A look into Guillermo Del Toro’s mind and personification of creatures and their stigmatas.
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What’s the reason for a human being saying goodbye to his family and all his possessions to live a life in a poor cult? Today, we look back exactly 25 years into the history of one of the most dangerous cults in the United States: Heaven's Gate.
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In a rare interview, the GATA team had a chance to delve into the minds of IWANNABANGKOK, discussing the effects of the global pandemic on Bangkok and their plans for expanding the brand to other countries in the future.
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Abe Sada was a geisha and prostitute, who is regarded as one of the most high-profile criminals of the 20th century in Japan.
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From Gustave Dore’s depictions of Andromeda chained to the rock, to British author Alex Comfort’s “sex manual”—The Joy of Sex, bondage has been an omnipresent feature in the annals of sex history and art.
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A deeper look at the iconic looks of the 1997 film, 'The Fifth Element', starring Mila Jovovich and Bruce Willis, and directed by Luc Besson
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Seemingly something straight out of a nightmare, Issei Sagawa also known as the Kobe cannibal is a Japanese man who not only murdered, mutilated, and devoured his “ friend,” but essentially got away with it too.
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All throughout history, folklore has existed in society as a means to cultivate understanding, pass on common values and derive meaning from our existence. In extreme circumstances, the anxieties and fears of a group of people can manifest themselves in such tales, giving birth to monsters, demons and other such horrors. Japanese society is no different, with their own versions of terror inducing tales.
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Between February 1692 and May 1693 one of the most notorious "Witch Hunts" took place in a small village of Salem, Massachusetts (now known as Danvers), where more than 150 people were tried for alleged witchcraft: The Salem’s Trials. But what was the real story behind all these trials and why did these events cause hysteria in the New World
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