Scary things may end up killing you--if you believe in them. A study from the University of California, San Diego, offers clues to how fear influences mortality, a concept long explored in folklore, movies, and novels, such as the Sherlock Holmes classic THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, in which a family is doomed to die of fright. The findings focus on how fear significantly raises stress levels that lead to heart attacks. 47 million U.S. death certificates from 1973 to 1998 show fear-related deaths.
In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach -- known as "Blackbeard" -- was killed in battle with British forces off the coast of Virginia.
The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal in 1906.
The first issue of "LIFE" magazine debuted in 1936. The cover showed an obstetrician slapping a baby and the caption read, "LIFE begins". The magazine sold for 10 cents.
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. I like to scare myself... LOL by going through a haunted house or seeing scary websites. 
