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November 16th: Enjoy Hecate’s Night!

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The story behind Helen’s Bridge in Asheville, North Carolina

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Some fascinating facts you probably don’t know about the Day of the Dead

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• Travel

I-4 Dead Zone, Florida’s haunted highway

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• Travel

The creepy legend of the Donkey Lady at Old Applewhite Bridge in San Antonio, Texas

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• Travel

Fye Bridge: the place where scolds, strumpets (and witches) were punished

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• Travel

Ha Ha Tonka castle ruins: the remains of a dead man’s dream.

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Nokhur Cemetery, a cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

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• History

August 18 – The day of Austrian witches!

4 months ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

Kambo – the controversial frog poison healing ritual that could potentially kill you

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• History

Behind the myth of 19th-Century grotesque ‘Tear Catchers’

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lemuralia, the ancient Roman Day of the dead

7 months ago Adam

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Auvers-sur-Oise: the grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

7 months ago Anya016

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• Travel

The Postie Stone: a memorial to two dedicated postal workers who lost their lives…delivering mail.

8 months ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Some surprising things you (probably) didn’t know about Good Friday

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• Myths and Legends

The dark story of the Little Mermaid you wouldn’t imagine

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• People, mysteries and stories

The centuries-old ghost stories of the haunted Dock Street Theater

8 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Hilaria: the roman festival that commemorated the worship of the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her devotee Attis

8 months ago Adam

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• Travel

Exploring the Ghost Stories on top of Paris’ Eiffel Tower

9 months ago Danilo G.

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

March 4: feast of Rhiannon, Welsh Goddess

9 months ago Adam

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Elijah Bond’s Ouija Board Grave

9 months ago Nathan

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• People, mysteries and stories

The mystery of the Death Ship of Platte River, Wyoming

9 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Who was the real St. Valentine? The (many) myths behind the Inspiration for Valentine’s Day ~

10 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Appeasing the Ancestors: The Parentalia and Feralia in Ancient Rome

10 months ago Adam

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Caroline Barnes, the witch of St. Omer Cemetery

10 months ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

Gaetana’s revenge: 23 children victims of superstition in Italy at the end of the 19th century

11 months ago Pavel

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• Myths and Legends

Rusalka: the history behind mythical Slavic Mermaid

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• People, mysteries and stories

The SS Great Britain and the mystery of Captain John Gray

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• History

The Capacocha, Human sacrifices in the Inca Empire

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• People, mysteries and stories

The black eyed child: the obscure story behind the legend that roams Cannock Chase

1 year ago Danijel90

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• People, mysteries and stories

Viking Sally, the story behind Baltic’s most ill-fated ship

1 year ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The truth behind ghost lights of Colorado’s Silver Cliff Cemetery

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• Myths and Legends

The Dullahan – Headless Horseman of Celtic Mythology

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• History
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The spooky science of haunted mirrors and superstitious mirror mythology

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• Myths and Legends

Will-o’-the-wisp – ghost lights at night

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Lilly Gray, “the victim of the beast 666”

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• Abandoned Places

Bird Creek School: If you write your name on the board in this abandoned school, it will disappear

1 year ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Timbac Mummies of the Philippines: “fire mummies” housed in mountainside caves.

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• Myths and Legends

Stikini, the owl witches of Seminole folklore

1 year ago Adam

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Old Diplomat Hotel of Baguio: one of the most haunted places in the Philippines~

1 year ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Yūrei: the Ghosts of Japan

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• Abandoned Places

Ungru Manor: the gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

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