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This insect-eating patient of Dr. Seward is enslaved by the Count himself in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Who is Renfield?
This African American folk witch carried on the legendary voodoo traditions of her famous mother in New Orleans.
Who is Marie Laveau?
The zombie virus in Max Brooks’ 2003 novel World War Z is believed to have originated from this continent.
What is Asia?
Pope Gregory IX’s 1233 papal bull Vox in Rama declared these animals agents of Satan long before they were associated with Halloween.
What are black cats?
This Mexican cryptid's name literally translates as, "Goat-sucker."
What is the Chupacabra?
Historically, vampires were often blamed for mysterious deaths during outbreaks of this disease, which causes pale skin and wasting away.
What is tuberculosis (or consumption)?
This enslaved Native American woman was among the first to be accused -- and executed -- during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Who is Tituba (or Bridget Bishop?)
In Ancient Egypt, the heart of the dead was weighed against this object to judge their soul.
What is a feather?
Roman superstition suggested that the sound of this bird outside one's house foretold imminent death for one of its occupants.
What is an owl?
The bunyip, a swamp-dwelling cryptid that hugs its prey to death, is said to stalk the waters of this continent.
What is Australia?
In Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, this character was turned into a vampire as a child and cursed to remain in a child’s body.
Who is Claudia?
This witch from Arthurian legend is sometimes portrayed as King Arthur’s half-sister and rival.
Who is Morgan le Fay?
The word “poltergeist” literally means this in German.
What is "noisy ghost?"
In Celtic Samhain traditions, the war goddess Morrígan watching over battlefields and the dead in the form of these birds.
What are crows?
The Almas, a Mongolian cryptid said to terrorize livestock and villagers in the steppes, is also known as a "blood-drinking" one of these creatures.
What is a horse?
This Eastern European vampire-like spirit is said to be created when an unbaptized child dies.
What is a "strigoi?"
These three witches introduced the world to "double, double, toil and trouble" in Macbeth.
Who are The Weird Sisters?
In Japanese folklore, this vengeful female spirit, often depicted in white funeral garments with long black hair, is said to cause misfortune or death.
What is an onryǒ?
When a witch's brew calls for "eye of newt," it actually needs mustard seeds; similarly, buttercup leaves are the real ingredients poetically described by this bit of animal anatomy.
What is "toe of frog?"
Known as the “American Devil,” the Wendigo is said to roam the forests of the Great Lakes region, especially in winter, according primarily to this Native American tribe.
Who are the Algonquian?
According to some vampiric folklore, one could be prevented from rising as a vampire after death by having this object placed in their mouths.
What is a brick (or stone?)
This is the folkloric name of the witch who lives in a house made of candy in Hansel & Gretel.
Who is Baba Yaga?
The 19th-century tale “The Signal-Man,” written by this author, tells of a series of ghostly warnings before a tragic railway accident.
Who is Charles Dickens?
In 16th-century England, “tarantism” referred to a supposed madness brought on by a cursed spider’s bite, cured only by this activity.
What is dancing?
The Léyak, an Indonesian cryptid, behaves like a very specific vampire, preying exclusively on these kind of people.
Who are pregnant women?