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The Ghost In My Machine

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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak

November 18, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Jack O’ Lantern. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: It is generally accepted that subject, known as Aka Manto (赤マント) or the Red Cloak, first appeared in Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Aka Manto, CC, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Japan, Japanese ghosts, Japanese urban legends, public restrooms, Red Cape, Red Cloak, Red Paper Blue paper, toilet ghosts, urban legends

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

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Hanako-san

January 3, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: Krampus. (CW: Brief mention of suicide, homicide.) Type: CC (corporeally challenged). Period/location of origin: Mid-20th century, Japan. Reports vary as to the date of origin; Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Hanako-san

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Hanako-san, Japan, Japanese ghosts, Japanese urban legends, public restrooms

Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Kashima Reiko, the Mask Death Demon

November 5, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: The Mojave Phone Booth. Type: CC (corporeally challenged) Period/location of origin: Unknown, Hokkaido, Japan. Details of subject's history suggest modern origins, re: presence of Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Kashima Reiko, the Mask Death Demon

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