Health
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The Hideous Rise and Fall of Celebrity, Murderous Pathology
What has happened to the thoughtful, bowler-hatted figure of the forensic pathologist, the spectacular but fallible artist of battered flesh?
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Nightmares, Sleep Paralysis and Witchcraft Accusations
In the last five centuries the majority of those experiences that were deemed severe enough to lead to the formal…
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The New Psychological Spaces for the American Gothic
Upon approaching the subject of the American Gothic short story, one encounters diverse places in which the narratives take place:…
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The Libertine Sadistic Writings of the Marquis de Sade
Readdressing the value and impact of the controversial “libertine” writings of Donatien Alphonse Fran François, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) is…
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Goth Subculture Identification, Depression, and Self-Harm
Depression and self-harm are major public health concerns in teenagers, with at least 10% of teenagers in developed countries reporting…
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Dissecting The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom
The widespread observation that contemporaries were often confused by the organic instability of death and dying, leads us to a…
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Exploring Mental Health Through the Lens of the Gothic
The linking of mental illness and the Gothic is prevalent and persistent.
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Domains of Supernatural Agents’ Knowledge and Concern
Just as we attribute particular domains of knowledge to other humans, we do the same to our deities.
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Psychological Domination and the Figure of the Victim-Monster
If psychological problems afflicted many of Lon Chaney Jr.’s characters, these problems were rarely the megalomania that so often underpinned…
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Compulsion, Self Destruction and the Films of Laird Cregar
As has been demonstrated elsewhere, the horror film and the thriller were not only closely linked during the 1940 but…
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The Murder Act Dissections: A Fate Worse than Death
Anatomy, the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation…
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Extreme Metal Music, Sadness and Anger Processing
The claim that listening to extreme music causes anger, and expressions of anger such as aggression and delinquency have yet…
