How two spine-chilling TV shows are bringing Indigenous ghost stories to life
Two new TV series are giving Indigenous ghost legends the anthology treatment. APTN series Tales from the Rez is based on Blackfoot ghost stories, while the Fibe TV1 series Creepy Cape Breton focuses on Mi’kmaw ghost stories commonly shared on the Nova Scotia island.
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![Tales from the Rez is a new APTN lumi series that takes popular Blackfoot urban legends and adapts them for a horror-comedy anthology. A photo of a man with wounds on his face holding with a cross in the foreground and bright light beaming behind him.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7000063.1697645252!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/tales-from-the-rez.jpg)
Two new TV series are giving Indigenous ghost legends the anthology treatment. APTN series Tales from the Rez is based on Blackfoot ghost stories, while the Fibe TV1 series Creepy Cape Breton focuses on Mi’kmaw ghost stories commonly shared on the Nova Scotia island.