underworld

The post-apocalyptic, jazzy New Orleans-style “Hadestown,” written by Anaïs Mitchell, is a mythical love story that follows young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice and the rulers of the underworld, Hades and Persephone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He returns home in beggar’s clothes with a plan to pay penance to the scores of souls he unjustly sent to the underworld.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

He is a defense attorney who became rich representing underworld figures, including right-wing paramilitary commanders who trafficked cocaine to U.S. cities and Alex Saab, the alleged money launderer for former Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

“Your physical body dissolves, your sunsum dissipates into the air, and your spirit goes to whatever underworld you are most tied to.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

“This latest action marks a significant escalation in the partnership between the cyber underworlds of these two nations,” Chainalysis said on its blog.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

Globally, assorted gods have patrolled assorted underworlds for millennia, with death as their gloomy guard duty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

The “Uncut Gems” creators, Josh and Benny Safdie, are known for their merciless filmmaking style, made up of seedy underworlds and populated with first-time actors cast off the street.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019

Ancient heroes who wished to grasp the truth of things had to pass through underworlds, or dwell in caves; sometimes, like Oedipus, they could see clearly only once they had been blinded.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2018

We, out front, all have our little underworlds in which we live sometimes while music plays and beautiful things come to our eyes.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht