You may not know their names, but the theremin and the wilhelm scream are ubiquitous in horror films. Today, Danielle and special guest Dr. Emily Zarka tell the spooky tales of how these iconic sounds ended up in your favorite movies!

Shows such as I May Destroy You, Atlanta and Insecure depict a wide spectrum of black life, from hilarity to mundanity – but all these shows, at times, also have an impending sense of doom. This feeling of horror, this looming sense of...

Jessi shares some of the stories she's been told about sad or terrible things that have happened to animals. But, there's always something good that can come from every situation. So she also shares how to prevent the stories from...

I decided to write a story about Krampus. Tis the season and all

In this video, Quentin Skinner from Queen Mary University of London discusses how the Roman concept of freedom sheds light on the impact of being subject to arbitrary power. He explores the idea that even without awareness, individuals...

Historian David Armitage (Harvard) details the deep revulsion that civil war held for ancient Romans and how it deeply threatened their ideas of citizenship and belonging.

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Happy Friday! Let's see if you like this joke.

To celebrate the day of the dead right, we talked zombies with Dr. Bradley Voytek, the co-author of "Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep". He gives us the answers to important questions like: Are zombies fast or slow? What is your favorite...

A video entitled “Identifying the Tragic Hero” which explores common characteristics of tragic heroes featured in plays.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an instant hit back in the day, and is still a rip-roaring read. But what inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write such a bizarre horror story? To answer this, we delve back into Stevenson’s...

Ever woken up in a cold sweat after dreaming that you're teeth are falling out or that you haven't studied for a school exam (even though you left school ten years ago). Well here's what 10 of the most common nightmares mean.

Greeks Talk About Their Favorite Greek Islands | Easy Greek 67



Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our...

For years there have been tensions in Ethiopia with various political and ethnic groups vying for power. At the beginning of November, this tensions escalated further into a full-blown civil war between the federal government and the...

Scary, shape-changing creatures are universal elements in folktales around the world. In this audio story, author Tracey Baptiste meets with a group of students to discuss her book, The Jumbies, a story based on frightening creatures who...

Collocations are groups of words that they usually go together. There are seven groups of collocations. In this video lesson, Mr. P. will explain every pattern and will give examples for each. He will list collocations with HAVE, MAKE...

Professor Harris has written for more than 50 publications over the past 25 years, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New Haven Register, Northeast Magazine, and USA Today. He currently writes a column for...

Wet weather and hydroplaning wheels are believed to have been the cause of a horrific, fiery crash.

¿Cuál es el origen del miedo? ¿Sirve de algo? ¿Es posible vivir sin miedo? Conócelo en este video con motivo de Halloween y/o Día de Muertos

El miedo es una emoción que nos protege de situaciones peligrosas y se origina en...

The monastery was built in around 1739 from local sandstone but only thirty three years later it was burned to the ground, It was rebuilt but it never regained anything like its former glory. Another fire in 1822 destroyed the roof and...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky...

Weird History Food is taking you back to the 90s to relive one of McDonald's biggest and most delicious failures --- the Arch Deluxe. When it comes to finding success in the marketplace, knowing your competition is key. But even more...

Few writers have had the sheer staying power, popularity, and prolific output as Stephen King. From insatiably flesh-hungry clowns and sentient cars to telekinetic teenagers and mystical gunslingers, if there’s one author who has taken...

Medusa has inspired art for centuries, whether as a symbol of protection or a monster. Explore her literary and cultural history in this episode of Monstrum from PBS Digital Studios. #GreatReadPBS

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