Connecticut has a long history of folklore, going back thousands of years with Native Americans, and more than four hundred years with Europeans. Some creepy things have happened there, some of which...
Category - American Folklore
Colorado: American Folklore, Part 6
Colorado has plenty of its own unique folklore, going all the way back thousands of years into the early times of habitation by the first Native Americans. These are some of the more intriguing tales...
California: American Folklore, Part 5
Explore California’s Dark Watchers, Turnbull Canyon, Joshua Tree legends, Char Man, and the Bodie curse, with history behind the stories.
Arizona: American Folklore, Part 3
Explore Arizona’s Phoenix Lights, Mogollon Monster, chupacabra, and ghost stories from Prescott and Flagstaff, with history behind the legends.
Arkansas: American Folklore, Part 4
Explore Arkansas’s White River Monster, Gowrow, Dog Boy ghost, Gurdon Light, and Spanish treasure stories, with history behind the legends.
Alaska: American Folklore, Part 2
Explore Alaska’s northern lights legends, disappearance stories, mysterious creatures, and Sitka’s castle ghost, with the history behind the tales.
Alabama: American Folklore, Part 1
Explore Alabama’s vanishing farmer, river-serpent tales, Huggin’ Molly, Sally Carter, and the haunted playground, with the history behind the legends.
Exploring Wisconsin’s Rich Folklore
Wisconsin has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. At that time, it has racked up plenty of folklore tales of its own. Some are ancient tales, and some are more modern, but all are...
American Folklore: Texas
Texas has a long and storied history of human habitation. Native American tribes of too many names to count, some long lost to history, have lived there, as have the Spanish, French, Mexicans, and...
American Folklore: Ohio
Ohio has a deep history of human habitation, one of the longest documented ones via the archaeological record in North America. It has had a long time to develop some interesting folklore. From...
American Folklore: North Dakota
North Dakota has a history of human habitation going back thousands of years. Native American tribes made it their home, undisturbed by Europeans, until the early 1700s, and it was not heavily...
American Folklore: North Carolina
North Carolina has a long history of human habitation. In that time, it has racked up some impressive folklore tales associated with its people and landscape. Tales range from the creepy to the...
American Folklore: New York
New York has a long and interesting history going back thousands of years to Native American times. It has been a French fur trapping outpost, a Dutch colony, a British colony, and one of the...
American Folklore: New Mexico
New Mexico has a long and storied history, beginning with the Native Americans, then the Spanish explorers, then Mexico, then the United States. It has plenty of its own intriguing folklore to share...
American Folklore: New Jersey
New Jersey has a long history with Native Americans, Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers. It is also one of the original thirteen British American colonies, and home to some important and decisive...