Scary
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Yesterday, upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today,
I wish, I wish he'd go away.
—Hughes Mearns
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Sometimes,
I give myself the creeps.
—Green Day
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The oldest and strongest emotion of humankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
—H.P. Lovecraft
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Do not meddle in the affairs of ghosts, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
—Anonymous
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I do not believe in ghosts,
but I am afraid of them.
—Edith Wharton
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Poem: The Monsters in My Closet
Poem: Mother Talks Back to the Monster
What is the scariest song of all time? Poem? YouTube video?
A Night on Bald Mountain part 1, 2
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice part 1, 2, 3
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Opening of the Ark
Why do people believe in ghosts?
Where science and miracles meet
The broken technology of ghost hunting
When cameras took pictures of ghosts
Eight ghost stories in which the dead won’t go quietly
Ghost stories for nonbelievers
The brain makes its own ghosts
You may be surprised by what scares you
125 years old and still biting
Frankenstein reflects the hopes and fears of every scientific era
What Frankenstein says about climate change
The enduring scariness of the mad scientist
The science fiction that came before science
The tragic, forgotten history of zombies
The civilizational significance of zombies
8 things everyone needs to know about zombies
The unspeakable horrors of the deep sea