Juraj Jánošík, the outlaw who supposedly robbed the rich and gave to the poor (a deed often attributed to the...
People, mysteries and stories
It was autumn 1819 when the body of a 15-year old girl was found floating along the estuary of the...
When people speak of "potentially-deadly books", they usually refer to the radical or controversial ideas they contain, but in thw...
For believers and ghost stories enthusiasts, the countryside of the American South is haunted and, given the history of the...
Stokes County, North Carolina, is located in the heart of tobacco country. Back in the heyday of the Golden Leaf,...
According to the legend, Lieutenant George Dixon of the 21st Alabama Infantry Regiment was quite a lucky man. At least,...
When it comes to haunted places in the Deep South of United States, two cities often come to mind: Charleston,...
Drivers near the corner of Mountain Road and Emerald Valley Lane in Bernards Township, New Jersey, come upon a tree...
When one thinks of haunted locations, the first thing that comes to mind are houses, usually followed by cemeteries. However,...
Near the town of Morganton, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies the so-called Brown Mountain....
Ghost stories are one of the most fascinating ways to uncover an area’s history, past residents, culture and stories. Nestled...
Apparently, most people born in North Carolina have visited Blowing Rock at one time or another in their lives. The...
One of the most famous ghost story in the history of the South dates back to the early 1870’s in...
The frigate Madagascar left Melbourne for London on this day, August 12, 1853 with more than 150 passengers and its...
If you go to any coastal town in the South, you’ll see huge, centuries-old live oaks with limbs covered in...
Draga Mitrićević was a daughter of a well-to-do entrepreneur and Privy Councilor. She was educated abroad and spoke several languages...
For generations people have talked about one house in Savannah more than any other, with creepy tales of the past...
We are in Italy. When the Romans conquered the area in the 3rd century B.C. they changed its original name...
The first orphanage in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the destination for area Native American and parentless children, was built...
A variety of fish-tailed gods were worshipped by the first civilisations of the Middle East, and the earliest known of...
Apparently some North Carolina lakes of considerable depth generate as many legendary tales, expecially fish tales, but not only. Badin...
Urban legends are fascinating bits of history that often contain at least some kernel of truth. In Yazoo, located north...
An eerie art installation located in a barren field in the Finnish countryside recently went viral after someone accidentally stumbled...
Phantom hitchhiker stories are not rare. Most entail someone driving on a road or highway when they come upon a...
Three-year-old June Devaney, recovering from pneumonia at Queen’s Park Hospital in Blackburn, England, is kidnapped from her bed on this...
Theres a story about a cursed video tape, nothing too scary. It’s just a bunch of random images with the...
The beautiful England’s Clifton Suspension Bridge, originally designed by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, stands 101 metres above...
On this day, a suitcase holding what is later identified as the partial remains of William McGuire, a 39-year-old Navy...
William Burke and William Hare were two serial killers who lived and operated in Edinburgh, Scotland, from November 1827 to...
On January 9, 1991, police arrested Aileen Wuornos while she was drinking a beer at The Last Resort biker bar...
