This video explores the most famous sea creatures from legends around the world, uncovering the myths, powers, and haunting stories behind beings that sailors once feared in the dark waters below. As ...

There are mysterious creatures of urban legend in U.S. and Canadian regions that have stood the test of time, both fascinating and frightening those who encounter the folklore surrounding them. These ...

New York folklore is full of mysterious creatures, from Bigfoot to Champ, and writer Ameara Ditsche says these cryptids keep drawing attention. Bruce Hallenbeck says his family's sightings led him to ...

A truly global Halloween looks beyond the usual monsters and toward the myths that continue to unsettle imaginations across the world. As horror's commercial success suggests a growing search for ...

They say every spooky story starts with a friend of a friend, and that’s precisely what makes urban legends so addictive. These tales echo through late-night whispers and Reddit threads, blurring the ...

Idaho Experience explores the Myths, Monsters and Legends of Idaho. Haunted houses. Creatures in the forest, in the sky, in the water. Why are we drawn to tales of the monstrous and mysterious? Idaho ...

Some woodland animals look so strange and otherworldly that encountering one feels less like a nature sighting and more like ...

Hallmark cards and Coca-Cola ads tend to dwell on the happy and cheerful side of Christmas. But there’s always been a dark side. The fear of St. Nick putting coal in stockings for misbehaving and even ...

In his entertaining debut, historian Coward surveys centuries of folklore, arguing that these tales, with their focus on transformation, deviance, nonconformity, and otherness, have always been ...