TED-Ed's ultimate Halloween playlist

32 lectures, 3 hr 18 min in all

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1
The fascinating history of cemeteries - Keith Eggener
5 min
2
A brief history of the devil - Brian A. Pavlac
5 min
3
Everything you need to know to read "Frankenstein" - Iseult Gillespie
5 min
4
The curse of the monkey's paw - Iseult Gillespie
7 min
5
What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac
6 min
6
A brief history of goths - Dan Adams
6 min
7
Why is being scared so fun? - Margee Kerr
4 min
8
How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire? - Stanley Stepanic
5 min
9
Japan's scariest ghost story - Kit Brooks
6 min
10
Where do superstitions come from? - Stuart Vyse
5 min
11
The dark origins of Disney fairy tales - Claudia Schwabe
6 min
12
How to make your writing suspenseful - Victoria Smith
5 min
13
The dark history of werewolves - Craig Thomson
5 min
14
Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? - Scott Peeples
5 min
15
The tale of the doctor who defied Death - Iseult Gillespie
5 min
16
Why plague doctors wore beaked masks
6 min
17
Why should you read “Crime and Punishment”? - Alex Gendler
5 min
18
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld - Tejal Gala
5 min
19
Are ghost ships real? - Peter B. Campbell
5 min
20
The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer - Iseult Gillespie
6 min
21
The dark history of zombies - Christopher M. Moreman
5 min
22
Why should you read "Hamlet"? - Iseult Gillespie
5 min
23
How to make a mummy - Len Bloch
5 min
24
Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer
5 min
25
How do you decide where to go in a zombie apocalypse? - David Hunter
4 min
26
Edgar Allan Poe's story of the Red Death - Iseult Gillespie
7 min
27
Titan of terror: The dark imagination of H.P. Lovecraft - Silvia Moreno-García
5 min
28
At what moment are you dead? - Randall Hayes
6 min
29
Why should you read “The Master and Margarita”? - Alex Gendler
5 min
30
Japan's most famous ghost story - Jeffrey Angles
6 min
31
Vampires: Folklore, fantasy, and fact - Michael Molina
7 min
32
Scary stories to watch in the dark (if you dare…)
34 min