modern folklore

Empty abandoned shopping mall corridor with distant humanoid silhouette

The Abandoned Mall Stalker

by Elizabeth Fabowale

January 26, 2026

American Cryptids & Monsters·Modern American Monsters

Long before the doors were locked for the final time, the mall had already begun to hollow out. Stores closed one by one, their signs removed but outlines still visible like faded scars. Escalators slowed, then stopped. Music that once played endlessly above the food court fell silent. What remained was not sudden ruin, but gradual forgetting. In Rust Belt

Human shaped figure walking beside a desert highway at night

American Cryptids & Monsters·Modern American Monsters

The Desert Walker of Interstate 8

Interstate 8 stretches across the Southwestern desert like a silver ribbon. During the day it shimmers under the sun. At night it becomes a narrow path through darkness, bordered by scrub and mesas. The highway connects cities and towns, but the land between seems endless. Drivers crossing it after midnight

Parchment-style illustration of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in snowy woods, American folktale.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox: An American Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Strength, Teamwork, and the Power of Legend

Long ago, in the rugged northern forests of America, where towering pines whispered to the wind and the snow stretched farther than

Parchment-style artwork of Davy Crockett firing into the sunrise on a frosty Tennessee hill, American folktale scene.

Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn: An American Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Boasting and Humor

In the early days of the American frontier, when the land stretched wild and untamed across Tennessee, there lived a man whose

A realistic painting of an American alligator resting on a muddy riverbank at dawn, surrounded by misty wetlands and tall grasses under soft golden light.

The American Alligator Legend

In the vast marshes and slow-moving rivers of the southern United States, where the air hangs heavy with mist and the reeds

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