WEEKI WACHEE (CBSMiami/AP) -- Florida's city of Weeki Wachee was officially founded in 1966 in order to put its famous live mermaid attraction onto maps and road signs, but now the city has been ...

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic. OK. A lot of little girls ...

WEEKI WACHEE — The water is cold, but I’m too nervous to shiver. Instead, I propel my arms forward and think graceful thoughts. Flashes of purple and blue tails from my siren sisters flicker nearby.

WEEKI WACHEE GARDENS, Fla. — Susan Backlinie, the famed "Jaws" actress and stuntwoman who played the shark's first victim, has died. She was 77 years old. Her agent confirmed to The Daily Jaws, a ...

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida has enchanted visitors since 1947 with underwater performances by "real" mermaids. Visitors can still watch daily mermaid shows, which involve women donning ...

We are sitting on three intimate rows of wooden benches in a dark, cool room, staring at a giant saltwater aquarium that stretches before us. An immense stingray, small shark and colorful fish glide ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Susan Backlinie, famously known as the first victim in the 1975 film "Jaws," has died, Fox News Digital can confirm. Her husband of 30 years, Harvey Swindall, said her death was ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The first “victim” to fall to the shark in Steven Spielberg’s iconic “Jaws” film was once a Weeki Wachee mermaid. Susan Backlinie portrays Chrissie Watkins, the shark’s first ...

When swimsuit-clad young women cavorted in the freshwater springs of Weeki Wachee, Fla., in October 1947, it seemed so fantastic, many visitors couldn't believe the performers were actually underwater ...