A rare, medieval charnel house will go on public display for the first time in 300 years this month in a visually striking reminder of the past beneath our feet. The 14th century bone store has been ...

The Charnel House Trilogy is a blend of subtle horror and thriller elements that sometimes fails to achieve its ambitious goals. Where The Charnel House Trilogy excels is in creating an atmosphere. In ...

In The Charnel House Trilogy, I found a box full of dirt and worms in a train compartment, where a groaning freak was protecting it. I understand what that box represents, but I’m perplexed by The ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. For the ultimate memento mori, you need only take a walk through ...

In 1919, France's foremost literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, was won by Proust. One of the runners-up was Marcel Martinet with La Maison à l'Abri ("The House out of Harm's Reach"). It's a novel about ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Co Tu people in the central province of Quang Nam consider life and death as the same, so tombs of the death are decorated with lively wood statues and utensils of the living.

Callum Blue plays a British architect who converts the slaughterhouse into modern lofts and then discovers things aren't quite what they seem. What happens when you move into a seemingly beautiful ...

The Charnel House Trilogy is a short, peculiar adventure game laced with creeping horror. It's lingered in my mind many times the length of time it took me to get from starting the first chapter, ...