Urban Legends– category –

English Version In 1954, powerful and influential figures from many fields gathered at a hotel in the Netherlands. The meeting took its name from that hote

English Version In the previous part, we looked at urban legends surrounding Lucia, the only one of the three Fatima children who lived to old age. This ti

English Version In 1917, in the small Portuguese town of Fátima, three Catholic shepherd children said they received three prophecies from the Virgin Mary,

English Version In Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku, there is a mountain long known as one of Japan’s more mysterious sacred places: Mount Tsurugi, or Tsuru

English Version Have you ever wondered, “Did someone die here?” or “Is this apartment a jiko bukken?” Maybe you have felt this about the place you live now

English Version Immortality has long been one of humanity’s greatest dreams—and one of its most impossible. But with the discovery of a certain kind of cel

English Version You may have heard the term “guardian spirit” on Japanese paranormal TV shows or in occult stories. Unlike the word “ghost,” it usually doe

English Version Some organizations, companies, religious groups, and individuals are said to use psychological tactics to rewrite a person’s values and mak

English Version Japan is home to many world-famous electronics companies. One of the best-known conspiracy theories surrounding them is the so-called “appl

English Version Italy is often jokingly described as a country relaxed about punctuality. But in 2011, on the island of Sicily, something strange happened: