Nannie Doss The Jolly Black Widow
Nannie Doss was an American serial killer who poisoned her mother, two sisters, two children, four husbands, her mother-in-law and
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Okiku the possessed doll
Okiku the doll is displayed in a temple in Japan and is thought to be the vessel for the spirit
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The self-inflected loyal castration by Gang Bing
The story of Gang Bing is regarded in China as an act of supreme loyalty. Despite the fact that we
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The Legend of Bloody Mary
That of Bloody Mary is a legend common in the United States and the United Kingdom, but it is also
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Blood Eagle – the atrocious Viking torture
Blood Eagle was a method of torture and execution in force in the Nordic countries, especially among the Viking population.
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Okiku and the 9 plates – the legend behind “The Ring”
The history of Okiku is known in Japan as Bancho Sarayashiki or Bancho Sarayashi, which means “The House of plates
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Charlie-no-face
Charlie-no-face is an urban legend mainly from Pennsylvania, United States. The legend of Charlie no face The legend of Charlie-no-face,
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Toire no Hanako
Toire no Hanako (“Hanako of the toilet”) is a Japanese urban legend, spread in every prefecture of Japan. This legend
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The Russian sleep experiment
In the 1940s Russian scientists carried out an experiment with 5 men to study the effects of sleep deprivation. Those
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Hu Wanlin the killer healer
Hu Wanlin is a healer doctor who has killed more than 140 people using Chinese medicine The Story of Hu
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Kuchisake-onna: the woman with the mouth cut
Kuchisake-onna is a Japanese legend that tells of a woman who lived hundreds of years ago, perhaps in the Heian
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Gloomy Sunday, the sad song that leads to suicide
The song “Gloomy Sunday” is also known as the Hungarian suicide song because of a legend related to it. The
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