Colma, California, just outside San Francisco, was founded as a necropolis in the 1920s. Today, the city is home to about 1,600 living residents.

Known as the “City of Souls,” Colma is shaped as much by its dead as its living. Children play among headstones, and locals ...

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The Ed Gein Story, is, many viewers have been unsure as to what is—and isn't—true to life in the drama starring Charlie Hunnam. Detailing the disturbing grave robbing and murderous crimes of seemingly ...

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Acclaimed horror director condemns Ryan Murphy’s new Ed Gein series, says he ‘wouldn’t watch it with a 10-foot pole’ - ...

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In her autobiography, Lanchester wrote that she did not like the location of her husband's burial plot in Forest Lawn ...

The word “necromancy” is the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future. It ...

The new season of "Monster" focuses on Ed Gein, a 20th century killer known for his gruesome house of horrors. Gein, who lived in a small town in Wisconsin his entire life, admitted to killing two ...

Excavations at Oaklawn Cemetery have uncovered 78 additional graves as part of the ongoing search for victims of the 1921 ...

Many celebrities (and some infamous folks) are buried in South Florida. Who are they? We’ve rounded up a list of the notables ...