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The Gothic Death-Like Awakening Of Taphephobia
Sigmund Freud suggested that “taphephobia,” was linked to wider terrors relating to the undead and that it manifested a return…
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The Fall And Rise Of The Movie ‘Psycho-Killer’
Many readers will find the frequent use of the word “psycho” in this article offensive. This is however, the way…
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The Universal Fear of Death That Haunts Living Minds
Why do we fear death? Is it an inherent universal concept in human nature or does society induce it?
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The Vampire Myth Pausable Causes and Medical Explanations
This historical phenomenon has generated several theories that try to dissect the true origin of the legends by attempting to…
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Popular Belief In Supernatural Agents In The Face Of Death
Implications for the role of mortality salience increased supernatural agent beliefs even when the supernatural agency was presented in a…
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‘The Opal,’ A Public Literary Voice From The Mentally Insane
A small number of the so-called “mad” were able to work within the confines of the asylum to create a…
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Insane Literature in Asylums during the Nineteenth-Century
In the nineteenth-century, United States of America mental institutions were seen as either the guardians or the adversaries of science,…
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Pseudo-Necrophilia In Gravediggers And Mortuary Attendants
Necrophilia is a paraphilia whereby the perpetrator gets sexual pleasure in having sex with the dead, and most jurisdictions and…
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Is Burnout Our Zombie Apocalypse And Are We The Walking Dead?
‘The Walking Dead,’ one of the most popular television series, uses the plot of a zombie apocalypse as a lens…
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The Mummified, Sudden Death Case Of Digitalis Poisoning
The mummy of Cangrande della Scala was submitted to an autopsy, and he who was a great warrior and an…
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Frankenstein Is A Reflection Of Fears Of The Society
Horror is defined as being a strong aversion mingled with dread. It has been said that fear is one of…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Psychological Antidote For Death
The allure of dystopian myths in general, and perhaps more strongly expressed in ‘The Walking Dead,’ facilitates a process of…
