For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why.

Prologue: the snail's clues -- Cultural patterns in Native American folklore: an introduction -- Visual patterns of performance: arts -- Kinetic patterns of performance: dance -- Oral patterns of ...

Scarecrows do more than just scare birds, they’ve become powerful cultural symbols, associated with harvest, rural life, and ...

An expert in Native American and Spanish narratives of the earliest encounters, explorations and conquests of Mexico and the ...

Are you ready to dive into some of the Big Country’s most chilling tales? From the mysterious Anson Lights to the legend of Screaming Sheila in Eastland, our region is rich with eerie folklore. Here ...

A new art exhibit at downtown San Antonio's Centro de Artes Gallery will celebrate the things that go bump in the night.

At first glance, you might mistake one for a small wolf darting across Yellowstone’s open meadow, but look closer, and you’ll realize you’re watching one of the park’s most adaptable and cunning ...

San Antonio is one of the eeriest places in the U.S., and this list of urban legends and haunted locations proves it.

Yuchi history, culture, and society -- Driving to Duck Creek -- Trickster tales, with Mary S. Linn -- Calling in the members, with Mary S. Linn -- Traditionalization in ceremonial ground oratory -- ...

From Execution Rocks and Devil's Den to Skull Mesa and Maggoty Run-plus, how these spots came by their terrifying monikers.

An area now full of some of Newport’s most popular businesses used to be full of pirates. The area of Upper Thames that now ...

Guest essayist M.J. Albacete writes about how he's looking forward to the Canton Symphony Orchestra season, which begins Oct.