Monsters

A guide called the Amduat helped pharaohs navigate the complex afterlife.

From traditional Japanese log riding to charitable llama races in Colorado, this photographer has seen it all.

From haunting tales of the Bell Witch to child-eating swamp monsters, the season is full of frights.

The Madan people knew the Missouri River could bring both salvation and destruction.

But make sure you bring the fossegrim the proper offering—or else.

Nahuelito’s plesiosaur visage can be found all over the small town of Bariloche.

The sun is out and the monsters are here.

But its complex Aboriginal Australian origins have today been commodified and suppressed.

For our two-year pod-iversary we're headed back to some of the coolest places we've taken you recently.

An exhibition in Berlin celebrates a century of one of the most famous, and complicated, vampire stories.

At Milwaukee’s Krampusnacht, we go in search of the essence of Santa’s unholy enforcer.

How a fearsome Penobscot Nation legend became a mascot of outdoor adventure seekers.

The source of storms and an (occasional) kidnapper, the massive ancient beast has inspired muscle cars and jet fighters.

There's more to this 19th-century crime than the dark side of fairy lore.