Nearly 200 years ago, two young men robbed a bank in England and found themselves hiding out in St. John’s, NL. They staged a daring prison break and left Newfoundland with a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

Until January 2nd, 1947 Newfoundlanders drove on the left — as they do in the UK and Australia. This is the story of the island’s transition to right-hand traffic.

Gander International Airport has welcomed its share of world leaders… but only one has ever asked to borrow a toboggan.

It’s Christmas and there are mummers throughout Newfoundland, but there’s more to mummering than meets the eye — it’s a surprisingly diverse tradition. 

More than 200 years ago a Sarah Singleton trekked miles through the woods to find her missing brother and came face-to-face with an axe murderer.

Newfoundland’s John Anderson was ahead of his time… by more than an hour. He was a leader in the fight for daylight savings time.

The story of Mrs. Nancy Coyle — a woman reputed to have raised the dead in 19th century St. John’s, NL

Some 200-hundred years ago, on a frosty winter night an unseen menace stalked the town of Elliston, Newfoundland & Labrador

The harrowing tale of a 12 year-old boy from Portugal Cove, Newfoundland and his encounter with a giant squid.

On Regatta Day in 1932 parts of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula received a whopping 20cm of hail.

Defying the tragic history of the Island of the Dead, 17 year-old Ann Harvey took on the impossible and rescued more than 150 shipwrecked immigrants from a windswept rock off southwestern Newfoundland.

On a hot summer day in 1892 a horrible fire swept through St. John’s. It left eleven-thousand people homeless and forever changed the face of the city.

On June 26, 1930 a horrible storm with giant hail pelted the small town of Lumsden and wrecked havoc all along Newfoundland’s east coast.

“Everyone was harried with fear, but they could not take their eyes of the monster which seemed to have life.” That’s how the St. John’s Daily Star described the fateful visit of US blimp C-5 to the city in 1919.

The story of pirate Peter Easton and the tale of Newfoundland’s most famous mermaid share one point of connection — Richard Whitbourne.

How bad can a Newfoundland winter get? How about snow drifts in the governor’s bedroom? Not that the governor complained much - he couldn’t, he ended up pickled in a barrel of rum.

Owing to its name, Dildo may be one of the best known communities in Newfoundland and Labrador. How the town got such an unusual name is a matter of debate.

John B. Garland, Newfoundland’s first speaker of the legislature, had an interesting hobby — making blood collages.

It’s often said Newfoundland’s first legislature was held in a tavern. What’s less-well-known is that they failed to pay their tab and that the owner, Mary Travers, collected her due in a way the government wouldn’t soon forget.

Kicking the concern and other strange Newfoundland Christmas customs.