Orang Bunian: Indonesia’s Hidden People, Now on Screen in Urang Bunian
A new Indonesian horror film is bringing an old fear back into theaters. Urang Bunian, directed by Rendy Herpy from a screenplay he co-wrote with Johansyah Jumberan, is…
Suanggi: Indonesia’s Shapeshifting Witch of the Eastern Isles
A cat slips through an open window at night. In most of the world, nobody looks twice. In parts of…
Namahage: The True Story Behind Akita’s New Year Demons
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Inunaki Village: The Japanese Legend Where the Constitution Ends
Somewhere in the mountains of Fukuoka Prefecture, according to the story, there is a sign nailed to a tree at…
Yamauba: The Mountain Hag Who Might Feed You, or Eat You
A traveler loses the trail at dusk somewhere in the mountains of old Japan. Smoke rises from a hut he…
Hitori Kakurenbo: Japan’s One-Man Hide-and-Seek Ritual
Hide-and-seek needs at least two people. That's the whole premise of Hitori Kakurenbo, a Japanese internet ritual whose name translates…
Red Room (Akai Heya): The Pop-Up That Was Never Supposed to Exist
A window opens on your screen. The background is red. A child's voice starts singing a nursery rhyme you half-recognize…
Kyotou-o: Japan’s Giant-Headed Village Legend Gets a Movie
On August 21, 2026, a Japanese film studio dropped the first teaser for a movie based on one of the…
Seili: The Finnish Island Where Nobody Was Sent to Come Back
There's a small island in the Turku archipelago, in southwest Finland, where patients were once told to bring their own…
Mohatta Palace: The Karachi Mansion Built for a Dying Wife’s Sea Air
The pink stone catches the light differently at dusk. That's the first thing most visitors notice about Mohatta Palace, sitting…
Harastølen: Norway’s Abandoned Sanatorium Ghost Story
A window on the fourth floor of Harastølen still has a curtain in it. Nobody has lived in the building…
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Bokor Hill Station: Cambodia's Ghost Town in the Clouds Ninety minutes from Kampot, a two-lane road climbs through cloud forest…
Huize Ivicke: The Abandoned Manor Haunting Wassenaar
Behind a rusted gate in Wassenaar, a wealthy suburb wedged between Leiden and The Hague, sits a Danish-style hunting lodge…