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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Category: urban legends
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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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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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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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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Gloomy Sunday, the sad song that leads to suicide
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 Hands of Pig
Nattramn is the stage name of singer Mikael Nilsson, from the Swedish band “Silencer”. Around this character there are a
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Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv – do not watch this video!
In short What it is: a creepypasta, an internet horror legend. The video: 20 seconds of a man staring at
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Bart Death – The lost episode of The Simpsons
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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