Harry Houdini was not only the storied illusionist of memory; in his time he was famous as a debunker of mediums and psychics and...

Wong Fei Hung (played by the great Kwan Tak Hing) gives Master Ko a writing lesson. From The Magnificent Butcher (1979), directed by Sammo...

We’d like to think the L and the B signify Low Brow. But they more likely represent the initials of engraver M. Lucas Brunn,...

Among the photos making the social-media rounds in the aftermath of the Turkish Airlines crash in Amsterdam yesterday was this haunting image: It was...

A hilobrow literary mystery...

Among the radio transmissions winging its way to other galaxies from Earth is “Are We Alone,” a program hosted by Seth Shostak of the...

In the game Clue there’s a library, but no little plastic book to use as a murder weapon. What’s up with that? Should be...