Kuchisake-onna, the Slit-Mouthed Woman
“Am I pretty?” The masked woman who terrified Japan in 1979, her roots in the Edo period and the rules for surviving her: the in-between answer, the sweets and the pomade.
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“Am I pretty?” The masked woman who terrified Japan in 1979, her roots in the Edo period and the rules for surviving her: the in-between answer, the sweets and the pomade.
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The song “Gloomy Sunday” is also known as the Hungarian suicide song because of a legend related to it. The
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Nattramn is the stage name of singer Mikael Nilsson, from the Swedish band “Silencer”. Around this character there are a
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In short Who: Gilles de Laval, Baron de Rais (Champtocé, c. 1405 – Nantes, 26 October 1440). Who he was:
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Lizzie Borden was a woman accused in 1892 of murdering her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, and then
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In short What it is: the Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis, the “Linen Book of Zagreb”, the longest known Etruscan text. When:
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The garrote was a device used to carry out the death penalty, used mainly in Spain. It basically consisted of
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Between late 2005 and summer 2006, in the town of South Shields, in north-east England, a young couple and their
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In short Who: Vincenzo Verzeni (Bottanuco, 11 April 1849 – Bottanuco, 31 December 1918). Nicknames: “the Vampire of Bergamo” and
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In short What it is: a creepypasta, an internet horror legend. The video: 20 seconds of a man staring at
Continua a LeggereIn short What: the Spanish galleon San José, launched in 1698, with 64 guns and three masts. When it sank:
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In short What it is: one of the most famous creepypastas on the internet, which appeared around 2010 on 4chan’s
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