The world's first documented vampire.

An alluring figure from Irish folklore that can bring you a wonderful life for a price.

Stories of a spirit from Mexico City, dating back to at least the 1500s.

A gravedigger still lingers a century after his death.

What is now known as Brazil's National Boogeyman brought the very first ever Brazilian-produced horror film to the world.

A creature parents tell their children about all around the world. Is it a myth? Or is there something more?

A horror movie icon's final performance as a Universal Classic Monster.

A sea serpent off the coast of England, spotted by soldiers during World War I.

Strange happenings in a city centuries old.

A horror movie icon's secret, real-life superpower.

Everyone's favorite wintertime horned, anthropomorphic pre-Christian pagan kidnapper. What can be said about Krampus that hasn't already been said?

A museum in New York with recorded ghost sightings from over one hundred years ago.

An amusement park in Australia with the restless ghost of a little girl.

A malevolent Scottish ghost. (Or is it?)

A familiar spirit born from a brutal ritual.

One gate is visible in the day, six more at night, and passing all seven takes you straight to Hell.

An old highway full of haunts.

A strange creature lurks in the swamps of a wildlife refuge in Delaware.

Local legends are fascinating. Most of them can't really be traced back to any particular origin, and precisely how or why locals know about them is a bit of a mystery.

Many legends of cryptids don't have a clear origin, a story that can easily be traced back to the first sighting. For these creatures, the line between cryptid (an as-of-yet undocumented natural animal) and supernatural is sometimes blurry, as is true with cases such as The Qalupalik of Inuit Folklore or El Peuchen of Mapuche Mythology. In some ways, the controversy surrounding sightings of strange things can make them even more intriguing to explore because there is little in the way of proof for or against their existence. At the core of these legends or folklore is a story, often a tangled combination of truth and fiction, genuine experience and exaggeration.

A ghostly black dog isn't the only thing prowling castle ruins in Poland.

A creature born from the ashes of cremated oxen, out for revenge.

A movie from Japan that forever changed the film industry.

A strange mystery from Norway that remains unsolved over fifty years later.

A witch with a true horror that may surprise you.