For centuries, London has played the role of enabler, but also seducer and corrupter, of the young in search of liberation, work, love, fame or fortune. The delicious anonymity of ancient, uncaring ...

All kinds of spooks will be out in full force this weekend to celebrate Halloween. But while we wear costumes with levity today, it wasn’t so long ago that any rational person wouldn’t dream of, for ...

A sudden eruption of profuse body hair. Violent outbursts, followed by gut-wrenching remorse. Wild, unpredictable mood swings. Symptoms indicating the subject is morphing into a werewolf? Or merely ...

In 1852, a man was admitted to the Asile d’Aliénés de Maréville, an asylum in France, claiming that his body had gone through a strange transformation. Though he appeared to be physically normal, he ...