
Product of Newfoundland
This is a blog about Newfoundland: The strange truths, tall tales & pop culture of a foggy island.
Stories
Elfreda Pike’s Last Walk Home
On a moonlit January night in 1870, 16-year-old Elfreda Pike began a walk home from Harbour Grace—unaware it would be her last.
The Shallow Bay Axe Murderer
More than 200 years ago a Sarah Singleton trekked miles through the woods to find her missing brother and came face-to-face with an axe murderer.
The Gruesome Gibbets of Newfoundland
Murder, macabre justice and mayhem! In 18th century Newfoundland there was a punishment worse than death — the gibbet.