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Mary Shelley

Doctor Frankenstein and his monster, depicted here at the Movieland Wax Museum in Niagara Falls, Canada, have become a fixture of Halloween lore.
Books
On the 200-year anniversary of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ we look at some possible modern-day monsters in the tech world
Temporary workers start to prepare the castle's haunted house about a month before Halloween. The haunted house was started by US military personnel almost 40 years ago.
Culture
There was a real Frankenstein castle. Yes, they dress it up for Halloween
Culture
Why Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th century feminist rock star