THOMAS, W.Va. — A skull that was found at the bottom of Douglas Falls in Tucker County during the summer has turned out to be nothing more than a horror movie prop, officials said. Tucker County ...

Actor Richard Burton holds Yorick's skull in the classic scene from "Hamlet" during play rehearsal at Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, Denmark on July 5, 1954. (The Associated Press) Heaven truly knows ...

The most famous skull in world drama is set to be reconnected to its body and brought back to life in a new play that receives its premiere at The Edinburgh Fringe this August. Usually appearing as a ...

Engraving of Hamlet by L. Deghouy after a drawing by Félix Joseph Barrias (1856) via Wikimedia) Illustration of the graveyard scene from ‘Hamlet’ from ‘An Art Edition of Shakespeare’ (1889) (via ...

You know Halloween is coming around when the tweet reading skulls start popping up. [Marc] wanted to bring the Halloween spirit into his workplace, so he built “Yorick”. In case you’re worried, no ...

A photo of the grave of William Shakespeare at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-on-Avon. A British archaeologist that surveyed his grave with ground penetrating sonar believe the Bard's skull is ...

It is never too early for Halloween, and for a self-described aspiring roboticist, what better way to start decorations early by making Amazon's Alexa digital assistant speak out of a creepy skull?

The skull is a universal symbol of mortality, appearing in artworks by everyone from Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. But in Lee Downey’s “Yorick,” ...

One of the most time-honored theater traditions is also one of the most morbid. Sometimes, when actors or very serious Shakespeare fans take their final bows, they bequeath their skulls to an acting ...

If you are looking around for a Halloween project, you might consider The Yorick Project from [ViennaMike]. As you can see in the video below, it marries a Raspberry Pi acting as an Amazon Alexa with ...

A sparkling, life-size skull on offer at Bonhams Los Angeles this month could be the largest carving ever made from a meteorite. The handiwork of artist Lee Downey, the 46.5-pound skull, titled Yorick ...

Alas, Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my afterimage he is! Well... that's ...