Baron Samedi (Baron Saturday, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi) is one of the Loa or spirits of Haitian Vodou. He is the head of the Guédé family of Loa, or an aspect of them ...

According to Haitian folklore, when a person dies, Baron Samedi digs up their grave greets their soul and leads them to the underworld. And on the Day of the Dead many Haitians flock to the Baron ...

30. -- A letter from a historical society in Albany to Assemblyman Louis F. Goodsell in relation to the skeleton of a supposed Hessian soldier who was killed over 100 years ago at the battle of ...