Empire State Building Bermuda Triangle

For centuries, sailors have feared wandering into the Bermuda Triangle, the patch of the Atlantic Ocean that allegedly turns navigation systems haywire and swallows ships without a trace. 

A few years ago, New York City drivers had similar fears about an equally terrifying place: Midtown.

Around 2008, drivers started complaining that within a 5-block radius of the Empire State Building, their cars would inexplicably die and refuse to start again.

“It was almost every day,” says Rony Yaakobovitch, manager of NYC Tire and Auto Care in Hell’s Kitchen. “We used to pick up those cars, take them a few blocks, and they would start.”

His best guess is that radio signals from the broadcast beacon on the tower were disabling alarm systems in cars and preventing them from starting.

About a year ago, the phenomenon disappeared as mysteriously as it began. Yet the broadcast beacon is still there. Hmmm . . . 

Source: nypost.com

The Ghost of Bishan

Bishan MRT station sits on the grounds of Pek San Teng, a former cemetery. When the station opened in November 1987, multiple passengers reported seeing headless figures and other ghastly apparitions aimlessly wandering the site. 

Nighttime maintenance staff further exacerbated these rumours by saying that they saw coffin bearers in the tunnels between Bishan and Novena MRT, also built on the site of a former graveyard.
Source: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/singapore/

Statues come to life

Many universities around the world have some sort of statues or monuments in front of their main building. It might be a statue of the creator, benefactor, alumnus or an abstract symbol. 
A popular myth is that at night those statues come to life and move around the campus. The legend varies from institution to institution, but the pattern is the same. Some colleges might even have monuments of animals or different types of fantastic creatures. 

The University of Cincinnati, for example, has stone lions in front of its McMicken Hall, which some students believe they have heard growl at night. Some variations of the legend say that the statues only move when a virgin or a cheater walks past them. 
Others go even further and describe paintings and other objects coming to life as well. Students from Michigan State University, for instance, claim that the portrait of Mary Mayo moves its eyes and follows you through the room.
Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/

The Dead Roommate

Another grim college legend, which is repeated across many dorm rooms, is the one about the dead roommate. No one knows where it started or whether it has any basis in true events, but rumour has it that if a student’s roommate in college dies by accident, 

Illness or suicide, s/he will get only straight As until the end of the year. This, of course, is complete fabrication. Those students might receive some consideration for the stressful circumstances, but they will most definitely not automatically get only excellent grades. (So don’t start getting any murderous ideas!) One of the US colleges where this belief is particularly popular is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/

Hitobashira

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Hitobashira means "human pillars" in Portuguese and this legend arose in ancient Japan. People believed that it was necessary to make sacrifices to the gods so that their constructions would always be protected and become strong and stable.

How were these sacrifices made? They sealed people on the pillars of their buildings and, if the gods liked what was done, the buildings lasted for years and years. However, they would always be haunted by the people who were trapped on the walls.

Source: planetyze.com

La Mala Hora

La Mala Hora is an evil spirit that wanders along quiet roads waiting to pounce on unsuspecting travelers.

La Mala Hora takes pleasure in driving humans insane. As if that wasn’t enough, this dark spirit also hypnotizes and paralyzes people and then attacks them while they are in that weakened state. After suffocating them, La Mala Hora leaves them next to the road. Citizens of New Mexico refuse to talk about it, simply referring to it as an evil thing. They believe that if you encounter the spirit in female human form, it is an omen of death. If you happen to see her at a crossroads, it is very likely that you or someone close to you will be dead soon.

In an apparent run-in with La Mala Hora, a woman was driving down a deserted highway just after midnight when a black shadow appeared at the crossroads ahead. When she hit the brakes, the shadow disappeared, and in its place was an old lady with red eyes and sharp teeth. The old lady proceeded to try and claw her way into the car. The woman sped off down the highway, only to find the freaky old lady was keeping up with her, running next to the car. She eventually outran the specter and saw in the rearview mirror that the evil old lady had grown to the size of a large tree. The woman returned to her house the next morning and found police officers waiting for her. Turns out her husband had been murdered just after midnight the night before.

Source: listverse.com

10 Philippine Urban Legends that Still Haunt Us Today

Filipinos are full of superstitions. We often say there’s nothing to lose if we believe (“walang mawawala kapag maniwala”), and so we often combine scientific medication with superstition such as quack doctors, faith healers, and miraculous people or items. We also try resonating folktales and myths as if they were the truth behind things we can’t explain or are curious about. The following are some of the most popular urban legends that many Pinoys continue to believe.

Source: www.topten.ph

The Hookman

This urban legend has countless variations, but they all start with a couple making out in a car on a deserted road. Then the radio crackles, and a news report interrupts the romance to tell listeners that an escaped killer with a hook for a hand is on the loose.
What happens next varies widely, but you get the picture. As much as this sounds like the script of a B movie, it actually happened in the USA, in Texarkana, TX.
In 1946, a series of murders known as the Texarkana Moonlight Murders took place in the city. The "Phantom Killer" attacked eight people, killing five, all of whom were in cars on what is known as "lovers' lane." The murders were never solved.

Source: msn.com

The Bunny Man

The legend of the Bunny Man that haunts Virginia, USA, and the surrounding area says that, in 1904, a bus transporting patients from a mental institution crashed, killing everyone but 10 patients. A search party found all but one of them.

The babysitter and the man upstairs

The tale of the babysitter who receives an eerie phone call only to discover the call was placed from inside the home has been popular since the mid-20th century.
The story has yielded several films, including 'When a Stranger Calls' (1979) and its spin-offs.
The story is based on a real-life crime that took place in 1950 in Missouri, USA. A 13-year-old named Janett Christman was babysitting a three-year-old boy at his home when she was brutally raped and murdered by an intruder. Her case remains unsolved.




Source: msn.com

The Puebla Tunnels

For hundreds of years, the residents of Puebla, Mexico, told folk stories about a mysterious network of tunnels hidden underneath the cities.
But that network of tunnels simply didn't exist. Or did it?
In 2015, a crew of construction workers found a mysterious tunnel. Since then, about six miles of mysterious tunnels, believed to have been built between 16th and 19th centuries, have been discovered snaking under the city.

Source: msn.com

The Alice Murders

A more recent tale has been circulating in Japan, which deals with a supposed five slayings between 1999 and 2005. In each case, the killer wrote the word "Alice" nearby.

After killing and mutilating the victims, the killer also left a playing card. But these murders never actually happened—at least not in Japan.

A convicted murderer terrorized Madrid, Spain, in the early 2000s following a similar method. Alfredo Galán shot and killed six people, leaving a playing card on the body before fleeing the scene.

Source: msn.com

The Night Doctors

Also known as Night Riders and Ku Klux Doctors, they represent a sort of boogeyman in African American folklore. The tale says that doctors looking for victims to experiment on would lurk in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to kidnap them. The rumors were spread by whites who were trying to prevent the former slaves from moving to the north. Unfortunately, the boogeyman has some factual basis.

There is some evidence that 19th-century doctors were performing experiments on members of the African American community. White farmers used this as a scare tactic against blacks, a technique that was picked up by the Klu Klux Klan after the Civil War.

Source: https://www.msn.com

Charlie No-Face

If you're an American from the Pittsburgh, PA, area, chances are you've heard about Charlie No-Face, a faceless man who wanders the roads at night.

The story says the man was a utilities worker whose face melted in an acid attack or an electric accident, depending on who's telling it.

But, the truth is, the man was real. His name was Raymond Robinson and he was the victim of a childhood accident that completely disfigured his face. He, understandably, avoided crowds, opting to go for strolls at night.

Source: www.msn.com

Arkansas: The Dog Boy

Why it's creepy: The name sounds kind of goofy, or actually even kind of like Goofy. But if you find yourself at 65 Mulberry Street, in the middle of the minuscule Arkansas town of Quitman, you won't laugh if you see the hulking outline of a 300-pound half man, half beast -- complete with glowing animal eyes -- glaring out of the windows. Walk quickly, as he has been known to chase people down his street, biting at their heels -- kind of like a dog, actually.

Where it came from: This is actually the rare urban legend where the story behind the story ends up being even creepier than the folklore. Gerald Bettis, the only son of the Bettis family of 65 Mulberry, was always a problem child. But not in the cute, Junior Healy way. Bettis would "collect" and torture animals (hence the "dog boy" moniker), before turning his sociopathic focus to his elderly parents, allegedly imprisoning them in their own home and potentially even murdering his father. Eventually, Bettis would be imprisoned for growing marijuana on his back porch and would die in a state penitentiary in 1988 of a drug overdose. -- WF
Source: www.thrillist.com

Arizona: Skinwalkers

Why it's creepy: It's easy to feel uneasy while driving through the desolate desert roads of Arizona, especially at night, and particularly so when you hear a short burst of taps on your window while cruising at 60 mph and turn to see the shapeshifting, mutilated, half-human creature responsible for the high-speed interruption. Relax -- it's only trying to rip the flesh off your bones. This legend is so ingrained in Arizona culture that, when a Navajo woman was found brutally murdered in Flagstaff, the accused killer's defense in court was that the attack could have only been perpetrated by a Skinwalker. There's even a defined and well-documented portion of the state known as Skinwalker Ranch where you are most likely to see one of the creatures. Not that you'd actually want to.

Where it came from: The Skinwalkers, like so many ancient American urban legends, have roots in Native American folklore. While it's fairly hard to gather specific details -- as speaking of potentially sinister legends is seriously taboo in Navajo culture -- it is understood that what non-Navajos refer to as "skinwalkers" are witch doctors who have become an evil reflection of everything the Navajo nation values. Basically, they are men who've transformed into malevolent, murderous creatures that have no qualms using their spiritual powers to kill. Navajo medicine men are trained to learn both good and evil aspects of their power, and Skinwalkers are those who have turned to the Dark Side. It's all very Star Wars. And, frankly, still terrifying. -- Wil Fulton

Alaska: The Alaska Triangle

Why it's creepy: Encompassing an area ranging from near Juneau in the southeast to the northern Barrow region to the western metropolis of Anchorage, Alaska's answer to the Bermuda Triangle is comprised some of the most barren wilderness in the US -- and it apparently craves souls. More than 20,000 people have gone missing without a trace in the area during the past half-century alone. Are they being consumed by mythological beings like the beastly Keelut or the ghoulish kidnapper Qalupalik, lost on extreme hikes, or simply vanishing into a dark vortex? Nobody knows, though it's not for lack of trying: When the government lost House Majority Leader Hale Boggs’ Cessna to the Triangle in 1972, a massive search turned up tons of conspiracy theories, but no bodies.

Where it came from: The area has been associated with evil spirits, and Tlingit lore for centuries attributed trickster demons for luring people to an icy death. Others believe the area exists amid an electromagnetically influenced “vile vortex.” Still others think it’s a Darwinian result of explorers taking on nature. Regardless, the area continues to claim people, and underneath that massive blanket of snow and rock likely lies one of the largest and best-preserved mass graves in the world. -- AK
Source: www.thrillist.com

Footprints In The Snow

This urban legend involves a teenage girl who was home with her little sister while their parents were out on the town. After watching some television together, she sent her little sister to bed and then went back downstairs to watch more TV. Eventually, she got bored with what she was watching and turned it off, then curled up in a blanket on the couch and watched the snow fall through the large sliding-glass window in the living room. She had only been watching for a few minutes when she saw a man walking toward the sliding glass doors with deadly purpose. He started to pull something shiny out of his coat and she dove under her blanket in terror. 

After a while, she pulled down the blanket and found that the man was gone. She called the police, who immediately rushed over to the scene to investigate. Upon examining the premises, one of the first things they noticed was that there were no footprints in the snow. And with the rate of snowfall, there was no way they could have been covered that quickly. Puzzled, the officers inspected the residence and noticed wet footprints on the carpet leading straight up to the couch where the girl had been sitting. The madman had been behind her the whole time and what she had seen had been his reflection in the window. 

Source: http://listverse.com/2014/07/30/10-bone-chilling-urban-legends/

La Pascualita, The Corpse Bride

Is This Bridal Shop Mannequin Actually A Preserved Human Corpse?

Chihuahua Mexico has a famous bridal shop. The business can attribute it’s popularity to the startlingly lifelike mannequin that has stood in the window for the past 75 years, La Pascualita.

According to a local urban legend, people say the mannequin in the window of the bridal gown store is really the embalmed body of the former store owner’s daughter.

The former store owner was called Pascuala Esparza. The mannequin is nick-named La Pascualita or Little Pascuala. La Pascualita means ‘Little Pascuala’ (i.e. her daughter).

According to the legend her daughter died from the bite of a Black Widow spider on her wedding day, so Pascuala embalmed her and stood her up in the window of the store.

Pascuala denied that the mannequin was her daughter. But the rumor had already taken on life and no one believed the woman. Could the legend be true? Take a look at the images below and decide for yourself. The detail you’ll be able to see on this corpse bride is incredible.

Some say that La Pascualita will sometimes shift positions in the window during the night, and during the day, her eyes will follow wary customers around the store.

Her gown is frequently changed and only the owner and a few close employees are allowed to dress and undress the life-like figure. Some locals and brides-to-be pray to her or leave gifts for her with the shop workers, considering La Pascualita to be a saint.

Of course not everyone is convinced La Pascualita is a corpse. Some say she may actually be a wax dummy.

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Mothman

Mothman is described as a man sized, or larger, creature with glowing red eyes and wings of a moth. It may have eyes set in his chest. It is described as a 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) creature, with long wings and huge red eyes. It possesses an unusual shriek.

On November 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, Roger and Linda Scarberry, and Steve and Mary Mallette, along with their young cousin, Lonnie Button, were traveling late at night in the Scarberrys’ car. They were passing the West Virginia Ordnance Works, an abandoned World War II TNT factory, about seven miles north of Point Pleasant, in the 2,500 acre (10 km²) McClintic Wildlife Management Area, when they noticed two red lights in the shadows by an old generator plant near the factory gate. They stopped the car, and reportedly discovered that the lights were the glowing red eyes of a large animal, “shaped like a man, but bigger, maybe six and a half or seven feet tall, with big win gs folded against its back,” according to Roger Scarberry. Terrified, they drove toward Route 62, where the creature supposedly chased them at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour.

A Mothman sighting was again reported on January 11, 1967, hovering over the town’s bridge, and several other times that same year. Fewer sightings of the Mothman were reported after the collapse of the town’s bridge, the Silver Bridge, when 46 people died. The Silver Bridge, so named for its aluminium paint, was an eyebar chain suspension bridge that connected the cities of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, over the Ohio River. The bridge was built in 1928, and it collapsed on December 15, 1967. Investigation of the bridge wreckage pointed to the failure of a single eye-bar in a suspension chain due to a small manufacturing flaw. There are rumors that the Mothman appears before upcoming disasters and seems to try to warn people of them. Mothman was never again seen in Point Pleasant after the demolition of the Silver Bridge.

Reader Submitted: John Lepper from New York 

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The Mothman is a creature reported in the Charleston and Point Pleasant areas of West Virginia between November 12, 1966, and December 1967. It’s described as a winged, man-sized creature with large reflective red eyes and large moth-like wings. Sometimes it appeared to have no head, with its eyes set into its chest.