The first attack occurred in June 1764, when a large, unknown animal attacked a young woman tending cattle near Langogne. She survived only because the bulls in her herd drove the creature away. A few ...

There's a ton of mystery and lore that surrounds vampires, those blood-sucking creatures of the night, but what really inspired those tales? One related event caused the New England Vampire Panic!

When the Beast arrived in Gévaudan, the region was in the cold clutches of the Little Ice Age. The Seven Year’s War had ended in 1763, leaving France defeated and in economic peril. Gévaudan, a ...

Children’s activities at Syracuse library• Clinton board to meet• Haunted Walk this weekend at EEC• Adult activities at ...

It is 1764, and France is licking its wounds after the Seven Years’ War. The kingdom has exhausted itself financially and lost territory abroad. To make matters worse, intense panic has erupted in the ...