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From spooky to silly: why skeletons don’t scare us like they used to

From spooky to silly: why skeletons don’t scare us like they used to

by Luke Thompson | Jun 4, 2026 | Relics

Skeletons were once a medieval warning to fear incoming death. So how did they become cartoons, memes and party decorations? This feature explores how bones were stripped of their menace and what it says about today’s attitude to mortality, through conversations with...

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