Freelance writer who enjoys overanalyzing games. If she's not gaming, she's probably tending to her drama queen of a dog. Other times, she's studying for her Master's Degree in Comparative Literature.

The idea of a person turning into a wolf may sound like something from a horror movie. But there’s a real -- though rare -- syndrome that causes some people to believe that's happening to them. It's ...

Real people in various parts of the world have gone down in history as practitioners of lycanthropy. In other words, werewolves. The only written record of the case of Peter Stubbe, a.k.a. the ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

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 ...

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 ...