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Urban Legends of White Lady Ghost
 In popular medieval legend, a White Lady is fabled to appear by day as well as by night in a house in which a family member is soon to die. According to The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, these spirits were regarded as the ghosts of deceased ancestresses.Castle Huntly, Scotland, is said to be haunted by a young woman dressed in flowing white robes. There are various stories concerning her history, one of which is that she was a daughter of the Lyon family who occupied the castle in the 17th century. |
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Mummy Juanita - Inca Girl Frozen For 500 Years !!!
 Initially this might look to you like any normal girl being treated by a doctor,the girl in the photo is not any normal living girl but the mummy of a 15 year old child who has been dead for about 500 years.She was found in 1999 near Llullaillaco's 6739 meter summit. An Argentine-Peruvian expedition found the perfectly preserved body and she was nicknamed "La doncella" which means “The maiden”. |
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Urban Legend of 100 Candles Game - Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai
 The game was played as night fell upon the region using three separate rooms. In preparation, participants would light 100 andon in the third room and position a single mirror on the surface of a small table. When the sky was at its darkest, guests gathered in the first of the three rooms, taking turns orating tales of ghoulish encounters and reciting folkloric tales passed on by villagers who claimed to have experienced supernatural encounters. |
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The Bloody Benders: Horror in the Old West
 The Bloody Benders were a family of serial killers who owned an inn and small general store in Labette County of southeastern Kansas from 1871 to 1873. While Bender mythology holds that John and Kate were brother and sister, contemporary newspapers reported that several of the Benders' neighbors have stated that they claimed to be married, possibly a common law marriage. |
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The Curse of Macbeth - Unexplained Mysteries
 One of Shakespeare’s more popular plays, Macbeth has a bizarre and dangerous past, going right back to its premiere performance in the early 1600s. Two such superstitions float around Macbeth. The first is that it's bad luck to even say “Macbeth” except during rehearsal or performance.The second a reference to Shakespeare's popular nickname. According to a theatrical superstition, called the Scottish curse, speaking the name Macbeth inside a theatre will cause disaster. |
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Unexplained Mystery of Burke & Hare Murderdolls
 Set in Scotland's magnificent capital, Edinburgh, Murder dolls is a tale of serial killers, Bodysnatchers and grisly science. The story begins on a misty morning in 1836 with the discovery of 17 miniature wooden coffins. Inside each one, is an eerie, dressed doll. The discovery of the dolls has led to some interesting theories – everything from the work of a madman to tales of witchcraft. |
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The Devils Puddle - Legend Of The Blue Hole
 One of the most storied sites in all of southern New Jersey is a mysterious body of water known as the Blue Hole. Located deep in the Pine Barrens of Winslow, on the border of Camden and Gloucester Counties, this small but legendary pool is said to not only be bottomless, but also a frequent pit stop of the Jersey Devil. A number of legends exist: that it is bottomless with powerful currents, that the water is freezing cold year-round, and that the Jersey Devil is active in the area. |
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The Real Life Legend of Slender Man
 There are legends and myths that have been around for centuries and have seared themselves into our minds and culture. Then there are those that have been brought to life reminding us of nightmares that should have been buried and forgotten. One such legend is known through internet popularity as Slender man. The creature known as Slender man is said to have the appearance of a tall, lanky man in a black suit. Not so scary, right? Just wait. |
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Hell Fire Club Secret Society - Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies
 The Hellfire Club was a name for several exclusive clubs for high society rakes established in Britain and Ireland in the 18th century, and was more formally or cautiously known as the Order of the Friars of St. Francis of Wycombe. These clubs were rumoured to be the meeting places of 'persons of quality who wished to take part in immoral acts, and the members were often very involved in politics. Neither the activities nor membership of the club are easy to ascertain. |
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Lost Treasure of Treacherous Lake Toplitz - Unexplained Mysteries
 It has inspired numerous expeditions, several mysterious deaths and plenty of books. But 60 years after Nazi officers hid metal boxes in the depths of Lake Toplitz, a new attempt is being made to recover the Third Reich's fabled lost gold. Rumor has it that the depths of Lake Toplitz in the Austrian Alps conceal a horde of Nazi gold. Why would the Nazis keep there gold at the bottom of a lake? Read more of this unexplained mysteries |
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Deadly Double - Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Theory
 A few weeks before the Pearl Harbor attack, a pair of strange ads appeared in the New Yorker. They seemed to be advertising a dice game called The Deadly Double. One of the ads showed a pair of dice with the characters 0, 5, 7, xx, 24, and 12 on the visible faces. Above were warnings in a variety of languages: "Achtung! Warning! Alerte!". Read more of this unsolved mysteries |
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Hidden Treasures - Treasure Chest of Church of Pisco
 Four soldiers of the Peruvian Army in the mid-1800s devised a plan to outwit priests after learning about their treasures. They managed to sail away with over 14 tons of gold and other treasures after killing the priests. They figured there had to be a way to make better money and were looking for opportunities.The priest told the man of a treasure hidden and guarded at a church in the town of Pisco. Read more of this unexplained mysteries |
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Mysterious Norwegian Woman - The Isdal Woman - Real Life Spy Thriller
 Everybody loves a spy story, and we've all seen the adventures of James Bond on the big screen. It seems as though spies live a fun-filled world of martinis, glamorous parties, automatic pistols and cunning booby-traps. But the real life of spies is filled with mysteries and unanswered puzzles, and none is more mysterious than the mystery woman of Norway. |
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Himuro Mansion Haunting - Urban Legend of Haunted House
 The Himuro Mansion (or Himikyru Mansion) is a japanese urban legend about the dark history of a haunted house and the horrible murders of an entire family who lived there. They say that the video game Fatal Frame was based on a true story. Eager to solve the mystery, many people have scoured maps, trying to find the real location of Himuro Mansion. |
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Codex Seraphinianus - The World's Weirdest Book
 Some people think it's one of the weirdest books ever published. An art book unlike any other art book. Codex Seraphinianus by Italian artist Luigi Serafini is a window on a bizarre fantasy world complete with its own unique (unreadable) alphabet and numerous illustrations that borrow from the modern age but veer into the extremely unusual. |
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Vera Renczi – The Black Widow Serial Killer
 Vera Renczi was a Romanian serial killer who poisoned 35 individuals including her husbands, lovers, and one son with arsenic during the 1920s. Although Vera Renczi was a stunningly beautiful woman, she was also one of the most prolific female serial killers in history, driven by a pathological need for devotion from men. |
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The Legend of the African Fertility Statues
 Please Don't Touch - Unless You Want a Baby! More than 2,000 women have reported that they became pregnant shortly after touching the wooden fertility statues. Many of them had been told by doctors they would never be able to conceive. Some are very serious about touching the statues, believing in their powers to help them conceive. |
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The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine - Unsolved Mysteries
 The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine (also known by many similar names) is, according to legend, a very rich gold mine hidden in the southwestern United States. The location is generally believed to be in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, Arizona. There are also theories that the mine lies a considerable distance beyond the Superstition Mountains |
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Ghosts of Flight 401 - The official airline of the paranormal
 Employees of Eastern Airlines began to report sightings of the dead crew members Loft and Repo on board another L-1011. Parts from Flight 401 were reportedly salvaged after the Flight 401 crash investigation and refitted into another L-1011 in service. Ghostly sightings began to be reported by those who knew Loft and Repo. Eastern’s management threatened dismissal to those caught spreading “ghost stories”, it was said. |
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Japanese Scary legends - Japanese Urban Legends
 Various types of folklore can be found all over the world. Japan in particular has some very interesting, as well as creepy urban legends. The majority of them are based on onryo, or vengeful spirits that have had something unfortunate or tragic happen to them when they were alive and who let their anger out on innocent victims- often by frightening and/or killing them. |
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The 5 Most Scariest Urban Legends and Horror Stories
 The Urban Legend can have its lineage traced all the way back to the earliest form of story telling, when terrifying tales were traded around fires, either as a warning or for mere entertainment. The Urban Legend is a contemporary legend, a modern form of folklore or mythology which reflects the era’s fears or trepidations. Read The 5 Most Scariest Urban Legends |
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Unexplained Mysteries - The Babushka Lady
 In the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Babushka Lady is a nickname for an unknown woman who might have photographed the events that occurred in Dallas' Dealey Plaza at the time President John F. Kennedy was shot. Her nickname arose from the headscarf she wore similar to scarves worn by elderly Russian women (babushka – means "grandmother" or "old woman" in Russian). |
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