The Mapinguari, the one-eyed giant of the Amazon
A hairy cyclops with a mouth on its belly, or a surviving giant sloth? The legend of the Mapinguari and David Oren’s hunt in the Amazon.
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Stingy Jack, the man who tricked the Devil, the true story of the Halloween jack-o’-lantern
Before the pumpkin there was a turnip, and before that a man refused by both Heaven and Hell. The legend of Stingy Jack, will-o’-the-wisps and Italy’s pumpkins of the dead.
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The true story of Edward Mordake, the man with two faces
In short Edward Mordake, the 19th-century English nobleman with a second “evil” face on the back of his head who
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Sawney Bean, the Scottish cannibal
In short According to legend, in the 16th century Alexander “Sawney” Bean and his 48-strong clan, born of incest, lived
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Hitori Kakurenbo, the Hide-and-Seek Ritual You Play Alone at 3am
A rice-filled doll, a bathtub, a knife and a cup of salt water. How hitori kakurenbo, the Japanese hide-and-seek ritual born on internet forums, works, and why you shouldn’t try it.
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Werewolves and lycanthropes
Werewolves are among the most famous creatures in the legends and folklore of almost every civilisation, since the most ancient
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The Anguished Man, a cursed painting
In short The Anguished Man is a painting by an unknown artist that Sean Robinson, a man from Cumbria, says
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Vesago the vampire: the madness of Rod Ferrell
A murder, even the apparently most trivial, is always a circumstance, an event that can take unpredictable and inscrutable paths.
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The legend of the Mothman
Sooner or later, the exception had to come. A first-person article? Yes, that’s right. What I’m going to talk about
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Helen Duncan, the war “witch”: the case of HMS Barham
When we talk about “witch-hunting”, the memory and the collective imagination run to an ancient past made of tortures, burning
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In short The Dover Demon is a humanoid creature with a huge head and orange eyes that three teenagers said
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Incubi and succubi are the demons of sleep. They can haunt both men and women, but while succubi take, incubi
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