Product of Newfoundland
Trivia, Folklore & Assorted Nonsense
The yarns that knit ya. A blog about Newfoundland: Strange Truths, Tall Tales & Pop culture from a Foggy Island.
Mummers, Murder and Mayhem
Not every mummer story has a happy ending. In 1860 a group of mummers killed a man in Bay Roberts , NL — that was only one incident in a string of violent behaviour.
The Gruesome Gibbets of Newfoundland
Murder, macabre justice and mayhem! In 18th century Newfoundland there was a punishment worse than death — the gibbet.