Wandering an old dark place at night sounds pretty scary, but you can take comfort in the fact that ghostly encounters can be explained by natural phenomena: no “super-” prefix necessary.

Why do people supposedly see a woman in pictures sent from Mars by the Curiosity Rover? For the same reason that people see Pepe the Frog in their toast, or Jesus in a tortilla: a phenomenon known as pareidolia.

With the right questions, and careful observation, a ghost story can transform from a spooky anecdote to a scientific experiment.

Howcast - If your home seems to have more than just your own family in residence, conduct your own paranormal investigation and figure out who -- or what -- is crashing at your pad.

You will get chills in this Welsh castle known for its ghost sightings and paranormal activity, featured in the TV series Ghost Hunters International and Most Haunted.

John Keel's book "The Mothman Prophecies" and its 2002 film adaptation significantly popularized the Mothman legend beyond Point Pleasant. Keel, a journalist and paranormal investigator, visited Point Pleasant in 1966 to investigate...

Following the initial sighting of Mothman on November 15, 1966, at least eight more people reported seeing similar creatures over the next three days. Eyewitnesses described the creature as large, with wings and glowing red eyes, often...

The legend of Mothman began in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s. He is described as a six-foot humanoid creature with massive wings and glowing red eyes. Eyewitness accounts from the 1960s detail encounters with the creature,...

An urban legend that exploits our fears of an obstructed gaze and the deeply unsettling idea that the youngest of our species are out to destroy us, the lore of Black-Eyed Children, or Black-Eyed Kids, is a modern construction. But the...

The pontianak, or kuntilanak, has long been a staple of Malay horror. In addition to serving as an allegory for the tension between traditional and modern cultural and spiritual practices, these monsters gave name to a real city. In this...

19th century London and the hunting ground of Spring-Heeled Jack. The fire-breathing, wall-leaping, claw-wielding devil attacked women in their homes and in the streets, terrorizing England for more than 50 years. Learn how Spring-Heeled...

Originating in the stories and beliefs of the southeastern Indigenous peoples of Australia, accounts of the bunyip are widely varied. This episode uses Aboriginal stories, historical records, and fossils to explore the bunyip legend, and...

Did you know there are two different types of chupacabras? Or that these bloodsucking monsters only starting popping up 25 years ago? Sightings of el chupacabras, the “goatsucker,” began in Puerto Rico in 1994 for a very real reason—the...

A harmless parlor game or a gateway to another world? Discover the history of the Ouija Board.

¿Cómo surgió el misterio de que en este lugar desaparecen barcos y aviones? ¿Qué es el Triángulo de las Bermudas?

Resumen: El mito del Triángulo de las Bermudas se originó a partir de un accidente aéreo en 1945. Sin embargo,...

¡El gran misterio ha sido descubierto! ¡Tenemos la respuesta a la pregunta que nunca ha sido contestada! ¿Si la gallina fue primero, de dónde salió? ¿Si el huevo fue primero, quién lo puso?

The monastery was built in around 1739 from local sandstone but only thirty three years later it was burned to the ground, It was rebuilt but it never regained anything like its former glory. Another fire in 1822 destroyed the roof and...

The history and mystical origin of the Ouija board