The latest stories, interviews and updates of our museum.
07 Sep 2026
True crime is a nonfiction genre built around real crimes, investigations, victims, offenders, and the systems around them. The question “why are we obsessed with true crime” often appears after a familiar moment: a documentary feels upsetting, yet stopping before the case is explained feels harder. That response does not mean a viewer approves of […]
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06 Sep 2026
Haunted Chicago is the city's collection of ghost stories tied to historic buildings, crimes, and disasters. A hotel room or quiet stretch of river can carry two histories: what happened there and what people later claimed to see. I start with the records, then follow the folklore. That leaves room for an eerie story without […]
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05 Sep 2026
The scariest museums in the US are rarely frightening for the same reason. Some confront you with torture and punishment. Others display human remains, funeral objects, crime photographs, abandoned prison cells, or stories that sit somewhere between documented history and folklore. I have focused here on places with real collections, real addresses, and enough historical […]
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04 Sep 2026
Hollywood sells glamour for a living. That exact contrast makes its dark side hit hard. Behind the palm trees and studio lots sits a long, recorded history of tragic deaths, unsolved cases, and old buildings that never quite shook off what happened inside them. Haunted places in Los Angeles are easy to find if you […]
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