Curse of the Colonel

The dreaded Curse of the Colonel was thought to be the reason the Hanshin Tigers couldn’t win a championship, not since their 1985 Japan Series win. As the story goes, to celebrate the win, unwitting fans jumped into the Dōtonbori Canal and pushed a life-sized statue of Colonel Sanders – yes, the face of Kentucky Fried Chicken – in with them. 

The Colonel was meant to represent the then-first baseman Randy Bass, an American who played for the Tigers at that time. The Tigers were thought to be doomed never to win another series until the Colonel could be rescued from the river (it was, in fact, fully recovered by divers in 2009 – the Tigers have yet to win another of the Japan Series).

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The Cursed Kleenex Commercial (Japan)

In 1985, Japanese television viewers began complaining extensively about a Kleenex tissues commercial they found to be extremely unsettling. The commercial featured a strange and grumpy red demon child sitting on a bale of hay while a young woman attempted to cheer it up with a floating tissue, all to the tune of Jane and Barton’s 1983 song “It’s a Fine Day”.  Whether the campaign actually moved tissues in Japan is unknown. What is known is that it did move Japanese viewers to call for the commercial to be taken off of the air.
According to some, the curse of the Kleenex commercial began with the crew. The cameraman was said to have been burned to death in a bizarre sauna malfunction that sounds like it could have come from a FINAL DESTINATION film. Some have even said that by the time the commercial aired the entire crew was already dead, each one killed in a bizarre yet accidental manner.
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Spider Wig (Halloween Urban Legends)

The myth of the spider wig is definitely an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare. In this story, a young woman is putting together her own costume with treasures from her grandmother’s attic. She sets her eyes on a witch hat and wig, dresses up, and heads to a party. Her scalp is a bit itchy, but she thinks nothing of it—until fellow partiers start freaking out. Out of her headgear, and crawling all over her face, are thousands of tiny little eight-legged arachnids. 

This creepy-crawly legend likely dates back to the 1950s, when rumors spread of women unwittingly carrying around bug infestations in their bouffant hairdos. While this specific Halloween tale is mere legend, it's easy to see why it sticks around: How many news stories have you read about poor souls with a stuffy nose or itchy ear discovering something is living inside them? 

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The Madman with a Hook for a Hand (Halloween Urban Legends)

You’re a blossoming adolescent and your hormones are raging, so naturally you’d welcome the chance to make out with someone in a car after a Halloween party. But according to this tale, it may be best to keep one hand on the ignition. The story goes that while two young lovers are swapping spit, a news story comes on over the radio detailing the story of a woman who was murdered nearby. The culprit? A madman, escaped from a nearby insane asylum, with a hook for a hand. Then the teens hear a scratching along the car's exterior. Scriiitch ... Scriiitch. Against all reason, they get out to investigate and—well I'm sure you know how this will end.

The hookman tale is a classic urban legend, dating back to at least the early-1950s. In some instances, the teens escape before the killer sinks his hook into them; in other tellings, they're not so lucky. While it's nothing more than a ghost story that doubles as a cautionary tale about teen sexuality, the hookman legend may have some connection to fact—real-life lovers' lane slayings likely contribute to its longevity, while the Texarkana Murders are said to have inspired the hookman legend. 

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