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Some scholars at UC Santa Cruz are exploring what scares us and why. The center for Monster Studies is dedicated to looking at monsters all throughout history. Things like zombies and vampires.

Monsters are blurry beings—out-of-focus, liminal creatures between two categories. Bigfoot is man and ape, a category-­breaking bipedal primate. Werewolves are shape-shifters between humans and wolves ...

The Sacro Bosco’s meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations Lanta Davis ...