Colin Dickey

The American public is more susceptible than ever to skewed narratives.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s “On Death and Dying” sparked a revolution in end-of-life care. But soon she began to deny mortality altogether.

Or, why families under siege make for great movies.

What do we do when there are whole cities full of ghosts, each one with their own unique story to tell, each one with something left undone?

How the gun became a cultural icon—and unmade America.

Betty and Barney Hill lost three hours on a New Hampshire highway in 1961. They spent years trying to understand it.

Public outcry over whistleblower William Morgan's disappearance gave rise to the Anti-Masonic Party, which nominated a candidate for president in 1832.

And justified the most extreme responses.

Moral panics repeat, again and again.

A classic ghost story has something to say about America—200 years ago, 100 years ago, and today.

The little-told tale of the 1651 trial of Hugh and Mary Parsons.