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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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The Most Dangerous Games: The Shuffle Game, Or, A Beginner’s Guide To Shufflemancy

June 24, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Kissing Chair Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. Since about 2016, this particular ritual game has been Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Shuffle Game, Or, A Beginner’s Guide To Shufflemancy

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: CDs, divination, games you shouldn't play, MP3s, music, shufflemancy, streaming, the internet, The Most Dangerous Games, The Shuffle Game

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The Most Dangerous Games: Frequently Asked Questions, Vol. XVII

June 22, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Frequently Asked Questions, Vol. XVI. Come, friends — let us wade once more into the deep. For it is time for another installment of the Most Dangerous Games FAQ, wherein we will Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Frequently Asked Questions, Vol. XVII

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: faq, frequently asked questions, games you shouldn't play, how to see your guardian spirit, How To See Your Occult Twin, Purple Hearts, The Letter Ritual, The Locked Ritual, The Most Dangerous Games

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Creepypasta Of The Week: “Watcher”

June 17, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: "Without." I'll be honest: "Watcher," which was uploaded to the Creepypasta Wikia by user In the mouth of maggots in 2015, isn't terribly well-written. It also uses some stigmatizing Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Watcher”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, technology, Watcher

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Sleepless Nights

June 15, 2020 by Lucia

Hey gang, I'm taking a rare sick day today (nothing major; I'm just recovering from an abnormally bad insomnia attack which has left me... let's call it "not firing on all cylinders" today), so no Continue Reading > about Sleepless Nights

Filed Under: Admin, Encyclopaedia, Games, News, Places, Tales Tagged With: announcements

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The Most Dangerous Games: The Kissing Chair Game

June 10, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Black Helen. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. A recent upload to the Creepypasta Wikia — it arrived on Jan. 8, Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Kissing Chair Game

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: creepypasta, furniture, games you shouldn't play, history, kissing chair, Kissing Chair Game, loveseat, sofa, The Most Dangerous Games

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Creepy Wikipedia: Phantom Clown Sightings And The Great Clown Scare Of 2016

June 8, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Witch Bottles. In the late summer of 2016, something unnerving arrived in Greenville, South Carolina. It was shaped like a clown, but it… didn’t seem like a clown. In fact, it seemed Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Phantom Clown Sightings And The Great Clown Scare Of 2016

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: 2016 clown sightings, clowns, coulrophobia, Creepy Wikipedia, evil clown, fear, Wikipedia, Wrinkles the Clown

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Loira do Banheiro, Or The Blonde Of The Bathroom

June 3, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Kotoribako. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: Unknown, São Paulo, Brazil. Reports of subject proliferated around São Paulo during the 1970s — Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Loira do Banheiro, Or The Blonde Of The Bathroom

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Blonde Of The Bathroom, Bloody Mary, Brazil, CC, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Hanako-san, Loira do Banheiro, mirrors, public restrooms, Sao Paulo, urban legends

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The Echo Test: Japan’s Doppelganger Phone Numbers And The Folklore Of Doubling

June 1, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: 1-800-GOLF-TIP. Supposedly "cursed" phone numbers are seemingly a dime a dozen these days. There’s at least one in almost every country and region you can think of — and, in many Continue Reading > about The Echo Test: Japan’s Doppelganger Phone Numbers And The Folklore Of Doubling

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: cursed phone numbers, doppelganger, doubles, echo test, folklore, ikiryo, Japan, Japanese ghosts, Japanese urban legends, Koito-san, phone, phone number, technology, telephone, yurei

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