Mysteries & Folklore
Folklore encompasses age-old customs, stories and beliefs passed down, often orally, within a culture or community. Discover the truth behind mysteries, legends and paranormal curiosities such as UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, zombies, witches and more.
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Friday the 13th has inspired countless superstitions—as well as a 19th-century secret society, an early 20th-century novel and horror films.
The witch flying on her broomstick is a Halloween icon, possibly based on pagan fertility rituals, hallucinogenic herbs and church doctrine.
It remains one of the most perplexing mysteries in aviation history. Some blame the Bermuda Triangle.
A small news item in 1958 led to the modern version of the mythical wild man.
Loch Ness
Loch Ness Monster: Fact or Fiction?
Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine discusses his involvement with the Loch Ness Project and recaps his decades spent working to uncover the truth behind the Loch Ness monster.
3 Credible UFO Sightings
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Atlantis has been an object of fascination for thousands of years. Explore six theories behind Plato's account of the great, but doomed civilization.
Plato’s Atlantis Plato (through the character Critias in his dialogues) describes Atlantis as an island larger than Libya and Asia Minor put together, located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules—generally assumed to mean the Strait of Gi...
Did pointy hats, broomsticks and cauldrons originate with women brewers?
For centuries, tales of a woman living in a hut on chicken legs have blurred the line between villain, helper and something more complex.
Captain Kidd’s buried treasure has fueled centuries of speculation. How much was actually recovered, and could more still be hidden?
Vampires are mythological beings who roam the world at night searching for people whose blood they feed upon.
