On November 2, 1878 a giant squid came ashore in Thimble Tickle, Newfoundland. It became a world record holder, inspired a life-sized sculpture and appeared on a stamp. It also became dinner.

Old time magic for Halloween in Newfoundland

Murder, macabre justice and mayhem! In 18th century Newfoundland there was a punishment worse than death — the gibbet.

There are mysteries in the deep but from time to time the come to the surface — here are 10 times Newfoundland sea serpents and lake monsters made the news.

The truth is out there… maybe in Gander, Harbour Mille or Random Island, NL

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

On October 19, 1936 some parts of Newfoundland thought the world was ending. Literally.

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.

Tall tales of rum runners and pirates  have obscured the truth behind this Brigus landmark. The real story illustrates the tremendous changes Newfoundland’s rural communities have faced.

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

The first time Queen Elizabeth II appeared on a postage stamp it was in 1932… and it was in Newfoundland.