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... that slime monsters (example pictured) have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
... that What a Merry-Go-Round closed with evil clowns cavorting around a carousel?
... that the ghost of Margaret C. Waites is said to haunt an undergraduate suite at Harvard College's Cabot House, protecting her book collection?
... that trunk-or-treating was created as a safer alternative to regular trick-or-treating?
... that Vincent Darré had a Parisian apartment decorated with skulls?
... that the song "Haunted" "blends cuteness and spookiness"?
... that the Australian spider Progradungula barringtonensis has been called a "ghost of Gondwana"?
... that Brian David Gilbert released a series of monster-themed ABBA covers under the name AAAH!BBA?
... that the zombie film Get the Hell Out was shot at the currently abandoned Kaohsiung City Council Hall, which had neither water nor electricity?
... that the Devil's Doorway is found in Wisconsin?