Category: Urban Legends
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Anna Maria Von Stockhausen: The Undead Witch of Germany
The appeal of Anna Maria Von Stockhausen’s image is a curious, gruesome urge to look at the forbidden.
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Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus
We’re all used to ‘Hocus Pocus’ as a term used to command magic and mysterious forces. But where on earth did this phrase come from?
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The Loveland Frogman
According to local legend, the Loveland Frog was an enormous creature that lived in Loveland, Ohio, measured approximately 4ft tall and walked on two feet.
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The Ghost Clown of Flaybrick Cemetery
‘There’s a clown in my graveyard, what am-ah-gonna-do?’ the people of Birkenhead once yelled in the early 1990s. Or at least they would have done…
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‘Scratching Fanny’, The Ghost of Cock Lane
In 1762, the haunting of Cock Lane gripped a nation and sent the capital wild with fear and excitement
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Gef the Ghostly Mongoose
Ghosts and ghouls, hauntings and mournful spirits; one theme remains constant throughout. They are all human. Then there’s Gef.
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The Shrieking Pits of Norfolk
Framed by poppy fields and arable farming, these chocolate-box villages conceal an ancient evil, deep within their land.
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The Curious Case of Edward Mordake’s Demon Face
You think you’re having a bad day? Well, imagine how bad you’d be feeling if you had a second face on the back of your…
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