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Column: Hundreds of Southern Californians belong to new, IRS-recognized religion that may be able to protect abortion rights.

In the cult TV series ‘Supernatural,’ the car driven by the two protagonists is a star in its own right. Natasha Mikles, CC BY-SA Joseph P. Laycock, Texas S ...

Wherein we discuss the Exorcist Effect, the Omen Effect, and KISS's farewell tour.

Since 2019, fans of the TV series ‘Supernatural’ have flocked to Austin, where their encounters with 1967 Impalas customized to mimic the one used in the show arouse elation, astonishment and tears.

Proponents claim the stones can promote health and well-being. janiecbros/Getty ImagesAs New York City mayor Eric Adams attends ribbon cuttings, marches in parades and bulldozes dirt bikes, he wears an energy stone bracelet that his supporters gave him. In a recent interview, Adams discussed his belief that New York City has a “special energy” because it sits atop a store of rare gems and stones – the so-called “Manhattan schist,” which is over 450 million year...

The Catholic church still practices exorcism and the number of priests trained in it has grown exponentially.

Stranger Things 4 goes deep into how the Satanic Panic targeted D&D. But D&D characters and spells have a real history of their own beyond what the new season mentions.

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Hunt a Killer/Amazon Like everything else in 2020, your game nights probably look a little different this year. But that doesn’t mean an evening of spooky fun is out of reach. Hunt a Killer, the world’s top murder mystery company, has released a retail game just in time to satisfy your true-crime obsessions this holiday season. Death at the Dive Bar ($30) contains everything you need to unravel the mystery of a suspicious death at the seedy Old Scratch Tavern: letters, newspaper articles, c...