The Ghost In My Machine

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Unresolved: The Monster With 21 Faces, The Glico-Morinaga Case, And The Candy Poisoning Incident Of 1984

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Previously: The Lighthouse Keepers Of Eilean Mor. It began with a kidnapping. In 1984, Katsuhisa Ezaki had been the president and CEO of Ezaki Glico — the Japanese food and confectionery company Continue Reading > about Unresolved: The Monster With 21 Faces, The Glico-Morinaga Case, And The Candy Poisoning Incident Of 1984

Abandoned: The Maya Kanko Hotel, Kobe, Japan’s Most Iconic Haikyo (Photos/Video)

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Previously: The Domino Sugar Factory, Brooklyn, New York. Mount Maya in Kobe, Japan is notable for a few reasons. First, it’s one of the major peaks of Hyogo Prefecture’s Rokko mountain range. Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Maya Kanko Hotel, Kobe, Japan’s Most Iconic Haikyo (Photos/Video)

Haunted Globetrotting: Toyama Park, Hakone Yama, And The Ghosts Of Unit 731, Tokyo, Japan

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Previously: The Hex Murder House, Pennsylvania. (CW: Unethical human experimentation.) In Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, there’s a park just north of the Shin-Okubo JR station. Called Toyama Park, it’s Continue Reading > about Haunted Globetrotting: Toyama Park, Hakone Yama, And The Ghosts Of Unit 731, Tokyo, Japan

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Red Room Curse

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Previously: The Chained Oak Of Alton Towers. (CW: Homicide, suicide.) Type: EV (Electronic Virus). Period/location of origin:  Late 1990s; Japan; the internet. Appearance: Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Red Room Curse

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