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111th Anniversary of Wilde’s Death Brings End to Tombstone Kissing

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it...I can resist everything but temptation."Apparently, Oscar Wilde fans have felt...

Everyone knows about Santa’s helpful, cheery little elves and everyone knows that, if they are naughty, they will receive only coal, instead...

Vampires have become extremely popular recently, thanks to the “Twilight Saga” by Stephanie Meyers, and the “Sookie Stackhouse...

The Jack-O’-Lantern is one of the most famous Halloween icons. In our American culture, we have adopted the tradition of hollowing out a...

It’s my favorite time of year and time for my favorite holiday. It baffles my Christian relatives as to why I love Halloween so much,...

Robert Parker was on a business trip alone in Berlin, and went out to a bar one night to have a cocktail. He woke up the next morning in an...

As speculative fiction has grown and evolved, the original sub-genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror have fractured into even more sub...

Superstitions can be defined as widely held, though unjustified, beliefs or notions giving a supernatural cause to the outcome of events. Many...

As examiner colleague Debbie McCusker points out, today (February 2nd) is the day that Punxsutawney Phil lets “us all know [whether] spring...

The Loch Ness Monster is one of those cryptids whose legend has reached epic proportions. While many people consider the story of the Loch Ness...