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.
Mrs. Coyle and the Corpse
The story of Mrs. Nancy Coyle — a woman reputed to have raised the dead in 19th century St. John’s, NL
The Terrible, Awful, Probably Preventable, Great Fire of 1892
On a hot summer day in 1892 a horrible fire swept through St. John’s. It left eleven-thousand people homeless and forever changed the face of the city.
Mermaids, Pirates and Propaganda
The story of pirate Peter Easton and the tale of Newfoundland’s most famous mermaid share one point of connection — Richard Whitbourne.