Season 13 of American Horror Story is just around the corner, and fans are guessing which iconic characters will return. Find ...

And though their rich history may span cultures and time periods, witches seem to hold a uniquely captivating place in the American imagination. But the history of witches is far more extensive.

He says the American horror tradition started even before there was an America, with early English settlers and their suspicions that led to the Salem witch trials. DAUBER: You have these puritans.

The third season of Ryan Murphy’s hit anthology “American Horror Story” follows a coven of witches in modern-day New Orleans.

So do “The Blair Witch Project,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The Last of Us” and, of course, the ever-looming colossus of ...

He revisits what might be thought of as the primal scene of American horror, the Salem witch trials. A Manichaean struggle ...

American movie history is full of classic horror stories involving demonic possession. And then, there’s Hollywood. The iconic 1999 film, “The Blair Witch Project,” the first movie to ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Columbia University professor Jeremy Dauber about his new book, "American Scary: A History of Horror from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond." KUOW is Seattle’s NPR ...