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.
The Man Behind the Bathroom Mirror: A True Account of Terror
I moved into the apartment on Oak Street because it was cheap—too cheap for a place in the middle of town. It wasn’t fancy, but it was mine. A one-bedroom with an old-fashioned bathroom and a cracked medicine cabinet mirror that looked like it hadn’t been replaced in decades. I didn’t mind. At least, not at first.
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
The Girl At No. 9 Part 3
We left the neighborhood when the circles began appearing in our yard—slowly at first, then faster. They weren’t just in the grass anymore; they showed up on the walls, in the dirt by the driveway, even pressed into the kitchen floorboards like some invisible weight had pushed through. My wife stopped sleeping. She stopped talking. Her eyes looked distant, hollowed out by sleepless nights and whispered prayers.
By Muhammad Shoaib6 months ago in Horror
The House At No. 9 part 2
After the fire, after the ashes cooled, the lot remained barren. But strange things started again—not loudly, not with drama—just… wrong. At night, lights flickered in windows that no longer existed, casting brief, shaky shadows that seemed to dance, as if the house was still trying to breathe. Mail still arrived, worn and creased, addressed simply to “Eira.” I picked up one of the envelopes once, curiosity getting the better of me, but the ink on the stamps looked faded, almost drifting away, and the return address was a water-stained blur. I placed it back on the stoop. The next day, it was gone.
By Muhammad Shoaib6 months ago in Horror
The Secret Language of the Dead
The Whispering Pages Imagine this: a dimly lit room, a single candle flickering against cracked leather bindings. You open a book that feels too cold to touch, its pages inked with symbols that seem to shift when you’re not looking. Words that don’t belong to any living tongue... words whispered to belong to the dead.
By Veil of Shadows6 months ago in Horror
The Girl in the Floorboards: A True Urban Nightmare
I moved into the house on Pine Ridge Lane because it was cheap—too cheap for a three-bedroom in upstate New York. It was old, sure, and smelled like mildew when I walked in, but I’d been through worse. After a messy divorce and a failed business, this place was my fresh start.
By Manisha James6 months ago in Horror
The Girl from No. 9 – Part I: Feeding It
Part I: The Girl from No. 9 We never really talked to the girl from No. 9. She moved in during winter, the kind of winter that didn’t feel clean—more gray than white, more silence than snow. The trees outside were bare, brittle things that clawed at the sky. Even the neighborhood dogs stopped barking. It was like the whole street held its breath the day that family arrived.
By Muhammad Shoaib6 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
