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Whispers in Room 313
The House With No Past It started with a Craigslist ad. Three-bedroom Victorian, dirt cheap, barely an hour outside Portland. No neighbors for a mile. The photos were grainy, but I saw the charm under the grime. I needed quiet. I needed space. I needed to disappear for a while.
By Isabella Wood6 months ago in Horror
The Cursed Five-Storey Mansion: Unmasking Penang's Shih Chung School Hauntings
Shih Chung Branch School's destroyed hulk rests like a shattered monument along Northam Road, George Town, Penang—a faded silhouette against steel skyscrapers, where colonial bricks are smothered by vines and shadows cling with an unnatural stubbornness. To locals who park their cars to eat dim sum at Fu Er Dai, it's a run-down eyesore. To ghost hunters and historians, it's Malaysia's most haunted site, where 130 years of glory, revolution, and unimaginable tragedy have made their indelible mark on recollections even time can't wipe away.
By Kyrol Mojikal6 months ago in Horror
The Whispering Attic
When the Wren family moved into the weathered Victorian house at the edge of Hollowpine, they believed they had found a bargain. Tall and narrow with ivy-twined pillars, the home stood alone at the end of an old gravel road, surrounded by towering oak trees. It had a certain charm — faded, but undeniable. Mr. Wren, a history professor, called it “a home with character.” His wife, Rachel, hoped it would be a fresh start after her mother’s death. For their daughter, Lila, it was a dream — a real-life haunted house to explore.
By Sultan Zeb6 months ago in Horror
Haunted Octopus House Bandung: The True Story Behind Indonesia's "Devil's Church"
Menacingly looming over Jalan Cipedes Selatan No. 6 in Bandung, West Java, the Octopus House (Rumah Gurita) is Indonesia's one of the most strikingly visual and perpetually haunted places. The building's past and ghostly reputation have been tormenting local nightmares for decades, merging architectural peculiarity with supernatural lore.
By Kyrol Mojikal6 months ago in Horror
The Lantern Bride
In the village of Sablewick, where the fog never truly lifted and the trees whispered to one another in the dark, there stood a lonely manor called Briar Hollow. It sat on a cliff overlooking the sea, its windows always dim, its doors always closed, and its gate held shut by rust and old regrets.
By Lucien Hollow 6 months ago in Horror
I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge Winners
I Didn’t Say That Out Loud I didn’t say that out loud. At least, I don’t think I did. It started at the office. A regular Tuesday. Coffee, emails, nodding politely at people I barely like. Then came the meeting. The kind where people talk in circles, and nothing actually happens. I sat at the corner of the conference room table, zoning out.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Horror
The Mirror Never Lies
A Psychological Horror StoryIn the bustling city of Edinburgh, tucked inside an antique shop on a forgotten side street, sat a peculiar mirror. Framed in old bronze and blackened with age, its glass shimmered faintly, as if hiding something beneath. The shopkeeper warned that it wasn’t just a mirror — it had a history. But to Alex Turner, a freelance graphic designer with a taste for vintage items, the mirror was just the final piece to complete his newly renovated studio apartment.That night, Alex hung the mirror above the fireplace. It gave his living room a gothic charm. He stared at it for a moment, amused by how distorted his reflection seemed. Probably just the age, he thought. The glass is warped.
By haider ali6 months ago in Horror
Mount Osore: Japan’s Gateway to the Underworld
Perched at the end of the remote Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, Mount Osore (Osorezan), also "Fear Mountain" or "Dread Mountain," is more than a natural wonder. It is a spiritual maelstrom where Buddhist cosmology, volcanic desolation, and profound bereavement meet. Sanctified as one of three most sacred sites in Japan (the others being Mount Kōya and Mount Hiei), the landscape here mirrors Buddhist conceptions of the afterlife, drawing pilgrims, mourners, and paranormal seekers.
By Kyrol Mojikal7 months ago in Horror
Death oF 18 people
hey Every Body how are you i hope U All are Fine ... To day I am Sharing the Sad story oF 18 Bad luck people oF Pakistan that was very sad day For All Pakistan specially for pashtoon People OF swat . Now I am Telling the Situation of there in Swat river these people oF Picture from different sides in pakistan they Come swat Area In Previous Days thats why the south areas very hot 🔥 summer is in full swing . These family visit swat for enjoy the Cool weather oF swat thats why swat is A Switzerland oF pakistan very beautiful and mostly there is snow fall and heavy rain they people when wake up early in the morning so they decide to get out from the hotel room and take a break fast from restaurant and than they need to join the dry River of swat at fizzagat local area so when they get out from hotel some one told them dont go there maybe the huge water will come in river thats why full night North areas have alot oF raining.. but they people says we are just getting break fast there and making some selfiie and than we will return back .. anyway they people go out and joined the river that time almost is dry no water there people taking selfies each other and take a break fast they are all very happy there with a pleasant weather .. so slowly slowly waters come there from north side in the river some other people just return from there very quickly and they 18 person think that they captured a Selfies with a water and than go back but the water is very fast and after 10 minuts all rivers is fullfil from water they people have women's and children's also that time also some others asked go go come out from there the water is dangerous dont stay there more .. but they think the water is very Faster so they now did not come out from there so they wait for some while ... And water is time to time increased in the river after some minuts they understand that now water is out of control around them so they people call for rescue operation.. 1122 in pakistan .. rescue team reply back them and told them just wait we will now join you .. after some minuts recue team Goted the place but recue have no tools to operate the situation like that .. rescue have no drones no Helicopter and no Other vallid resources the Children says to his mom please mom save my life water is now over coming to me and that people standing at the top of little mountain in the river which is also very weak stones .. the out side of the river alot of peaople watching that situation but no one have any tools to use for them and the death moment is over come on that people fisrt 3 womes just trough away by water from that family at the front oF them they cant any thing just watching the innocent women's whos did not know swim and water got them Very deep in the water .. after that more 2/3 people collapse like that and people just crying .. other people in Pakistan calling for a Huge rescue operation.. demand from pak Provincial govt and federal govt but no one rescue team available at that Tough Time to rescue that people safely .. so step by step one by one all people crash with water flood .. that was very sad day for there families and al pakistani nation 14 persons just fassing away from One house .. RIP ..
By sami ullah7 months ago in Horror
