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October 27, 2014

The Mount is claimed to be the site of various ghost-sightings; why are some canine-related?

October 10, 2014

English occultist Aleister Crowley led a raucous life as either a great charlatan or the “Great Beast 666.”

The Art of Riot

October 02, 2014

When people take to the streets to express their support or displeasure over … art?

October 01, 2014

Spawned on website forums and defunct blogs, today’s urban legends live online — and they’re more horrifying than you’d imagine.

Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6

September 26, 2014

A pit-stop in South Dakota reconnects friends, memories and everyone with a camera phone.

September 12, 2014

On the road in Idaho and Montana, a cross-country investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness takes a devastating detour through Haiti.

August 28, 2014

Continuing his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness, author Paul Kwiatkowski confronts a psycho-spiritual disease.

August 25, 2014

A stranger reading Trimalchio on the subway seemingly opens up the doors to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s New York.

August 16, 2014

A quest for health, peace and morphine leads to an even stranger journey into a community that believes the Earth is hollow.

October 28, 2013

Undergoing an “energy pull,” in which tethered hooks are pierced through your back and then pulled on.

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