Spook Light News Today

NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. (KSNF/KODE) — Since it was first mentioned in a publication more than a century ago, many names have been given to the mysterious, dancing or flickering light, that to this day, people continually claim to have witnessed. The light is known as The Joplin Spook Light, Tri-State Spook Light, and the Hornet […]

When it comes to Native history, laughter makes as much of an impact as tears, writes Vanessa Lillie. “Reservation Dogs” doesn’t spare you either.

The spook light that appears near Joplin, Missouri has been a mystery for a century and a half with no scientific explanation as of this date. There is a new theory that claims ghosts aren't responsible for the mysterious lights that sometimes appear on the horizon in that part of Missouri, but something else entirely otherworldly.

KSNF/KODE — Spooky tales in the Ozarks have been recorded as far back as the early 1800s, and before that, folktales were surely told around the campfires of pioneers, settlers, and Native Americans. One of the most notable tales in the area is the Spook Light phenomenon, a mysterious orb of light that can travel […]

It spread Anglo-European culture across the nation and caused trade to flourish, but the story of the Chinese labourers who built the track has largely been forgotten.

Smuggled out of Japan, he became the US' first permanent Japanese resident and helped birth California's wine industry.

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.

A floating orange ball over the famed US route has puzzled travellers for 150 years. And while most agree that the so-called Hornet Spook Light exists, few agree on what causes it.