La Befana Day is one of the January days on the Weird Holidays and Observances page. (January 5.) Once upon a time, I wrote a little about La Befana when I covered creepy Christmas traditions around the world, but I thought it was high time she got a post ofContinue Reading
Several years ago we took a jaunt to Istanbul. One of the places we visited was the Basilica Cistern. Something I’d forgotten we’d done was to search for the Medusa heads that we heard were down there. (Yes. Plural. Heads.) I was reminded of that adventure, though, when a viewerContinue Reading
Into the Unknown, starring Cliff Simon, premieres on Travel Channel Monday, July 27 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Ahead of that, Travel Channel is once again extending me the opportunity to talk to one of their show’s stars. In this case, Mr. Simon himself. I always get a kick out ofContinue Reading
Every year, hundreds of eyewitnesses log their alleged encounters with the legendary creature Bigfoot. All told, there have been more than 10,000 reports of modern-day Bigfoot sightings in the continental United States. More than one-third of them emanate from the Pacific Northwest. While many have searched for the elusive beast,Continue Reading
One of the October’s weird days is not so very weird, but kind of nice: Guardian Angels Day on October 2. When we ate at the Bavarian Bierhaus in Nashville earlier this year, I noticed something I hadn’t other times we’d eaten there: Aloisius. He was floating above the tablesContinue Reading
Kevin Burns is the creator and producer of HISTORY’s most popular series, including Ancient Aliens and cable’s #1 nonfiction series, The Curse of Oak Island. He’s now also the executive producer for a new series coming to HISTORY: The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. The series will give viewers full, unprecedentedContinue Reading
In Part 1 of his “Tales of the Bushmen” series, Keith David Langston explained how he came to work and live at a lodge in the Northwest Territories of Canada one summer. Parts 2 through 4 relate bushmen stories that co-workers —Coya, Riley and Sabrina— regaled him with around aContinue Reading
In Part 2 of Keith David Langston‘s series “Tales of the Bushmen,” Coya told her bushman story while sitting around a campfire one night at the lodge they all worked at. Here’s another co-worker sharing his story. Riley’s Story “When I was a kid, my mom used to tell meContinue Reading
In Part 1 of his “Tales of the Bushmen,” Keith David Langston shared how it was that he found himself in the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) and first learned of the bushmen. In this installment, he shares the first of three bushmen stories his fellow lodge coworkers told him while sittingContinue Reading
This is a guest post by Keith David Langston about his time living in the woods in the Northwest Territories (N.WT..), and hearing the horrifying stories of “bushmen.” It was then followed by a very mysterious and scary incident he had in his cabin. Because it’s a little long, IContinue Reading
According to Wikipedia, La Llorona hails from Latin American folklore. La Llorona is the ghost of a woman who lost her children and now cries while looking for them in the river, often causing misfortune to those who are near or hear her. There is no credible source or evidenceContinue Reading
This is a guest contribution from Dusty Davis. Learn more about him in the About section below. From Bigfoot, to UFO’s, to frogmen, Ohio is home to several legends and hauntings. There are several just within the abandoned ghost town of Sprucevale, Ohio. The canal town was established in 1837 byContinue Reading
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