urban legend

Urban legends have captivated us from ancient eras to the modern day; a deep dive into scary lore and 'could be true' tales about Bigfoot, Slender Man, the Suicide Forest and beyond.

Chinese Folklore: Unexplained Supernatural Events Part Eleven
In our region, there is a belief that when a person's soul is asleep, one part of their soul can easily wander. This belief is often associated with experiences of sleep paralysis or ghostly encounters during sleep. Some individuals frequently claim to dream about deceased loved ones or strange, eerie places resembling the afterlife, such as the underworld. It is explained as an imbalance of Yin energy and low luck. For instance, my mother often dreams of deceased individuals, experiences peculiar dreams, and sometimes dreams of places resembling the underworld. People with such experiences often have disordered homes, and their souls are believed to be restlessly wandering, leading to poor mental health and disrupted sleep patterns.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Real Unexplained Supernatural Events in Chinese Folklore - Part Twelve
Story One: This is a story my grandfather told my mother, who then shared it with me. Whether it's true or not, we can't verify.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Real Unexplained Paranormal Events in Chinese Folklore - Part Ten
The grandmother told a story: She said there were two people working in the fields together. During noon, one of them fell asleep, and the person who stayed awake saw a small figure emerging from the head of the sleeping person. It walked along a small piece of grass towards a small puddle of water. The awake person was curious, so they took away the small piece of grass. They noticed that the person who was sleeping had broken into a sweat and their face had changed color. Feeling afraid, the awake person quickly put the grass back, and the small figure walked back along the grass and returned to the sleeping person. When the sleeping person woke up, they were asked about their dream. They said they had crossed a large bridge but when they tried to return, the bridge had disappeared, and they were almost in a panic.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Real Unexplained Supernatural Events in Chinese Folklore: Part Nine
Story One: This is a story about the Kitchen God, and it happened in the house next to ours. Our neighbors across the street were an elderly couple with two daughters. The older daughter had recently given birth to a baby girl and was staying at her parents' house during her postpartum recovery.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Real Unexplained Supernatural Events in Chinese Folklore - Part 8
When I was in high school, my family still lived in a 2-bedroom apartment provided by my father's workplace. It was one of those old multi-story buildings where two households shared one bathroom and one kitchen.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Unexplained Real Supernatural Events in Chinese Folklore - Part 7
The stories below encompass some experiences from my own life, as well as tales shared by my neighbors and rumors passed on by my landlord. Whenever these stories have been relayed to me, they have been staunchly emphasized as undeniably true. Given the weight of these claims, it is fascinating how they prompt us to question the boundaries between reality and the unexplained.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
The Unexplained Real Supernatural Event in China - Part Six
Story One: I have a cousin who was a police officer, and at that time, all police officers carried guns, specifically the Type 54 pistol. He worked in the county but lived in a rural area. So, he would visit home every weekend. One summer night, late in the evening, he was riding his bicycle back home from a neighboring village where he had some work. Since he was a police officer, he had courage, even in the dark rural roads with no streetlights, flanked by tall crops and the eerie sounds of insects.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Real Unexplained Paranormal Events in Chinese Folklore - Part 5
After the Chinese New Year in 2002, my grandfather, who had been in poor health, began to request candles. At first, no one paid much attention to it, as my grandfather lived in a retirement home in the city, and they had their own power supply. However, my grandfather's request for candles continued for a week, and eventually, my aunt had to search for a pack of candles on the balcony to fulfill his request. By this time, my grandfather's eyesight was failing, and he held onto the candles tightly, saying, "Not enough, not enough, we need more for the Lantern Festival."
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Real Unexplained Paranormal Events in Chinese Folklore - Part 4
In the past, not all farmers owned land. To feed themselves, they had to work as laborers on the land of wealthy landowners, a tough and grueling job often referred to as "kanghuo." This was a difficult life, with no days off, and it usually took a whole year's work to earn some grain for their own families. At the end of the year, landowners would host a good meal for their laborers, paying them their annual wages or grain. The laborers would then return home for the New Year festivities and come back to work in the fields in the spring.
By 徐金升2 years ago in Horror
Whispers from Beyond
The old chateau remained on a slope, covered in fog and secret. Local people considered it the "Disappearing House" due to the disrupting stories that had woven their direction into the texture of the town's set of experiences.
By subbiah2 years ago in Horror
"It's Behind You!"
One night I was staying at a friend's house named Edward. That night around 23:30 PM we were telling stories that happened to us when we were young. Actually, the story is not specific to one topic, we just chat according to the flow of the conversation. At that time the story stopped at the horror story experienced by Edward when he was a child.
By Ilham Maulana Aziz2 years ago in Horror
Top 10 Scary Canadian Urban LegendsThat Are Pure EVIL. Content Warning.
The top 10 scary Canadian urban legends. These urban legends span various regions of Canada and involve eerie tales that have captivated the local imagination.
By Tatiana Che2 years ago in Horror