American stories carry a value system; they always do. It is parabolic, and there's a lot of hidden meaning inside stories.

It's that time of year again when you grab a tub of popcorn and settle in for a cozy evening with a familiar slasher film—a ...

This exploration traces the haunting history of America’s “Big 5” monsters — Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, the ...

If you’re Black, you’ve been told by someone in your family about some haint, a reappearing phantom or a folktale that left you with chills. In honor of spooky season coming, it’s only right for us to ...

It is one of many tales prevalent in American culture that go beyond the boundaries of the people who call the Appalachian ...

LOS ANGELES -- In Hulu's latest true-crime documentary "Blood & Myth," embark on a haunting journey as one man sets off to investigate a terrifying paranormal connection and unearths a story where ...

Foreword : The politics of "Negro folklore" / by Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Introduction : Recovering a cultural tradition / by Maria Tatar -- AFRICAN TALES. Making sense of the world with Anansi : ...

Carving jack-o'-lanterns started long before the legend of the Headless Horseman. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Cindy Ott, author of "Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon." ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A favorite festival is returning to celebrate African American Folklore in Jackson Ward. A mother and daughter team with the Elegba Folklore Society with the Juneteenth Freedom ...