Whip-poor-wills appear in the Stephen King novel "Salem's Lot" and other works of American horror. Photo by Pixabay/Pexels In one of the most haunting scenes of Stephen King's 1975 novel Salem's Lot, ...

At 5 a.m. on May 19th I awoke abruptly to a loud sound just outside the bedroom door. As the cobwebs cleared my mind, I realized I was hearing a whip-poor-will. Having heard whip-poor-wills only five ...

An illustration, drawn and engraved, of an eastern whip-poor-will, by Richard Polydore Nodder. Florilegius/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In one of the most haunting scenes of Stephen King’s ...

In one of the most haunting scenes of Stephen King’s 1975 novel Salem’s Lot, a gravedigger named Mike Ryerson races to bury the coffin of a local boy named Danny Glick. As night approaches, a ...

In one of the most haunting scenes of Stephen King's 1975 novel Salem's Lot, a gravedigger named Mike Ryerson races to bury the coffin of a local boy named Danny Glick. As night approaches, a ...