The backstory for the film is a legend created by Myrick and Sánchez which is detailed in The Curse of the Blair Witch, a
The fictional tale describes the murders and disappearances of some of the residents of … See more

Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard, student filmmakers, set out to shoot a documentary about the Blair Witch. In the Black Hills forest near Burkittsville, Maryland, many children had vanished i… See more

In October 2017, Sánchez and the rest of the film's creative team were developing a Blair Witch television series, though he pointed out that any decisions would ultimately be up to Lionsgate now that they own the rig… See more

Four mockumentaries on the Blair Witch were produced to promote the films. The first being Curse of the Blair Witch which aired on the Syfy Channel in 1999, prior to the release of The Blair Witch Project, and the second … See more

In September 1999, D.A. Stern compiled The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier. Perpetuating the film's "true story" angle, the dossier consisted of fabricated police reports, pictures, interviews, and newspaper … See more