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.

Appalachian Grandpa- The Bone Collector- Part 1
"Come on, kid. Not gonna let an old man outstripe you, are ya?" I armed sweat off my forehead as I tried to keep up, Grandpa cackling as he looked back at me.
By Joshua Campbell3 years ago in Horror
Lost at Sea
Through dense grey fog, a bell tolled for a stranger’s soul. Its heartless note pealing ‘cross the sombre village from westward moors — where spirits darted betwixt gorse and juniper — to the sodden sands of the secluded shore, as the tide turned once more. Momentary silences, a vacuum existing fleetingly between the flat rings of clapper ‘gainst metal, a place for contemplation. Though no sooner had the mind settled than a clank of the bell dislodged it.
By Richard Douglas3 years ago in Horror
Comedic Insight
I have to find the connections here. It's my job to find the connections. After what I saw two nights ago, I have to figure something out, as this is much stranger than even I believed.
By Joshua Campbell3 years ago in Horror
Soucouyant of Caribbean Folklore
I find folklore fascinating. Some stories are passed on from generation to generation, never reaching outside the local area. Occasionally, a story makes it outside the locals and into other languages. Lucky for me, this seems to happen often with scary stories. This one comes from a place called the Caribbean, which may summon images of beautiful beaches like the one above.
By J.A. Hernandez3 years ago in Horror
Horror stories - Myths and Legends Based On Real Events - part 2
The internet is full of all kinds of horror stories, but most of them are just that - simple fantastical concoctions to tell friends around the campfire or in front of the fireplace on frosty winter evenings.
By Viorel Secareanu3 years ago in Horror
Aleya Ghost lights in India
In the marshes of West Bengal is where you can find these Aleya Ghost lights or otherwise known as Jack-o-lantern. In the marshes when the fishermen are fishing late into the night these ghost lights will come out and the fishermen will try and follow the lights and end up getting lost and end up dying. Many say that the lights are the spirits of dead fishermen and the fishermen out in the marsh get transfixed by the lights and they get confused and end up falling out of their boats and drowning. Other times the light can lead them away from danger.
By Kerrie G.Diaz3 years ago in Horror
Horror stories - Myths and Legends. Part 1
The Bloody Mary legend A long time ago, it is said that there was a young woman, Mary, 16 years old. Her father was a doctor and her mother was a housewife. During some medical tests, Mary was diagnosed by her father with a very serious disease, unknown at that time.
By Viorel Secareanu3 years ago in Horror
Rafflesia
Raff spent majority of his life preying on people by building trust and surety in his victims, isolating them from friends and family as well as fostering dependance (masking it as ‘interdependence’) until all efforts are squeezed out of the victim, Raffael disposes of their existence. There seems to be a trail of nightmarish fracas that follows in his chosen hobby of toying with extermination of human vivacity. A Rafflesia feasting off of its host; No roots, stems or leaves to connect to. Just dining off the scintilla of flesh, to every limb rived to disseverment of pliable tendons clinging to the edge of his excision from his canines. His latest prey seem to be privy to his advances as Gwen came across folks of more of a sociopath nature revealing their true motives within a year.
By Set Zek3 years ago in Horror
Tin Can Sam
I was a child of the late 80s, in a time when kids played on the streets till the street lights came on, and riding your bike through town was as normal as going to the corner store to buy your mom smokes. In fact, the woods seemed to be the only place my dad specifically said was off-limits. The woods seemed to be a boundary for many families, and I never knew anyone who went there willingly.
By Joshua Campbell3 years ago in Horror
The husband who was replaced
My husband disappeared six months ago. One day he just went to work and never came home. This event shocked all the neighbors, because this has never happened in our quiet suburb surrounded by white lace fences. The police launched an investigation; a neighborhood watch went around the neighborhood, but no one found a single clue that could clarify what had happened to him. Our families struggled in vain with grief. Not so long ago, the last posters with the inscription "wanted" with my husband's face disappeared, torn down, or buried under new ads. The police contacted me less and less, and gradually the calls stopped. I have accepted a new reality. No matter how difficult it was, I admitted that my Martin would never come back.
By Julia Njord3 years ago in Horror
MR.Violence: Dracula The FINALE
DRACULA GETS UP FROM HIS SEAT AND SAYS IF YOU KNEW THIS WAS A TRAP WHY DID YOU COME ANYWAY. RAPHAEL SAYS I AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT YOU AND I WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ARE YOU A VAMPIRE OR ARE YOU JUST A MAN WHO JUST LOVES KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN EITHER WAY BROTHER YOU ARE GOING DOWN. DRACULA SAYS ME AND VIKTOR THE MAN THAT WAS HIRED TO COME HERE TO DO THE SAME THING HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU WORKING FOR THE SAME MAN WHO THE DOES THE SAME AS ME? RAPHAEL SAYS AFTER I DEAL WITH YOU HE IS NEXT! DRACULA SAYS YOU AREN’T LEAVING THIS ROOM. I AM THE FEAR THAT IS ACCUSTOMED TO AND I AM THE REASON THAT YOU LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS.
By Victor Robinson II3 years ago in Horror
5 short tales about strange occurrences.
The Thames Nude Body Case (1959-1965) The culprit was referred to in the papers as "Jack who stripped the body," and the case occurred in London from June 1959 to February 1965.
By Y.W. Fung3 years ago in Horror