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Scary Stories
El Silbón: The Whistling Man Who Carries a Bag of Bones
English Version El Silbón is a frightening urban legend told in Venezuela and Colombia in South America. According to the story, El Silbón was born in Vene -
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Black-Eyed Kids: The Urban Legend of Children Who Ask to Be Let In
English Version Have you heard of the urban legend known as the “Black-Eyed Kids,” or BEKs? As the name suggests, this legend is about eerie children whose -
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My Wife Saw Spirits—Then I Saw One Too: A Skeptic’s Kagoshima Haunting
English Version Do you believe in spiritual sensitivity—the kind of “sixth sense” that science cannot easily explain? The man in this story did not. At lea -
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Unclimbed Peaks: Mountains No Human Has Ever Summited
English Version Have you ever gone mountain climbing? Maybe you climbed a small mountain on a school trip, or maybe hiking is one of your hobbies. When peo -
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Gloomy Sunday: The Banned Song Rumored to Be Linked to Suicides
English Version Some songs are said to be too disturbing to hear. One of the most infamous is “Gloomy Sunday,” a piece surrounded by rumors that it drove l -
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Do Hikers Really Have Ghost Encounters in Japan’s Mountains?
English Version Have you ever gone hiking in the mountains? Some mountains feel almost like a school field trip, some can be reached by car or cable car, a -
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Nichiren’s Cave in Niigata: A Haunted Spot, a Stolen Statue, and a Serpent Legend
English Version According to a September 26, 2019 report by Niigata Nippo More, a stone statue of Shichimen Daimyojin was stolen from a cave managed by Kak -
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Inside Japan’s Special Cleaning: The Grim Reality Behind Lonely Deaths and Hotel Rooms
English Version Cleaning is something most of us do in one form or another almost every day. Keeping things clean feels normal, ordinary, even automatic. B -
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Inunaki Pass in Fukuoka: Chilling Stories from Japan’s Infamous Haunted Tunnel
English Version Inunaki Pass in Fukuoka Prefecture is widely known among horror fans as one of the area’s most notorious haunted spots. The pass connects H -
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Kii-dani Castle Tragedy: Kuroda Kanbei and the Legend of the Red Walls
English Version Do you have a favorite warlord from Japan’s Sengoku period? For many history fans, one name that often comes up is Kuroda Kanbei, the brill