UncategorizedAka Manto: The True Story Behind Japan’s Red Cloak Bathroom Spirit
Most Japanese ghost stories give you something to run from. Aka Manto gives you something to answer: a voice from the ne...
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Uncategorized UncategorizedNakagusuku Kogen Hotel: Okinawa’s Abandoned “Cursed” Resort
For nearly half a century, a skeleton of raw concrete stood on a hilltop in Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, roughly fifty metre...
EUROPEThis Man: The Face Thousands Swore They Dreamed About
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EUROPESker House and the Maid of Sker: Wales’s True Ghost Story
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EUROPELa Befana: The Italian Witch Who Still Hasn’t Found Bethlehem
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FranceThe Dancing Plague of 1518: Strasbourg’s Deadly Dance
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EUROPEHans Trapp: The Alsace Christmas Scarecrow Demon
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EUROPEGrýla and the Yule Lads
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EUROPEChangeling: The Fairy Child-Swap Legend That Turned Deadly
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EUROPEMoroi: Romania’s Living Vampire and How It Differs From Strigoi
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