Trinidad and Tobago Is Home to Some of the Caribbean’s Most Unsettling Folklore

Merfolk who grant wishes, a demon woman with a cow’s hoof for a foot, and fireballs that drain the blood of sleeping men — the folklore most visitors to Trinidad and Tobago never hear about.

Onryo: The Japanese Tradition Behind the Most Terrifying Ghosts

Dressed in white, with long black hair and a thirst for vengeance: The onryo has been terrorizing Japan for centuries.

Alfaborg, the Remote Icelandic Hill Where Half the Village Believes in Elves

In a remote region of the eastern fjords, Icelandic tradition locates one of the world’s most iconic places for elves.