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View in browser | Update preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS LINDSEY UNDERWOOD, SENIOR EDITOR Things are getting spooky in the run-up to Election Day—or at least they were at a Halloween party in Bushwick, Brooklyn, last night hosted by Hot Girls for Zohran, a grassroots organization that works independently from the New York City mayoral candidate's official campaign. VF's Olivia Empson went to the party (in a Labubu costume) and encountered one Mamdani supporter dressed as a Tylenol bottle and another as the candidate's proposed rent freeze! Inside Hot Girls for Zohran's Halloween Party BY OLIVIA EMPSON "Charli xcx." A bottle of Tylenol. And (at least) one accidental crasher. VF's Olivia Empson has the full party report: "I wish to banish Cuomo to Florida." READ MORE Spooky Stories OLD HOLLYWOOD What Really Happened on the Set of Baby Jane BY SCOTT EYMAN A new biography of Oscar winner Joan Crawford disputes the popular narrative: "There was never a feud because it takes two to tango and I refuse to fight." READ MORE CULTURE A Conservative Podcaster's Fear of Halloween BY ERIN VANDERHOOF Charlie Kirk's longtime friend and momfluencer Allie Beth Stuckey devoted a recent episode to the horrors of the season, which she calls "a high holiday for the satanic church" that's also dangerously intertwined with "LGBTQ pride." READ MORE CRIME If Lizzie Borden Didn't Kill Her Wealthy Parents, Who Did? BY ROSEMARY COUNTER The murder mystery has haunted pop culture for over a century—here, VF breaks down seven more potential suspects, according to Borden experts. READ MORE From the Archive The Face of Jack the Ripper BY PATRICIA CORNWELL For more than a century after Jack the Ripper became one of history's most feared and famous murderers, his identity remained a mystery. Then in 2001, on a tour of Scotland Yard, a best-selling American crime novelist met a leading British authority on the Ripper. In an excerpt from the resulting book, Patricia Cornwell reveals how she and other investigators used state-of-the-art forensic science, including DNA tests, to make the case that the serial killer who terrorized Victorian England was the handsome, gifted young artist named Walter Sickert. READ MORE Watch If You Dare The 30 Best Halloween Movies Never fear, boils and ghouls: Here, for your perusal, is a list of the best scary, sweet, and funny Halloween movies. The 6 Grisly Films Inspired by Serial Killer Ed Gein A guide to movies that fictionalized the murderer's story—from Psycho to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. MORE FROM VANITY FAIR POLITICS BUSINESS HOLLYWOOD STYLE ROYALS CELEBRITY This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.