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Whoever stole the shop vac is in for a very big surprise.

With a high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, John Veesart headed outside with a cardboard box, some aluminum foil and a boxed cornbread mix poured into a vintage Griswold cast iron Aebleskiver skillet.

During my study of German folklore, I was surprised to learn that one of the most common folk tale narratives featured treasure hunters - not just "people getting rewarded treasure for a virtuous deed", but people who heard that a treasure was at a certain location, and wanted to get it. They usually failed, but hope springs...

At first, site supervisor and archaeologist Melinda King Wetzel thought she was looking at a fetus from the time of the Egyptian pharaohs....

Two words = Fraud >> Jaime Maussan

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In modern media portrayals, the Devil is often portrayed as this suave mastermind who is always several steps ahead of any mortal. But in German folklore, his portrayal was rather different - quite frequently he was the butt of jokes. The following tale serves as a good example (and one which would not be out of place in an old...

A French woman embarked on a day trip to northern Italy for what appears to have been a ghost-hunting trip. She never made it home....