Yesterday, as part of an ongoing Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the way Russian troll farms influenced the 2016 election, tech giants Facebook, Google, and Twitter were forced to reckon with the fact that they made massive quantities of money off ads that radicalized and misled aunts, uncles, and old…

Although their names have long been something of an open secret thanks to internet detective work, the members of Satanic pop-metal band Ghost insist on concealing their identities in public, hiding behind long black cloaks and masks inspired by medieval plague doctors and giving all but their leader/lead singer, Papa…

Rural towns are common in the horror genre, and for good reason. Creators are constantly exploring the terrifying secrets of tight-knit communities that have their own traditions and beliefs, and the new Image Comics miniseries Winnebago Graveyard continues in this tradition by taking readers to a small California…

With more than 4.7 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute, or looking for a holiday you can use as an excuse not to go into work on Thursday. But follow enough links, and you get sucked into some seriously strange places. We explore some…

The devil appears in many forms, and offers many temptations. Sex, fame, glory—or an enduring, top-rated reality show like Survivor, and a well-received miniseries like The Bible. Yes, the devil in this instance is producer Mark Burnett, who, along with partner Roma Downey, has struck a deal with ABC in exchange for a…

Concerned that a Christian message was being co-opted by a hateful right-wing faction just this one time, the producers of God’s only begotten miniseries The Bible have exorcised Satan from their upcoming Son Of God, after some said that the devil is President Obama—and also that the guy who plays Satan in the movie…