A spectral force reportedly afflicted John Bell and his daughter Betsy beginning around 1817.
The story of the Bell Witch has persisted for more than two centuries as one of America’s most intricately layered pieces of supernatural folklore, blending frontier memory, family tragedy, political rumor, and the evolution of American ghost storytelling. Its central legend is rooted in the early nineteenth century experiences of the Bell family of Red River, Tennessee, where a spectral force reportedly afflicted John Bell and his daughter Betsy beginning around 1817.
Among the most recognizable tools of the Spiritualist movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Spirit trumpets, also known as séance trumpets, were among the most recognizable tools of the Spiritualist movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their primary function was to amplify or channel the voices of spirits during séances, where mediums claimed to communicate with the dead.
One of the most enduring figures in European mythology.
The Woodwose, sometimes referred to as the “wild man of the woods,” is one of the most enduring figures in European mythology, an emblem of untamed nature existing on the border between man and beast. The term “Woodwose” derives from the Old English wudu-wāsa, meaning “wood-being” or “forest dweller,” and similar linguistic roots appear in other European traditions, such as the Old High German schrat or scrato.
The museum is Self-Guided. On average it takes 45 minutes to an hour. It all depends on your level of interest in the subject of Bigfoot and Bigfoot research.
The Bigfoot Exhibition in the Blue Ridge area — most widely known as Expedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch Museum — is a curious and surprisingly thorough shrine to one of America’s favorite modern legends. Tucked along Highway 515 just outside Blue Ridge, Georgia, in the small community of Cherry Log.
An enormous, terrestrial spider.
The J’Ba Fofi is a creature of the Congo Basin’s folklore and modern cryptozoological imagination, most often described not as a bipedal ape but as an enormous, terrestrial spider.
A serpent or dragon-like creature of staggering size.
The Cirein-cròin, a creature of Scottish Gaelic legend, is among the most formidable and enigmatic sea monsters in Celtic folklore. Said to inhabit the cold, dark waters off the coast of Scotland, this mythical beast is described in lore as a serpent or dragon-like creature of staggering size, so immense that it could devour seven whales in a single sitting.
Whistling in the darkness is an invitation to danger.
The belief that one should never whistle at night is an ancient superstition found in many cultures around the world, and while its origins differ from region to region, the underlying theme is the same: whistling in the darkness is an invitation to danger. In preindustrial societies, nighttime represented a period of vulnerability when predators roamed, visibility was low, and unseen forces seemed to stir.
A spooky 200-square-mile area in southeastern Massachusetts.
The Bridgewater Triangle is a roughly 200-square-mile area in southeastern Massachusetts that has become one of the most notorious regions in the United States for reports of unexplained phenomena. The term was first coined by cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in the late 1970s to describe what he viewed as an unusual concentration of
Neighbors reported seeing Robert move from window to window when no one was home.
Robert the Doll is one of the most infamous haunted objects in American folklore, its story beginning in the early 1900s in Key West, Florida. The doll, which stands about three feet tall and wears a sailor suit, was originally owned by Robert Eugene “Gene” Otto, a young boy from a prominent family. Some accounts suggest it was a gift from a servant with knowledge of voodoo, while others indicate it was manufactured by the German Steiff Company.
More to report on, here in the summer of 2025.
These individuals have performed in the highly successful rock band, Brewer and Shipley; was the drummer for the band the Pretty Things; was an American anthropologist and academic, an expert on foot morphology and locomotion in primates; and was an actress in movies such as All the President’s Men, Gremlins and Mrs. Doubtfire, and played the character Flo, in the television series Alice and Flo.
