Visiting Australia should be at the top of your to-do list if you’re keen on exploring haunted places and getting to know the hidden, mysterious stories behind them. Why Australia? Simply because it’s home to various eerie ghostly legends, spooky tales, and haunted locations. This dark side of Australia is
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Patchwork Man, Patchwork Man, play a game!Patchwork Man, Patchwork Man, in the frame! And the next line is something about stealing your skin. But for the life of me I cannot remember the end. I’m trying to find it for an old friend. This friend—for privacy’s sake, let’s call her
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Horror stories about full moon mysteries have terrified many of us for centuries. While some people think the full moon phenomenon is just a made-up tale, people fascinated by supernatural creatures believe in the eerie occurrences that happen under the full moon. Whether the full moon is a period where
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One call. Years of service with the police and there was one call that I’ll never forget. The shift started like any other. Nine PM start and I was in for the long run. It was a cold, Monday night so I expected a relatively quiet shift. After the evening
“Here we go,” Robert says, staring at the national broadcast system warning as it flashes across the TV screen. He sits in his dad’s old blue recliner wondering if he should be more worried. The world as he knows it is coming to an end and he rests in the
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Time is almost up for Simon; he lies in his hospital bed waiting with each passing moment the same as the last. He shares a room with other elderly people, waiting for their number to be called. He is dying. The dull room has no form of entertainment, the TV
If you’re interested in numerology, you might have heard that some numbers hold specific positive or negative connotations in particular cultures. The number 4 is among those numbers and it’s considered a symbol of bad luck in China. While the general meaning of the number 4 is often related to
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My hand was resting on my thigh, nervously caressing a little box tucked away neatly in a corner of my pocket. My date for the evening was sitting on the other end of the table and was animatedly talking on the phone. Well, not my date exactly – Chloe and
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The stories of haunted ships, or of ‘phantom ships’ as people often call them, have been around us for centuries. Sailors, anglers, and just people who are interested in ghostly tales have reported multiple occasions of mysterious ships that disappeared in the middle of the sea without any trace. The
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Robert never came to the beach when his friends and family invited him – for a swim, for a picnic, for a party – and so they stopped asking. He didn’t hate the sea. It was more complicated than that; he was a poor swimmer, true, and justly afraid of
“Ugh, Emma, can you get the trunk for me?” The dim winter sun was setting over the parking lot, nearly devoid of shoppers at this late hour, aside from a van in one distant corner that had just started backing out of its spot. I set my bag down in
Read part one here I don’t know how long I was held in my watery prison. A month, a year…a decade? There was no way for me to measure time. Two years before my death I committed a terrible crime, and now I was suffering an ironic punishment courtesy of
We all know the spine-chilling, disturbing sensations a good horror movie can cause. But what if we told you there are some haunting novels that can lead to an even deeper sense of terror? Yes, it turns out that some fiction books are so disturbing, they simply traumatize people. As
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Everyone who has ever been in New York is probably aware that the city is full of numerous beautiful places — the stunning landscapes of Central Park, the popular streets of Times Square, or the iconic skyline views from the Empire State Building. But have you ever dreamed of exploring
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I can’t get up. I can’t move. I can’t see. I can’t get up. I can still feel. I can still feel the deep sting of the blade he used to rupture my heart. I felt my blood leave my body, coating his hands with sticky redness. I felt his
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You can encounter numerous superstitions about lucky and unlucky numbers on the internet, but it turns out some of them are so deeply related to our unconscious minds that they shock us even today. Some of these suggestions claim that certain numbers have positive connotations. Others claim that we should
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I work the night shift at a local mom-and-pop convenience store at the front of my neighborhood. We sell snacks, drinks, milk, bread, all the normal stuff that people need but aren’t willing to make a traditional run to the grocery store for. There was talk about adding a gas
Melody wakes up screaming. It’s midnight. Her body jolts up. Eyes shut tight; mouth open wide. Screams rip from her throat. They turn into sobs as Buster jumps onto the bed. He nestles his head in by her side, purring and watching her catch her breath. “You’re okay,” she says.
My name is Metteo Aerni, I am a astro guidance scientist. This is my account of what I have been through the last 14 years. I used to work for the Combined European Space & Research organization, the officially do not exist as the same for the US agency. We
We don’t celebrate Halloween where I come from. My main exposure to it as a kid was through Western media, and while I didn’t fully understand the premise, I found the general aesthetic of the holiday pretty neat and wished to experience it someday. Fast forward about fifteen years and
The cool autumn air filled the lungs of Detective Josh Gaines as he exited his patrol car and walked to the front entrance of the Buckingham Funeral Home. Gaines was a 17-year veteran of the Helmer County police department and a lifelong resident of the small Indiana town of Darby.
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Read Part one here Read Part two here Read Part three here Read Part four here Read Part five here I awoke to chaos; my senses being simultaneously overwhelmed. A light brighter than any sun temporarily blinded me, and my ears were filled with a deafening, siren-like din. My body shot forward, and
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Anyone who has played World of Warcraft even once is probably aware that it’s not just another game. Its impact on our minds is real and it has been inspiring millions of people since its launch in 2004. But inspiration isn’t everything. If you are already acquainted with the dark
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As Tabitha stalked down the sidewalk on her way home, she scanned her path intently. Not only was she diligently avoiding stepping on the cracks in the concrete – her older brother, Tommy, had told her several times that would bring bad luck – but she was on the lookout.It
