Halloween Massacre (Halloween Urban Legends)

Ready, set, say cheese! Or stare devilishly into the camera while wearing a black mask. One particular photo from 1962 continues to spread a legendary story about a Halloween massacre. The plot goes that the man in the black mask in the photo above was at a costume party and decided to lock all the doors in order to attempt murdering each and every guest. 

Seven partygoers met their end and the man was never caught. It wasn’t until 1969 that his mask was found by the FBI. Is it true? Obviously not. But the possibility of such a slaying still sends shivers down the spines of costumed revelers everywhere.

Source: https://the-line-up.com/halloween-urban-legends

Corrupted Candy (Halloween Urban Legends)

The common saying “don’t take candy from strangers” dates back to the abduction of Charley Ross in 1874, who was lured into a horse-drawn carriage with a treat and never seen again. So while there is an ounce of truth to the saying, not all candy is out to do evil. 

Still, the annual rumors persist and run the gamut—from razor blades hidden inside candy apples to candy corn laced with arsenic. While poisoned candy remains in the realm of urban legend, instances of sharp objects concealed inside foodstuffs and handed out during Halloween have occurred. Moral of the story? Be cautious with your sweets.

Source: https://the-line-up.com/halloween-urban-legends

The White Death

Imagine a little Scottish girl who hated her life. Now imagine that she was able to erase all the traces of her life-burning documents, ripping photos and eliminating any evidence that she had ever existed. Finally, she committed suicide and her body was missing for days.

It took a few days before her body was found and little by little all her relatives died mysteriously. Do you want to know the worst thing? Once you’ve heard the story you’re on her list. The way she sees it anybody who knows about her needs to be taken out.

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Organ Thief Taxi Drivers

A few years ago, a story that conquered the world was the story of the taxi driver organ thieves. That is right: according to a Korean legend, some taxi drivers used to sedate their customers so they could steal kidneys and other easily removable organs. 

Apparently, scalpels were used and if the victims came to during the surgery, there was no anesthesia to help them deal with the pain. After the robbery, the bodies were dumped in fields or on the side of the road.

Source: https://en.softonic.com/

Jeepney ride

To the expatriates, a jeepney is a public transportation in the Philippines that were originally made from the remnants of US military jeeps during World War II.

Residents living within the vicinity of the U.P. Diliman campus find it safer to ride a jeepney rather than a taxi when going home late. It was about midnight when a lady student took her ride home. She noticed that the driver would make eerie glances at her through the rearview mirror and would turn around occasionally. To compound her woes, the driver was not traversing the regular route and she was in unfamiliar territory. The girl feared for her life and womanly dignity and a lot of negative thoughts entered her mind. In time the driver was back on his normal course and she was dropped off at her spot.

Before leaving the driver told her to burn her clothes when she reaches home. The driver told her that she was headless then he saw her in the rearview mirror. He did not follow the normal route for fear of her untimely demise if he did.

When she reached home her clothes were burned as quickly as she could. From the news she learned that the driver died a few days after the incident, the warning was for the driver, not hers.

Every storyteller will vouch that his narration is true based on actual experience and that’s why they are so popular because you can never really tell whether they are true or not.

Source: https://expat.com.ph/

The White Lady in Loakan Road

There are many urban legends about White Ladies but the one in Loakan Road in Baguio City is one of the most popular among campfire storytellers.

Loakan Road is an ideal setting for a horror story with a thick fog, dense woods, and vegetation on almost all sides. And the scary story about the White Lady who lurks the place has been told countless of times. Rumors have it that she’s the ghost of a nurse who was raped and slain by a taxi driver and discarded in the woods. Some drivers have claimed to have an up-close experience, she flags down cabs and whether drivers pick her up or not she hitches a ride in the backseat and disappears upon reaching the city.

Was it a ghost? The climate, the surrounding, and the headlight make it conducive to create a surreal image, so the ghost can be perceived as imaginary. Check out this story by Baguio taxi drivers:

A non-believer macho driver was flagged down by a woman.in white. He tried avoiding the woman but when he checked on his rearview mirror he saw the woman on the backseat furiously gazing at him with inflamed eyes. He stepped on the accelerator and shifted gears but his cab moved ever so slowly. He did this a number of times with the same result. And then he looked back at the rearview mirror and she was gone, he even turned around just to be sure that she was not there. But when he faced the road the woman was on top of the hood with her face flat on the windshield with an evil smile on her face.

The next morning the macho driver was seen in his cab, his hair turned white, shaking, and jabbering. Presently, he is confined to the mental hospital.

Source: https://expat.com.ph/

A Mischievous Poltergeist

A janitor at the Communications Building of Ateneo de Manila University completed cleaning the second-floor lavatories and was about to lock up when a security guard asked if he could urinate, the janitor agreed. 

When the security guard was relieved, the janitor went back and was surprised to see the walls and floors filled with streaky hand impressions made from the human muck. Irritated, he went down to confront the security guard who was oblivious. 

The security guard scratches his head in disbelief and turned his back to avoid a confrontation, the janitor was shocked to find a handprint at the guard’s white uniform.

The Communications Building is rumored to be haunted, most classes were moved to the Social Sciences Building.

Source: https://expat.com.ph/