Medical Mythbusters

Every spooky season, we love a good ghost story — but some of the creepiest legends might have started in a doctor’s notebook rather than a haunted house. From “vampires” who couldn’t stand sunlight to “possessions” that were really seizures, many supernatural tales have surprisingly scientific roots. This Halloween, let’s pull back the curtain on thirteen eerie conditions that prove the scariest mysteries often have a medical explanation.

wORDS BY: joenier jotar, Illustrations by: kathleya cobing