How did the horror start?

Everything has a beginning, even horror! The ideas and myths that trouble the minds of millions today did not arise out of nowhere, nor were they born as frightening myths, but rather emerged from history. They began as true stories told around fires, before they turned into myths that were passed down, and then became entrenched in our collective consciousness as things we fear and fear. But...is it real? Is there anything to prove this? You will find the answer within the folds of this bo...