New Mexico is famous for its spine-tingling legends, no doubt due to its rich history. Everything from the paranormal with Roswell UFOs and the mysterious Taos Hum, to spiritual apparitions like La Mala Hora and La Llorona.

As a young boy, I used to sit at night and watch small lights moving across the Bartlett Mesa behind our house in Raton.  My siblings used to tell me that the lights were La Llorona traveling across the mesa and that if I didn’t behave she would come and get me!  As the yo...