Blood Eagle – the atrocious Viking torture
Blood Eagle was a method of torture and execution used in the Nordic countries, especially among the Viking population. Although
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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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Hu Wanlin the killer healer
Hu Wanlin is a healer doctor who has killed more than 140 people using Chinese medicine The Story of Hu
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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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Gilles de Rais the real Bluebeard
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 took an ax
Lizzie Borden was a woman accused in 1892 of murdering her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, and then
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Liber Linteus, an Etruscan mummy?
In short What it is: the Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis, the “Linen Book of Zagreb”, the longest known Etruscan text. When:
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