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Here is an old magic trick using a pill box. The instructions were originally published in 1903, but the trick is still relevant to today’s…

Who wouldn’t love the opportunity to find a mummified body inside their home? Most people would not appreciate it, I’m sure, but it has happened…

There is nothing more wonderful than relaxing to a ghost story at the end of a long day. Personally, I try to keep myself to…

Since you were a child, you have probably heard the old superstition that you should never open up an umbrella indoors. Why is that? And…

Whether it is for your own curiosity or for a research project, there are plenty of online books about the history and celebrations of Halloween….

Salt was one of the first seasonings used by people which is why there are so many different superstitions surrounding it and its use. Just…

If you have never watched the original silent film “The Birth of a Nation” (1915), you can watch the entire movie for free below. Before…

We have all played a game of heads and tails at least once in our lives, but where did this custom of coin flipping originate?…

Masturbation was a dangerous game in the late 1800s and early 1900s. According to the experts of the time, it could cause all sorts of…

Thirty years ago, Halloween jokes and pranks involved soaping windows, decorating trees with toilet paper, and jumping out from behind bushes to scare younger children….