The Bluecap: The Mine Spirit of the North Who Expected to Be Paid for His Work
A light-blue flame flickers into existence somewhere in the darkness of the tunnel. It moves with purpose, settling on a […]
Cerberus: The Three-Headed Hound of Hades and the Guardian Nobody Could Pass Twice
At the edge of the living world, where the rivers of the dead run dark and the ferryman takes only
The Púca: Ireland’s Shapeshifting Spirit That Answers to Nobody and Nothing
You are walking home late from the pub, the road dark and the night quiet, when you hear hooves behind
The Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Rider and the Death That Comes When Your Name Is Called
Somewhere on a dark road in the west of Ireland, a rider appears from the mist. He is moving fast,
The Hydra: The Many-Headed Serpent of Lerna and the Monster That Outlived Its Own Death
Cut off one head and two grow back. Cut off two and four replace them. The swamps of Lerna smelled
Sir John de Graham’s Castle: The Forgotten Fortress of Wallace’s Most Trusted Knight
In the Carron Valley west of Falkirk, half hidden by forestry commission land at the edge of a reservoir, a
Elf-Shot: The Ancient Belief That Invisible Fairy Arrows Could Strike You Dead
A farmer steps outside on an ordinary morning to find a cow standing motionless in the field. No visible wound.
The Cù-Sìth: The Giant Green Hound That Hunts the Scottish Highlands
Three barks. That is all the warning you get. The first means the Cù-Sìth has caught your scent somewhere out
The Highgate Vampire: The Night Hundreds of Londoners Stormed a Cemetery to Hunt the Undead
Friday the 13th of March, 1970. Within two hours of a single television broadcast, hundreds of people climbed the gates
The Sphinx of Thebes: The Riddling Monster That Devoured Anyone Who Failed Her Question
A creature with the face of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle sat