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Horror movies talk a good game, but how many of them actually have the power to dupe audiences into thinking they’re true? I’d wager not many. But a spooky audio recording is a different matter. When HG Wells’s War of the Worlds was broadcast as a radio play just before Halloween in 1938, many listeners were thrown into a panic. They thought aliens really were invading Earth. The legendary adaptation of the novel contained a series of interventions by a fictional news reporter, updating his listeners about the terror unfolding around him. And he was so authentic that they believed him. Inspired by this famous incident, we’ve compiled a list of other super creepy audio experiences to mark Halloween that we reckon will
spook you far more thoroughly than anything you’ll see at the cinema.
Some people commit to living a dark lifestyle all year round, not just at Halloween — and probably find it a tad tiresome that the rest of us jump on their bandwagon for one day in 365. The goth subculture has evolved through many different phases and has surprising longevity. Dressing like a goth once meant fishnets and repurposed bondage gear but the style went more mainstream in the 1990s, merging with club culture to take a turn towards the cyber. These days, there are many different types of goth style, from Japanese influence to the burgeoning Afrogoth movement. This potted history is a guide to the many ages of goth.
Even though European beaches are awash with seaweed, our culinary culture just doesn’t seem to acknowledge it. Dishes from Asia often feature the plant but it’s rare to find it in a British, Italian or French dish. This team of archaeologists-turned-dental-hygienists revealed to us recently that this wasn’t always the case. When they analysed plaque on ancient teeth, they realised that the deposits left confirmed that our ancestors ate seaweed regularly. The big
question to answer now is why we stopped consuming something that is good for us and easy to obtain.
Also this week, there are signs that we’ve reached a tipping point on solar power, that hackers could help change the course of the war in Ukraine – and that getting on top of our functional fitness as soon as possible can help us in later life.
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