The War Prayer

A cavernous dark building and an isolated country road can both hold unpleasant surprises.

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The warmth and light promised by a house on a winter night aren't always comforting.

In 1895, a woman in Ireland was murdered by her husband. At his trial, he claimed that the person he had killed wasn't his wife, but someone pretending to be her.

written by Mark Twain (1904)

There are places only minutes away from the lights of the city that can feel completely isolated.

It changes depending on where in its elliptical rotation it is, but the average distance the moon is from Earth is 382,500 kilometers, or 238,855 miles. With gratitude to Kris Straub of Local 58.

If we knew all the legends about our area, we might feel differently about home.

written by Gabriel Costantino Mountain roads at night sometimes feel like they don't follow the same rules as the rest of the world.

In any metropolitan area, there are any number of abandoned buildings just full of secrets and surprises.