlin

cemeteries Police request railings and other hostile architecture in cemetery to prevent people from having sex on the tombstones David Pescovitz

france Inside a looted store in France — news channel live broadcasts encounter between police and alleged thief Mark Frauenfelder

video games 2010's Red Dead Redemption rated in Korea, indicating possible remaster Grant St. Clair

haunted Atlas Obscura's list of haunted restaurants Popkin