The mayor is missing, the mafia is involved, a mad scientist rules the basement and all the prostitutes are vampires.
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Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Oct. 2026
Ghosts have gone more mainstream than vampires, no longer grouped with the other weird freaks— the zombies and the werewolves, that paranormal genre once ascribed only to lovers of the macabre.
One of those nightmares centers on whether the execution team will be able to establish an IV line.
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Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2026
With every whimper, sigh, howl, bark and head tilt, these dogs create an empathetic portrayal of a highly intelligent creature that has been through battle and has the scars (and nightmares) to prove it.
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