When Archdeacon Forristal met a ‘corpse’ who sat up mid-procession to greet him, he discovered that in Newfoundland, even death bows to practicality — and capelin.

In 1889 there was a mysterious light appeared off the coast of Lawn. It was bright enough that some believed it posed a risk to mariners.

London! New York! Baccalieu! From globe-trotting music hall hit to kitchen parties in the cove, there’s a strange story behind ‘Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor’ becoming a Newfoundland folk music classic.

In a roundabout way, the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake may have led to a classic Newfoundland kitchen party song and a successful Canadian folk-rock band.

Mockbeggar in Bonavista, Newfoundland has reputation for being a haunted places... for good reason. Ghosts and mystery bodies abound.