In the summer of 1953, Newfoundland’s had a wave of sea monster sightings. Fishermen and sailors reported strange creatures, newspapers offered rewards, and mystery filled the bays.
Long before vaccines were common, a doctor in Trinity, Newfoundland made history — and all it took was a vial and a friendship.
A seventy-foot sea serpent sighting in Newfoundland’s Bay of Islands sent fishermen fleeing to shore. What was it? A rare whale? A giant eel? Or something even stranger?
Newfoundland’s Trinity Train Loop: once an engineering marvel, later an amusement park, now a haunting ruin where the spectacle never ends.
In 1888, fishermen near Fortune Harbour saw something massive in the water—120 feet long, fast, and unlike anything they'd known.
Harry Supple of St. John’s helped build the Brooklyn Bridge—but died before it was complete. His is a gripping story of skill, danger, and a life cut short midair.
In 1937, a massive sea creature attacked a fishing boat off Tack’s Beach, tearing at the keel and leaving behind three terrifying teeth. Whatever it was—known or unknown—it meant trouble.
No experience? No problem. I took a boatbuilding workshop path the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador in Winterton and left with more than just splinters—this is what it’s like to learn a hands-on piece of Newfoundland history.
Peter Easton ruled Newfoundland’s seas as the legendary “pirate admiral.” Discover his daring exploits, pirate kingdom, and lasting legacy in this thrilling tale of maritime adventure.

A haunted room in St. John’s, a mysterious knocking that wouldn’t stop, and a stranger who never checked out—together build one of the city’s creepiest legends.