Why are Victorians the default haunted house, what do ghosts have to do with the imagination, and why do we like to be scared?
Get into the Halloween spirit with our best stories on the holiday, which include a look into the Salem witch trials and the obsession with Satanism in nineteenth-century France. No tricks, only treats: all stories contain free links to the supporting academic research on JSTOR. Happy Halloween!
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