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Why we're so fascinated by the spooky and inexplicable

WBUR
Published October 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM CDT
Halloween ghost statues are seen in the park during a Halloween celebration in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)
Mindaugas Kulbis/AP
Halloween ghost statues are seen in the park during a Halloween celebration in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)

Happy early Halloween!

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Glynn Washington host of the radio show Snap Judgement and its supernatural sister, Spooked, to share scary stories and unpack why we’re fascinated by what we cannot explain.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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