The ghost of Isabella de’ Medici
In short Isabella de’ Medici (1542-1576), daughter of Cosimo I, died on 16 July 1576 at the Medici villa of
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Category: legends
Mercy Brown, the vampire
In short In 1892 in Exeter, Rhode Island, the Brown family was being decimated by tuberculosis. Convinced that one of
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The true story of the pedagogical centre of Aguscello
By now everyone knows, at least by name, Aguscello and its pedagogical center, the ghost stories that haunt that place
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Venomous spiders in bananas
In short The legend of spiders hatching inside bananas is false, but sometimes tropical spiders do travel on the peel
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Found a fish with legs in New Zealand
In short In January 2016 some tourists on holiday in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, found a strange black
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The self-inflected loyal castration by Gang Bing
In short Gang Bing was a general of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty. According to tradition, to avoid
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Bloody Mary, the Woman in the Mirror
Say her name three times in the dark, in front of the mirror. The story of Bloody Mary, from old Halloween divination to sleepover dares, and the Italian experiment that makes strange faces appear in the glass.
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Okiku and the 9 plates – the legend behind “The Ring”
The story of Okiku is known in Japan as Banchō Sarayashiki (番町皿屋敷), which means “The Dish Mansion at Banchō”. It
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Charlie-no-face
Charlie-no-face is an urban legend mainly from Pennsylvania, United States. The legend of Charlie no face The legend of Charlie-no-face,
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Toire no Hanako
Toire no Hanako (“Hanako of the toilet”) is a Japanese urban legend, spread in every prefecture of Japan. This legend
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The Russian sleep experiment
In short What it is: one of the most famous creepypastas on the internet. The story: five Soviet prisoners kept
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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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