Three Finger Jack: The Outlaw Jamaica Still Talks About
Jack Mansong, better known as Three Finger Jack, is one of Jamaica’s most famous outlaws. He escaped slavery around 1780, raided travellers in the hills…
Jack Mansong, better known as Three Finger Jack, is one of Jamaica’s most famous outlaws. He escaped slavery around 1780, raided travellers in the hills…
Caribbean folklore is crowded with creatures that walk backward, shed their skin or lure lost children into the bush. These stories crossed the islands with…
Baron Samedi is one of the most recognizable figures in Haitian Vodou. Popular culture often paints him as a villain in a top hat. In…
A duppy is the restless spirit of a dead person in Jamaican folklore. The word has spread across the Caribbean, but Jamaica claims the richest…
A castle stands on a limestone bluff in central Romania. A man who never saw it made it famous. So did a vampire who never…
You can build a Ti-Bolom. That detail unsettles Saint Lucians most. A small devil walks the island and a person chooses to make it. Most…
In December 1882, Philadelphia was shaken by a grave-robbing scandal at Lebanon Cemetery, an African-American burial ground. The cemetery’s superintendent and three accomplices were caught…
Umm Al Duwais is a figure of beauty and terror in the UAE desert.
As the much-anticipated release of Nosferatu revives our fascination with the undead, it’s the perfect time to sink our teeth into a list of the…
The Ghaf tree has stood as a symbol of survival in the desert of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its practicality made it an essential…
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