In 1612, the Lancashire witch trials occurred in England where a 9-year-old girl testified her mother and neighbors were witches. Ten people hanged.

Western Pomerania is home to the Crooked Forest, an intriguing display of curved pine trees that defy explanation. What are the theories and facts?

Santa Claus and Krampus have become related in history, but are different traditions. These are the origins of Santa Claus and Krampus.

There are several recorded cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion that achieved notoriety. Here are some examples.

Was the ominous tale of the S.S. Ourang Medan a mariner’s seafaring tale designed to scare, frighten or dissuade or a genuine ill-fated ship?

The scream of the Banshee, known locally as caoine or keening, was firmly believed to be a harbinger of impending death.

What did happen to Thomas Farrant the day after Christmas 1867? Did he jump or was he pushed? Only three people knew the answer to that.

Margaret Schilling died in 1979 trapped in an empty room of a mental health center. Her body left a stain on the floor that remains there to this day.