Spooky Stories
While it may sound like a spaghetti dish, this type of online spooky story isn't edible.
What is a creepypasta?
Derived from the Greek word for market, this phobia is the fear of crowded spaces.
What is agoraphobia?
Which part of the body is comprised of the carpus and metacarpus?
What are the hands?
Actors Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich are cast together in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the first time they've has worked together since their iconic killer duo in this 1996 movie.
What is Scream?
What are rutabagas? What are turnips?
The main protagonist of the novel 1984 is tortured with his greatest fear, these rodents.
What are rats?
While it may be tempting to call this bone “funny,” there’s nothing particularly amusing about this bone connected to the scapula, radius, and ulna.
What is the humerus?
What is money?
People with a fear of heights may not want to visit Alaska, home to this towering American mountain.
What is Mount Mckinley, or what is Denali?
If you had to get orthopedic surgery to mend your torn meniscus, what largest joint in the body would you have to get repaired?
What is the knee?
While a cruise on the high seas may be relaxing for some, it may be frightening to those afraid of the ocean, also known as this phobia.
Put your back into it: C2 is to the head-turning vertebrae known as the axis, as C1 is named after this mythological titan?
What is the atlas?
No, plutophobia is not the fear of the planet Pluto. However, if you do have it, you might not want to become a banker.
What is the fear of wealth?
The calcaneus, or heel bone, is connected to the calcaneal tendon, better known by this mythological name.
What is the Achilles tendon?
Conrad Veidt plays Gwynplaine, whose famous face was alleged inspiration for DC's Joker, in this 1928 film.
What is The Man Who Laughs?
While it may seem better fit for Halloween than Christmas, Welsh carolers bring Mari Lwyd, a ghoulish figure consisting of a stick, a cloak, and this animal's skull.
What is a horse?