In these cases, truth really is stranger than fiction. It’s no secret that our culture has an obsession with all things true crime. Any time a new true crime documentary or docuseries premieres on ...

2."At almost the exact moment my grandfather died, the large mirror over the staircase at our family cabin cracked down the middle. Since then, several times when my mom and her siblings have ...

Scary movies, books and podcasts can help people think through how they would respond to threats and prepare them for worst-case scenarios, say experts who study the psychology of fear. By Melinda ...

While John Carpenter has become synonymous with fictional horror storytelling, the 75-year-old director and composer is dipping his toe into true life terrors with his new show, “John Carpenter's ...

The first horror movies in recorded history, "House of the Devil," "A Terrible Night" and "A Nightmare" were made in 1896 by Georges Méliès and ranged from just over a minute to just over three ...

Horror movies are scary enough, but knowing they’re inspired by real events makes them even more disturbing. There’s ...

From abandoned mansions to eerie manors still occupied, haunted house stories continue to grip our imagination. But what makes these tales so unforgettable is that many are rooted in actual locations; ...

The horrors of our reality have produced a number of films based on those events. The Amityville Horror, Open Water, Zodiac, and Fire in the Sky are just a few that aim to be close to accurate ...

LOS ANGELES – While John Carpenter has become synonymous with fictional horror storytelling, the 75-year-old director and composer is dipping his toe into true-life terrors with his new show, “John ...