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The Most Dangerous Games: The Elevator Game, Revisited

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Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. When I first covered the rules for the ritual game known, variously, as the Elevator Game, the Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Elevator Game, Revisited

The Most Dangerous Games: Ma Lon, Or The Ghost In The Can

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Previously: The Alice Game. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. Here’s one I’ve been thinking about for a while: Ma Lon, a Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Ma Lon, Or The Ghost In The Can

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Aka Manto, The Red Cloak

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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

Creepy Wikipedia: The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine, Which May Or May Not Exist

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Previously: Phantom Clown Sightings. In Arizona, about 40 miles of Phoenix, there’s a mountain range known as the Superstition Mountains. The name is fitting; many stories and tales cling to the Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine, Which May Or May Not Exist

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Black Volga, Or Czarna Wolga

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Previously: The Chair Of Death. (CW: Kidnapping, murder, body horror.) Type: PV (Phantom Vehicle). Period/location of origin: 1960s-70s, Poland. Later, during the 1970s and ‘80s, talk of Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Black Volga, Or Czarna Wolga

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