This is really sad! One would think so respected a scientist would have access to reliable health care coverage. This "great" country is going down the tubes fast.
The first thing that comes to my mind when I read the sentence "This looks like someone riding a rollercoaster" is a guy gripping the handlebar for dear life. At least that's how I ride the rollercoaster anyhow.
Dracula never really scared me, I guess it's because I'm usually far, far away from Transylvania. Ditto mummies (never been to Egypt). And werewolves - just stay home locked inside during full moons.
ghosts are not the spirits of dead people. they are inorganic sentient beings that feed off of the energy released by humans under stress or excited. they often hang out around areas where violent tragedies occurred, having been attracted to the spot by the initial event, then lingering for the steady supply of "food" afterwards. they will recreate some of the energy signature of the event or people involved because experience over the millennia has shown that humans will often perceive this energy as a "ghostly" image of the people and have a fear reaction, producing more "food" for the inorganic entity. as time moves on the community's memory of the event fades and getting fewer and fewer reactions the entity will eventually move on to greener pastures. a truly legendary tragedy can keep a hungry entity around for hundreds of years though.
Pizza that is made with poor quality pepperoni or uncooked sausage will leak grease worse than a mid-seventies Harley. Many people, myself included, will daub off that grease with a paper napkin.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-americas-pizza-capital-buffalo-new-york