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THE EVIL SPIRIT THAT DEVOURS MANKIND: Wendigo Psychosis and the Monster Within
A mental disorder so terrifying that execution was considered the only cure — and some researchers now question whether it ever existed at all.
Jesus in Toast? Mary in a Grilled Cheese? A Christmas Song With 184 Birds?
That viral claim about “The 12 Days of Christmas” being a secret Catholic catechism turns out to be the perfect example of how our brains can trick us into seeing faith where none was planted. From a $28,000 grilled cheese sandwich bearing the Virgin Mary’s face to ghost hunters hearing spirit voices in radio static, we’re wired to find meaningful patterns everywhere — even when those patterns don’t exist. What does this mean for believers trying to discern genuine revelation from the stories we tell ourselves?
The Boy Who Inspired “The Exorcist”: From Demonic Possession to NASA
Hollywood didn’t have to exaggerate this one. The facts are disturbing enough on their own.
The Vatican Astronomer Who Would Baptize Aliens
The Catholic Church has been studying the stars since the 16th century. Now its newest astronomer is ready to welcome beings from those stars into the faith.
INSTRUMENTS OF AGONY: Human Cruelty And Torture Through the Ages
Throughout history, the human capacity for inflicting pain has manifested in increasingly elaborate and horrifying ways, creating devices that stand as monuments to our species’ capacity for calculated cruelty.