ASIAZheztyrnak: Kazakh Folklore’s Copper-Clawed Demon
Zheztyrnak — жезтырнақ in Kazakh, literally “copper claw” — is the shapeshifting demon of the Kazakh steppe who appears ...
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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
A black bird with a blood-red beak lands on a fresh coffin lid at night. It pecks. It listens. That's Than Trung (Thần T...
IndiaBaba Harbhajan Singh: The Sikkim Soldier His Army Still Won’t Let Go
Every year, a jeep leaves a Border Roads post near the Nathu La pass carrying one man's luggage to a train station 60 mi...
JapanIs Kuchisake-onna Real? The 1979 Panic, Explained
Short answer: no — there is no verified case of anyone being attacked by a slit-mouthed woman. But the fear itself was r...
ThailandIs Krasue Real? The Truth About Thailand’s Floating Head
Short answer: no independently verified case of a woman's head detaching and floating with her organs attached has ever ...