Previously: Phantom Social Workers. At the beginning of August in 1885, a terrible storm descended upon the city of Chicago — a storm that dumped more than five inches of rain on the city in less Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: The 1885 Chicago Cholera Epidemic That Never Actually Happened
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Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Headless Priest
Previously: Stull, Kansas. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: Unknown, the Philippines. (There are numerous possible events that may have led to subject's creation; it Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Headless Priest
The Price Of A Wish: Investigating 999-9999, Thailand’s Phone Number Of Death
Previously: Red Numbers. Is there something you’ve been wishing for? Something you want more than anything else — and are willing to give anything in order to get it? If you’re in Thailand, try Continue Reading > about The Price Of A Wish: Investigating 999-9999, Thailand’s Phone Number Of Death
Old Things Made New: Horror Riffs & Re-imaginings To Read, Watch, And Play
Previously: Unconventional Indie Horror Games. I say often that while I can usually take or leave old things, I have a deep and abiding love of new things that are made out of old things. Continue Reading > about Old Things Made New: Horror Riffs & Re-imaginings To Read, Watch, And Play
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: La Llorona, The Weeping Woman
Previously: The Red Room Curse. Type: CC (Corporeally Challenged). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Latin America. Subject’s roots run so deeply that it is difficult to pinpoint precisely Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: La Llorona, The Weeping Woman
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Red Room Curse
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
If You Get A Phone Call From A Red Number, Don’t Pick Up
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
On The Momo Challenge, Hoaxes, And Misplaced Moral Panic
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