ASIAMaria Labo: The Philippine Aswang Legend of the Cannibal Mother
Maria Labo doesn't lurk in a forest or wait under a bridge. She's a mother — an ordinary overseas worker who came home f...
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ASIA ASIAKhara-Khoto: The Black City’s Ghost Soldiers and Cursed Well
Ruins don't usually come with a warning label, but Khara-Khoto's has held for six centuries: don't dig in the wells, and...
ASIAKalu Kumaraya: Sri Lanka’s Incubus Prince of Pathaha Pokuna
Villagers near Udugampola, Sri Lanka, still point to a stone-lined pond called Pathaha Pokuna and lower their voices. Ka...
ASIAZheztyrnak: Kazakh Folklore’s Copper-Clawed Demon
Zheztyrnak — жезтырнақ in Kazakh, literally “copper claw” — is the shapeshifting demon of the Kazakh steppe who appears ...
MalaysiaThe Yellow Volkswagen of Malaysia’s Karak Highway
A yellow Volkswagen Beetle with no driver cruises the Karak Highway (Lebuhraya Karak) outside Kuala Lumpur, drifting in ...
IndiaDow Hill, Kurseong: The Headless Boy Legend
Dow Hill sits above the town of Kurseong in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, and it has a specific reputation: locals ...
TaiwanXinhai Tunnel: Taipei’s Most Haunted Road
Xinhai Tunnel (辛亥隧道) is a road tunnel in Taipei that opened in 1972, cutting through Mt. Fuzhou to connect the Daan and ...
ASIADrukgyel Dzong: Bhutan’s Ruined Fortress and Its Ghost Legend
Drukgyel Dzong doesn't have doors anymore. It has a gate, blackened stone walls, and a view over the Paro valley that ha...
VietnamThe Big C Hải Phòng Ghost: Vietnam’s 2009 Refrigerator Delivery Legend
In 2009, a story spread across the northern Vietnamese port city of Hải Phòng about a beautiful young woman who bought a...
ASIAThan Trung: Vietnam’s New-Grave Spirit Behind Trung Tang
<p>A black bird with a blood-red beak lands on a fresh coffin lid at night. It pecks. It listens. That's Than Trung (Th&...