HISTORY IS A BUMMER
On June 10, 1692 Bridget Bishop was the first of 19 hanged in this village, on a spot that got the name Gallows Hill
Salem
The Odyssey takes up where The Iliad left off with Odysseus & his men traveling home after a 10-year siege that ends with the brutal conquest of this legendary city
Troy
To be frozen in fear is to be "caught like" this unfortunate creature, glare or no glare
a deer in the headlights
In a bestselling series, Coriolanus Snow is the tyrannical president of this country
Panam
In this film Danny Torrance runs into a pair of creepy sisters down a lonely hotel hallway
The Shining
This term refers to both the region of the Great Plains & the drought that plagued the area in the 1930s
The dust bowl
The warrior goddess Athena protects Odysseus on his long journey home, but he has to battle storms & many other nautical perils after earning the enmity of this god
Poseidon
There's a small wild canine in this term for a treacherous infiltrator
a fox in the henhouse
In the "Austin Powers" films, Rob Lowe & Robert Wagner played Number 2, second only to this villain
Dr. Evil
In this "Matrix" sequel, Neo meets the Architect after fighting multiple Hugo Weavings down a long hallway
The Matrix Reloaded
More than 50 cases of this disease were attributed to Mary Mallon, a domestic worker
typhoid
Some men wouldn't mind, but Odysseus can't wait to escape from the seven years as the captive lover of the beautiful Calypso, one of these minor female divinities associated with water & growing things
a nymph
This 11-word phrase means it's better to have a sure thing than to risk it for double
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
This character commits murder when it thinks it's about to be shut off in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
HAL 9000
Because "The Backrooms" are expansive, maze-like, and have several notable, distinguishable monsters within it, they are often equated to this confusing mythological structure
Labyrinth
With dueling illegal, Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr shot it out in New Jersey, a quiet spot along this river
The Hudson
King Agamemnon was killed on his return to Greece after ignoring the warnings of this woman, his slave
Cassandra
The Latin phrase latet anguis in herba is the source of this phrase for a pretended friend or lurking danger
a snake in the grass
Forcing them to write with a cursed quill that uses your blood for ink was one way this "Potter" professor vexed her students
Professor Umbridge
A liminal space can be a bridge between one place & another, just like this area in "Stranger Things" is revealed to be
The Upside Down
1846: Heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains
The Donner Party
After years of struggle & adventure, Odysseus finally reaches home just in time to lay a smackdown on the horde of nefarious suitors who are trying to steal his faithful wife, Penelope, & this, his island kingdom
Ithaca
A person who has no use for something but selfishly prevents others from enjoying it is one of these
a dog in the manger
Kathy Bates plays Annie Wilkes in this book to movie adaptation.
Misery by Stephen King
Liminal spaces frequently trigger this 9-letter type of longing for a past or place, even if it's one you have never actually experienced.
nostalgia