When I was a toddler, my family and I got stuck in a tiny elevator at the top of the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio. It took several hours for the elevator to start working again, and by that ...

A funny thing happens when you watch enough horror movies: ironically enough, it becomes harder and harder to find a film that really scares you. That's because so few spooky movies have genuinely ...

“I am deathly afraid of elevators. When I even look inside one, I can’t breathe—the thought of getting stuck on one is debilitating. It’s kept me from doing lots of things, like vacations with friends ...

Claustrophobia is the fear of being in closed spaces, and so claustrophobic movies are ones that try to play on or evoke that kind of fear. With the word “fear” being thrown around a bit, it does ...

Dark Souls has the bleak, eldritch-horror, gothic aesthetic. Spelunky has the charming, chipper, underground exploration. On the surface, these are two games that could never mix. Or so we thought, ...

A researcher has measured how “claustrophobic” New York’s sidewalks are by gathering data on all of the people, benches, trash cans, bus shelters, bicycle racks and clutter in the way. By Lola Fadulu ...

Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven.

Unlike the Southwest or some of the Appalachian states, Michigan does not have many hikeable canyons or gorges that are narrow enough to give pause to someone who doesn’t like tight spaces. That said, ...