Just one day after the Roswell UFO incident made headlines, four glowing objects streaked across the skies over Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador — sparking local fears that Earth might have more extraterrestrial visitors.

On Christmas Eve, 1726, Paddy Kelly met something on the road near Keels — a black cat that seemed to growing larger with every step it took.

Legends tell of a black-sailed ship that appears before tragedy—fire, famine, or shipwreck—and some say she still haunts Newfoundland’s coast today.

In the early 20th century a mysterious light glowed Trinity Bay and it got people talking. Was it sabotage?

After a deadly collision in 1869, the Charles Haskell became the most feared schooner in North Atlantic history when her crew claimed be haunted by ghostly fishermen.

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.

In the quiet of a St. Lawrence morning, something strange came calling — a strange light on the stairs. One family would never be the same. Read this tale inspired by an old Newfoundland ghost story.

A forgotten house in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador holds a dark secret—where the dead do not rest, and those who wake in the night may find they are not alone.

A love lost, a restless spirit, and a cursed town... Can they escape the past, or will the whispers on the wind pull them back? Find out in the old Newfoundland Boxing Day tale.

On Boxing Day, Martha’s lonely world changes when a mysterious mummer arrives with a song that brings back memories of lost love. A dance and a promise fulfilled make for the strangest Christmas miracle ever.

In 1889 there was a mysterious light appeared off the coast of Lawn. It was bright enough that some believed it posed a risk to mariners.

Once upon a time, on the coast of Newfoundland, the fear of witches was real… so people developed a set of tools to protected themselves.

Poltergeists in Flatrock? One Newfoundland newspaper paper seemed to think so when a series of unexplained fires plagued a family in the community in the early 1950s.

In 1960 a strange story made the Newfoundland news — a headless ghost had been spotted in Bannerman Park.

In September 1775 a horrible hurricane hit Newfoundland, killing thousands of people and spawning ghost stories still told today.

According to legend, 200 years ago a mysterious black stag was seen on the road near St. Bride's, Placentia Bay. Soon after there were a series of unexplained deaths.

An old Newfoundland tale of a love strong enough to blur the lines of life and death. This story was featured on the 2024 Halloween episode of CBC’s The Broadcast.

152 years ago, Mrs. Ellen Dower of Conche, NL, was worried — worried enough, according to legend, to bend the rules of time and space.

Newfoundland’s scary stories weren’t just for fun — they warned kids of real dangers. From ghost dogs to haunted mills, discover the creepy tales that kept generations safe.

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

Old time magic for Halloween in Newfoundland

Re-telling of a folktale about how the devil came to leave his mark in a rock outside Fortune Harbour, Newfoundland.

Haunted, historic and open to the public — five of the most convenient places to encounter a ghost in Newfoundland.

A little more than a century ago a newspaper’s bizarre tale of a pirate treasure and spectral dogs on the shores of Quidi Vidi created a sensation in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

On September 14, 1896 St. John’s city workers made a gruesome discovery under Military Road.

Just over 300 years ago dreaded pirate Bartholomew Roberts set his sights on Newfoundland and began a 2-week reign of terror. Maybe.

On March 30, 1826 Mark Rudkin shot John Philpot in a duel. It was Newfoundland’s last death by duel but was it murder?

Phantom weather lights, jack o’lanterns and carving far-creepier-than-anticipated halloween turnips in Newfoundland.

The Mockbeggar neighbourhood in Bonavista, Newfoundland has long carried a reputation for being haunted — and with mystery graves, ghostly sightings, and generations of strange stories, it’s easy to see why.