Previously: Bunny Man Bridge. There’s a small, unincorporated community near Weatherford in Custer County, Oklahoma. A picturesque spot on Deer Creek, the community bears a name significantly less Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: Dead Woman’s Crossing, Weatherford, Oklahoma
Archives for May 2014
Creepypasta of the Week: “The Disappearance of Ashley, Kansas”
Previously: “Smile Dog.” There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned UFO story. Or is it a UFO story? Maybe it’s a ghost story. No. A zombie story. No. An unexplained geographical phenomenon Continue Reading > about Creepypasta of the Week: “The Disappearance of Ashley, Kansas”
Unresolved: The Curious Case of Kaspar Hauser
Previously: The Servant Girl Annihilator of Austin, Texas. Once upon a time, there was little city called Nuremberg. A bustling place, especially in the early 19th century, it was one of Germany’s Continue Reading > about Unresolved: The Curious Case of Kaspar Hauser
Scare Yourself Silly: A Tourist’s Guide to 200 Phenomena in the City of Calgary (Which May or May Not Be True)
Previously on Scare Yourself Silly: The Uncanny Valley, or Revisiting Robert the Doll. This post originally appeared on The Toast. Have you ever been to Calgary? If you haven’t, you should go. Continue Reading > about Scare Yourself Silly: A Tourist’s Guide to 200 Phenomena in the City of Calgary (Which May or May Not Be True)
Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Polybius
Previously: The House on Ash Tree Lane. Type: EV (Electronic Virus) Period/location of origin: 1981, Portland, Oregon. Appearance: Subject appears to be a coin-operated game cabinet of Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Polybius
Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)
Previously: The 1984 Winter Olympics. On April 26, 1986—a Saturday—a systems test began at reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. The steam to the turbines Continue Reading > about Abandoned: Pripyat and the Chernobyl Disaster (Photos)
The Most Dangerous Games: The Shoebox Telephone
Previously: One-Man Hide and Seek. The Shoebox Telephone comes to us from the same redditor who brought us The Three Kings, who noted in his original post that although he contributed a few Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Shoebox Telephone
The Japanese Village of Nagoro’s Population Is Gradually Being Replaced by Dolls
This isn’t so much creepy as it is sad and melancholy. As each person in the once booming village of Nagoro, also known as the Valley of Dolls, dies, 64-year-old doll maker Ayano Tsukimi makes a Continue Reading > about The Japanese Village of Nagoro’s Population Is Gradually Being Replaced by Dolls