urban legends

If You Get A Phone Call From A Red Number, Don’t Pick Up

March 25, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: The Zioptis Foundation’s Dial-A-Trip. There are, it’s said, a set of telephone numbers from which you should never answer any calls. They’re called red numbers — and although no one Continue Reading > about If You Get A Phone Call From A Red Number, Don’t Pick Up

March 11, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: Adam Butcher's "Internet Story." (CW: Self-harm, suicide. ) I’ll be honest: I wasn’t originally planning on talking about the Momo Challenge — whether it’s real, what the “challenge” Continue Reading > about On The Momo Challenge, Hoaxes, And Misplaced Moral Panic

January 30, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: The Wandering Bus. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Unknown, India. Some reports make note of subject’s existence throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: NaaLe Baa Bhoota

January 14, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: So, About That Time I Stayed Overnight In An Extremely Haunted House... These days, legend tripping — literally taking trips to investigate sites connected to urban legends, ghost Continue Reading > about Legend Tripping: Urban Legend Locations In the United States You Can Find Right On Google Maps

January 2, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: The Elf On The Shelf. Type: Debated. On surface, subject appears to be of PV classification; however, upon closer examination, subject may actually be of EV or VV classification. It is Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Wandering Bus

November 7, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: The Chimera House. Type: PD (Prophetic Device). Period/location of origin: 19th century, Cloverland, Indiana. Precise date of origin is unknown, but the oldest gravestones present Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: 100 Steps Cemetery

November 5, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: Haunted Hotels, Inns, B&Bs, and Airbnbs. If you’re making a trip to the Publix supermarket or the Home Depot at the Oxford Commons shopping center in Oxford, Alabama, there are easier Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: The Horrors Of Hell’s Gate Bridge, Oxford, Alabama

October 10, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: The Carmen Winstead Chain Letter. Type: UB (Unknowable Building). Period/location of origin: Unknown. Reports of subject date back to at least 1987 in Dallas, Texas; however, it has Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Chimera House