Myths & Legends
Mythology, folklore, and the legendary creatures and figures that have haunted human imagination across centuries.
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Vampire History: The Real Origins of the World's Most Persistent Legend
Vampire mythology spans thousands of years and dozens of cultures. Behind the folklore lie real historical figures, genuine medical conditions, and a set of fears about death and contamination that are entirely understandable given what people once knew about disease.
Simon Whistler · April 30, 2026 
Moon Myths and Hoaxes: From Cheese to Bat-People to Hollow Spaceship
Humanity has been inventing extraordinary stories about the moon since we first looked up at it. A tour through history's strangest lunar myths — from a Victorian newspaper's bipedal beavers to a Russian theory about alien armour plating.
Simon Whistler · April 28, 2026 
Mothman: What Point Pleasant Actually Saw
Between November 1966 and December 1967, dozens of residents of Point Pleasant, West Virginia reported encounters with a winged figure with glowing red eyes. Thirteen months later, a bridge collapsed. The question was never whether people saw something — but what.
Simon Whistler · April 15, 2026