In the news for the week ending October 12, 2018, are a million-dollar prank, a 200-year-old horror story, a finger-blackening technology, reluctant gumbo, and more.

Read More about News of the Week: Bookstores in Trouble, Artwork Shredded, and Is There a Supermarket Aisle for the Lonely? From dinosaurs to vampires to sadistic music teachers, Bill Newcott chronicles the smartest movies starring monsters.

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