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Mark Hamill has been voicing the role of The Joker for DC/Warner Bros. for over three decades. We may know him as Luke Skywalker from "Star Wars," but that maniacal laugh is unmistakable. Hamill's first Joker performance was in "Batman: The Animated Series" in 1992, and he's continued through "Mask of the Phantasm," "New Batman Adventures," "Superman: The Animated Series," "Batman Beyond," "Justice League," and "Justice League Unlimited." I heard him do it once in person, and I will freely admit it freaked me out ... in the best way. 

It's the laugh that does it. There is something so unhinged yet so controlled about it, with such a variety of styles. Back in 1997, Hamill spoke about doing the Joker laugh in an interview with Animation World Magazine. He talked about how the laughing styles became a sort of vocabulary of emotions for the Clown Prince of Crime.

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Aaron Sagers Aug 12, 2019

Fear sociologist Dr. Margee Kerr breaks down the meaning of iconic urban legends, including one seen in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

You might not believe it, but I once had this cousin … or maybe it was a person who lived down the street … or a friend of a friend … and it was crazy what really happened...

Like a cultural game of telephone, urban legends are modern folklore traded through word of mouth. Feeding our desire to gossip or trade cautionary tales à la fairy tales of old, they are part of a human desire to add to the fabric of storytelling.

“Storytelling is central to learning and socialization in every culture, communicating values and beliefs, giving meaning to the world around us,” states Margee Kerr, Ph.D., a sociologist who studies fear, and author of Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear. “We...

Aaron Sagers Oct 16, 2019

We examine the history of some real-life, allegedly haunted dolls, including Annabelle from The Conjuring Universe.

Dolls are great companions for tea parties, sleepovers, adventures, and more. But for many people, they’re also creepy toys that watch you sleep and popular vessels for demonic possession. Basically, they’re homicidal effigies made of stuffing or porcelain. Unsurprisingly, from Talky Tina of The Twilight Zone fame to Fats from Magic, and the Clown from Poltergeist to Chucky in Child’s Play and Annabelle in The Conjuring Universe, dolls have long been go-to monsters in paranormal pop culture.

But millennia before Talky Tina told Telly Savalas “I don’t think I like you,” dolls have existed, going back to Ancient Egypt and Rome. Present in nearly every culture, they were placed as servants in a pharaoh’s tomb, were said to aid in fertility, teach a child how to parent,...