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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Zanetti Ghost Train

August 12, 2024 by Lucia

Previously: The 13 Steps Of Maltby Cemetery. Type: PV (Phantom Vehicle). Period/location of origin: 1911, Italy. However, please note the following caveat: Although all reports of subject Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Zanetti Ghost Train

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Ghost train, PV, trains

an abandoned train station in the countryside in Japan

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Hitsuka Station

September 4, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: The Cabbagetown Tunnel Monster. Type: UL (Unexplained Location). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Japan. The first documented mention of subject, known as Hitsuka Station, Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Hitsuka Station

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: 2ch, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Japan, Japanese urban legends, the internet, trains, UL

Train tracks in the fog

The Most Dangerous Games: The Ghost Train Game

July 31, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: The Travel Man Game. If you’re looking for an eerie ritual game that’s more a test of courage than anything else, might I suggest the Ghost Train Game? There’s no prize for playing; Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Ghost Train Game

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: games you shouldn't play, Ghost train, The Most Dangerous Games, trains

A train with headlights traveling through fog

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The St. Louis Ghost Train Of Saskatchewan

May 2, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: The Haunted Okiku Doll. Type: GL (Ghost Light), although also elements of PV (Phantom Vehicle) and CC (Corporeally Challenged) may also be at play. Period/location of origin: Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The St. Louis Ghost Train Of Saskatchewan

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Canada, CC, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, ghost light, GL, PV, trains

The track of the Hibiya line at Akihabara Station on the Tokyo Metro

The Most Dangerous Games: How To Go To Another World Using A Train (Or, How To Open The Demon Gate)

January 3, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: The Devil Face Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste, republish, or narrate this post on other websites, video platforms, etc. without permission. Here’s an interesting, if somewhat Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: How To Go To Another World Using A Train (Or, How To Open The Demon Gate)

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: 2ch, games you shouldn't play, how to go to another world, Japan, Japanese urban legends, subway, The Most Dangerous Games, Tokyo, train game, trains

A line of abandoned train cars against a blue sky with clouds in the desert.

Abandoned: The Life, Death, And Afterlife Of Uyuni’s Cemeterio de Trenes, The Great Train Cemetery, Bolivia (Photos)

January 11, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: The Cincinnati Subway. Uyuni, Bolivia is home to the largest salt flat in the world. Or at least, it’s the gateway to it; the salt flat itself, called the Salar de Uyuni (which means Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Life, Death, And Afterlife Of Uyuni’s Cemeterio de Trenes, The Great Train Cemetery, Bolivia (Photos)

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Abandoned, abandoned places, abandoned train stations, bolivia, Cemeterio de Trenes, Great Train Cemetery, photography, photos, trains, uyuni

The silverpilen train

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Silverpilen, Or The Silver Arrow

April 8, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Grifter. Type: PV (Phantom Vehicle). Period/location of origin: 1965, Stockholm, Sweden. Appearance: Subject appears to be a silver-colored, eight-car, C5 model train running Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Silverpilen, Or The Silver Arrow

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: abandoned train stations, bus, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, ghost bus, ghost car, Ghost train, Kymlinge, Silver Arrow, Silverpilen, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish urban legends, trains, urban legends, Wandering Bus, Yellow Volkswagen

Haunted Globetrotting: The Blue Ghost Tunnel And What Remains Of The Third Welland Canal, Ontario, Canada

February 3, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Shades Of Death Road, New Jersey. The Blue Ghost Tunnel wasn’t always known as the Blue Ghost Tunnel. Located in Thorold, Ontario in Canada alongside the length of what was once the Continue Reading > about Haunted Globetrotting: The Blue Ghost Tunnel And What Remains Of The Third Welland Canal, Ontario, Canada

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: abandoned train stations, Blue Ghost Tunnel, Canada, Canadian urban legends, Haunted Globetrotting, haunted travel, haunted tunnel, Niagara Falls, Ontario, railways, Screaming Tunnel, trains, tunnels, urban legends

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