Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horror movies and crime shows often tell stories about evil “voodoo doctors” who terrorize their victims with black magic. Even ...

PORTO-NOVO, Benin (AP) — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get ...

Voodoo in the American South isn’t just folklore - it’s music, mystery, candlelit rituals, whispered spells, and powerful women who commanded respect, fear, and fascination. These queens weren’t just ...

Erol Josue lost more than two dozen friends and extended family in Haiti's devastating earthquake. The Voodoo priest, who lives in New York, says he has spent the past week saying traditional Voodoo ...

Ricardo Petit-Homme left Haiti when he was four, and was raised a staunch Catholic. "From christening to penance and then confirmation, I did it all," the 30-year-old interior decorator said. But not ...