Amongst the strangest of the ‘fearsome critters’ of frontier folklore, a Wisconsin businessman claimed to have captured a live Hodag in 1896
Operation Cottage
How the Allies took over 300 casualties invading an island that wasn’t defended
The Battle of Bamber Bridge
How a small village in Lancashire was the site of a running gun battle during the Second World War
Haunted Pennsylvania – Thornbury Farm and Pennhurst Asylum
After previously looking at some of the most well-known hauntings associated with the town and battlefield of Gettysburg, our second…
Blackpool Ghosts
A rundown of six different tales of haunted locations across the Lancashire resort of Blackpool
The Abbeystead Disaster
During an organised visit to a pumping facility for villagers concerned with flooding, a huge explosion destroyed the facility
The Arthur’s Seat Coffins
In 1836 17 mysterious wooden figurines in miniature coffins were found on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh. Debate has raged since over who put them there and for what purpose
The Most Haunted Town In America?
The site of a defining battle in American history, the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg has a strong claim to being the most haunted in America
The Beast of Gévaudan
Over a three year period, a beast said to be impervious to bullets and able to walk on two legs like a man killed as many as 113 people in 18th century France
The Disappearance of the Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Keepers
Hebrideans have long claimed the remote Flannan Isles to be haunted, but what caused the strange disappearance of three lighthouse keepers there in 1900?
