October 28, 2024
When it was released in 1962, Bobby Pickett’s Halloween novelty song “Monster Mash” was banned from British airwaves by the BBC for being “too morbid.” The ban was revoked in 1973.
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What famous work of horror was created during a ghost story competition? What kind of creature is a lycanthrope?
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