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Shih Chung Branch School, Malaysia.

July 16, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #haunted #poltergiest, #horror, #legends, #roadsupernatural #roadtrip, haunted Malaysia, haunted school, worldwar ghostsLeave a comment

Formerly known as “Goh Chan Lau” aka five storey bungalow is an abandoned school in Penang, Malaysia. It was built in the 1880s by the son of a merchant as a five storey residence and was one of the grandest mansions during that time. During its history the ownership has been passed down to numerous different people who either used it as a residence, converted it into a hotel or into a school.

Before world war two it was used as a hotel and later in 1912 the fifth floor was converted into a girls school. After 1920 the building was leased to the government English school. Shih Chung branch school was moved in in 1938. The building was used as a school for quite some time but when World War 2 reached its heights and Malaysia was occupied by the Japanese military, they started using the building as their administrative headquarters. There are stories of the building being used for many bad practises during the Japanese occupation. It is said that people were imprisoned and tortured. The basement was used to keep the prisoners locked in for interrogation and we’re tortured there.

The building was returned to the school after the war and till 1994 it was used as the school. However, the building had witnessed too many horrors and some of them remained for others to witness as well. The place is reportedly haunted by the people who died there during the war as well as the ghost of japanese soldiers are also said to haunt the building.

People who pass by the building have felt a sense of uneasiness. Some people even feel terrified just by looking at the building. People have heard screams of agony and even the marching of soldiers from the building. The building now stands in a dilapidated state and entry is restricted. The building is completely boarded off but some people brave enough have still managed to enter the building in order to explore the mansion. The building has been completely overtaken by nature from the inside and is in a dangerous state of decay.

Redditors deacribe a local myth/folk tale that gives them the creeps.

July 14, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #haunted #poltergiest, #horror, #legends, #sleep paralysis #reddit #creativewriting #paranormalwriting, cabinLeave a comment

r/missbrenduh

Local myth? There is a small, small, small playground next to a weird overpass in our city. Like, two swings and a slide. It’s so hard to get to, I don’t even know why the city put it there. It’s not lit for night use except by a single street lamp. If you use the overpass at night, it looks so eerie and sometimes the wind makes the swings move slowly. In high school, everyone would say a little girl died there and if you don’t hold your breath when going over the overpass, she’ll claim your soul.

I still hold my breath. And I’m 37.

r/back2bach

A decommissioned offshore lighthouse. Even though the tower is locked and all utilities have long been disconnected, residents viewing it from the shore have witnessed the beacon lighting up randomly late at night, 2-3 times per year.

The structure remains solidly locked, and no boats have been reported in the area when the sporadic illumination occurs.

r/Honk_420_Goose

Wendigos. Creepy af. As a canadian who DREAMS of living in rural Quebec but is currently a city boy, These mother fuckers out their living their best life as a cannibal. Also i’m waiting for my mice to turn into mini mice-igos, one of my three mice recently passed away (i hope peacefully, or was murdered) my other two mice ate her corpse. Never found Hilda’s skull. One of my mice is white and was dyed pink after eating Hilda. I’m waiting for my demise at the hand of my little mice-igos.

To sum it up: Wendigos be out there living their best life stealing my future home. And my mice are probably under going the transformation into mice-igos.

r/dragon_barf_junction

the warwick crooner.

on the corner of chestnut and elm, in the backyard of 361 elm st. every full moon, on the rusty old swingset, a squat figure swings, vocalizing hyms of yore. those fools who dare spare a glance are immobilized, forced into observation until his bluetooth headphones die and he goes in to charge them. after the encounter, his victims are never quite the same. the crooner, he visits them in thier dreams, haunts thier nightmares. they see him every night as thier eyes finally close.

r/LR104201

Sinterklaas, he is a catholic “child friend” who takes kids

back to Spain in a sack if they are naughty. I still have

shivers down my spine about Spain, because my mother

threatened me with Spain to hell and back.

r/randomiaedjew

Ever heard of a shin sales or a sheid.. A Jewish demon that can take different forms and drives people insane if your lucky enough to get away from it alive… The only way to combat it is by holding on to your thumb facing it and saying you and are one, then the shaid will say you and are two, then you must respond you and are three and repeat this until 101, all the while it drives you mad…

Fearsome Critters, Written by Henry H. Tryon • Illustrated by Margaret R. Tryon

r/galactic_javelina

There is apparently something called a hoopsnake that lives by the river. It bites onto it’s tail and chases after you rolling like a hula hoop and I find that quite fucked up.

r/Severe_Put5098

The Sawney Bean tale. I couldn’t sleep without a light on for a full week because it was so traumatizing. recommend not looking it up if you have a weak stomach.

r/normal-hu-man

I live in upstate new York in the Adirondacks. And up here theirs always a sense of mystery in the air especially if you go to the more rural parts there’s bigfoot sightings strange happenings. Like for instance the tourism guide will tell you that cougars are extinct here however there have been many sightings of them my dad had personally saw a big cat dash across the road while on his way home from work. Along with the strange disappearance of one ted Nugent who was a pro hunter and ex army that just disappeared into thin air on a hunting trip. If you ever heard of missing 411 incidents this was one of them. It was said that when ted went missing the forest was dead silent (normally in the woods you hear something birds mice etc) anyway a few weeks ago I went out hunting solo I was sitting against a tree on top of a hill when suddenly the forest went dead quiet had a strong sense of being watched at first I played it off saying OH you’re just paranoid but as the sun went down the feeling got stronger and stronger until I said OK I’m just gonna cut this trip short. Was I paranoid was it paranormal I DONT KNOW

Škrinjari house, Croatia.

July 12, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #horror, #legends, haunted Croatia5 Comments

The abandoned house is located in Škrinjari village in Croatia. Now known around the world as Škrinjari house. Built by a family somewhere in between 1950-1980, the real date is not exactly known but it is believed by many that the house was completed in 1980. From the outside, the house looks like a normal house without any extravagant features just like hundreds of houses in Croatia, but the house offers beautiful scenery surrounding it.

The owner is said to have built the house on the foundations of an old house that was abandoned for years with the idea of moving back to his homeland with his family. Tragedy struck and the owner was not able to move in the house and since then many people have moved in the house. Nobody managed to live in the house for more than a few months or at most a couple of years before moving out of the house again. Since 1997 the house has been abandoned waiting for a new owner but to no avail as nobody wants to move in the house believing it to be haunted. People who have lived there have experienced terrible things. Now the house is famous all over as a haunted house.

Many people believe that the site used to be a graveyard and the place is cursed. Legend has it that a young kid drowned in the well inside the property and the body was never recovered. Wailing sounds can still be heard from inside the well. Another story is of a woman who was murdered inside the property. Her body was buried somewhere inside the house. Now her spirit roams inside the property forever trapped and unable to leave. People who have visited the house have experienced a sense of fear and uneasiness. A terrible smell can be smelled inside the house with the source being unknown.

Over the years many people have tried to stay the night but some have to leave the house before even settling for the night while others who have stayed have been badly scared. Several policemen decided to stay at the house to end all the rumours surrounding the house but one iof them quit before even going inside the house while others managed to stay overnight but had no memory of about two hours before sunrise and they had to undergo a psychiatric treatment. Many investigators have also tried to investigate the property but most of the time their equipment would start to malfunction. People have still managed to collect much evidence of the paranormal in the house. A person managed to capture the silhouette of a woman in his camera. Passersby have also witnessed a woman standing outside the house with her arms folded and when they tried to look at her face they could only see a shadowy face with gaping black holes where the eyes should be. The house has no electricity but people claim to see a burning lamp inside the house sometimes during the night. People can still hear disembodied voices and see mysterious shadows inside the house.

A lot of people claim that the owner will give the house to anyone brave enough to stay overnight at the house. However I can’t stay whether this is true or not.

Yawata no yabushirazu, Japan

July 9, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #haunted #poltergiest, #horror, #legends, Edo period, haunted forest, haunted JapanLeave a comment

Yawata no yabushirazu is a small patch of forest located Ichikawa city of the Chiba prefecture. While the place itself might seem harmless at first glance, it would surely get your attention as the forest seems out of place between the tall buildings.

The forest is famous all over the country as a forbidden forest. People are forbidden to even set foot inside the forest and it has been fenced by a stone wall to prevent people from entering inside the forest. While Aokigahara takes all the limelight of being the most haunted forest in Japan, people who know stories about this forest regard this as an equally haunted place. The name is described as a maze-like thicket without any end or exit. This however does not mean that the forest is so large that you can get lost, the forest is literally a small patch and it is impossible to get lost inside the forest but it is believed that whoever sets foot inside the forest their soul gets spirited away and they can never return from there as it is a sacred place and those who dare enter the forest will face the divine wrath.

This theory can’t be put to the test now as nobody is allowed to enter the forest or maybe we don’t even know people might have entered the forest but they didn’t survive to tell the tale. This legend has been passed down since the Edo period and people still firmly believe in this. People often dare themselves to go inside the forest but there isn’t a single report of anyone going inside the forest and coming out alive.

Some people blame this supernatural activity on a fox spirit-deity, while some claim that the forest is haunted by the vengeful ghost of some ancient samurai lord who was killed at this place. Some people even believe that there is a poisonous gas inside the forest responsible for this.

Although you cannot enter the forest, a shrine has been dedicated to the gates of the forest and one can stop to pray on the gates. Japan is a curious country with many legends and this perfect blend of the present without damaging anything from its past is what makes japan one of the best countries.

The Qiu Mansion, Shanghai

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted #hauhtedhouse #poltergiest, #haunted #hauntedhouse #poltergiest, #horror, #legends, #roadsupernatural #roadtrip, haunted China, Qiu mansion2 Comments

The Qiu brothers,Qiu Xingshan and Qiu Weiqing moved to Shanghai as migrant workers. The world was ravaged due to wars and people had to work day and night for food. Both the brothers worked under a German businessman. As the war went on, the German had to flee china leaving all of his assets behind in the care of the Qiu brothers.

The cost of paint was soaring during that time, the brothers started paint business and became a millionaire overnight. They built two majestic identical mansions with big gardens for each of them. The gardens were a sort of sanctuary on their own having all kinds of wild animals roaming around. There was a tiger, a crocodile in the pond, hundreds of birds that flew up in the sky during noon obscuring the sky. There were all kinds of exotic animals and birds that roamed around in the enchanted garden.

But the days of luxuries were short lived. It seemed that just like a cursed vessel from which you can get whatever you wish for albeit you will have to pay heavily for those wishes, the Qiu brothers were granted those luxuries but they had to pay with something neither they or anyone else could have imagined. The Qiu brothers vanished in thin air leaving their mansions to rot. Whether it was a vessel or the place on which they built the mansion was cursed, we would never know for sure. The animals were either sold off or were eaten by the people of the city when there was a widespread famine and people had nothing to eat.

Later one of the mansions was torn down and the other one was set to be moved to a different location clearing the space for some other new buildings in the growing city of Shanghai. It’s the cycle where old things no matter how great and majestic they once were are replaced with new things, the old always have to make way for new.

Here outside the Qiu mansion, the labourers were working on moving the mansion along with its foundations, but the story of the house was yet to end and something really weird happened. All the workers were rushed to the hospital because they were bitten and chased by animals that they had never seen in their life before. Nobody could work out anything about those animals that can give those sort of bite marks. A search of the whole mansion and its grounds were conducted by authorities but there was not a single trace of any living thing inside the house let alone the animals. The workers refused to work there.

There was a hotel adjancent to the abandoned mansion. The staff claimed that they would often witness mysterious animals wandering in the garden during their night shifts and some of the staff have even claimed to have been chased by these animals. A lady who lived near the site of the mansion even claimed to have seen a dragon-like creature in the garden. While the mansion and the area surrounding it is shrouded by mystery, the mansion was moved in 2010 to a new location where it stays abandoned to this day but people who visit there still claim to witness some sort of paranormal activity.

Redditors describe the weirdest story/myth their country has.

July 5, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #haunted #hauntedhouse #poltergiest, #roadsupernatural #roadtrip, #sleep paralysis #reddit #creativewriting #paranormalwriting, cabinLeave a comment

r/forponderings

I grew up pretty close to this small town whose name means “fragrant water” in my local language. How did that come to be, you say? Well well well I’m glad you asked.

Apparently long long ago there’s a king who’s suspicious of his wife. He’s all like gurl you’re cheating, you gotta be! And the queen was like nooooo I’m not! I swear! But the king was not convinced, and kept accusing her. Eventually he decided that the queen is to be sentenced to death. Exasperated, the queen said: “fine, kill me. But then throw my body into this water right here and if I’m innocent the water will become fragrant,”.

The king was like LOL yea right, go die now. /stab

Well, she died. But they humored her and threw her body into the, uh… river or lake or whatever. It’s a body of water. Anyway, lo and behold, a strong flower fragrant starts wafting in the air, just as the queen said it would if she was innocent. The king fell to his knees, probably waving his fists to the clouds yelling a dramatic No0o0oo0000!!!

And then they named the town Fragrant Water. After this legend of a lady who died of shittyhusbanditis, an extremely common disease back in the day. I’ll let yall decide what message / lesson they’re trying to convey by naming their town after this legend. Think before you stab your wives, I guess?

r/LastBestIdea

Ogopogo in the deep Okanagan Lake of BC.

It’s basically Canada’s Loch Ness Monster

r/therearenogoodnames9

While growing up on the East Coast of the US I would say that the Jersey Devil was the strangest one that I heard, with Chessie the Chesapeake Bay monster being the most wholesome (mostly because of all the children’s books about Chessie).

r/ladyOrthetiger

Some groundhog crawls out of a hole and predicts the seasons.

r/sour_honey_

In Monterrey México, there’s a creepy urban legend about a dog eating cereal with a spoon, and believe it or not, a lot of people are afraid of.

r/Astramancer

Johnny Appleseed is a trip.

He wandered around planting apple seeds and the story talks about how he fed westward expansion.

Except… apples from seeds? You’re almost certainly not going to get an edible apple. You can make fermented hard apple cider from them, though…

He didn’t feed expansion, he boozed it up. And this is a children’s story!

r/TheCunning Woman_

The little town I lived in has a child’s grave in the older part of the cemetery. It is the only grave in the entire town that has a spiked fence and stones on top of where the body would be. It sticks out when you walk through the cemetery. Further, there is about 6-10 feet where there are no other graves, not the parents, no other kids or relatives. Local teens started circulating a myth that the child was born to a witch who was subsequently murdered after birthing the child. The myth goes that when the child died, they put spikes and stones on the grave to stop the child from rising and killing the towns people as the child would have been a witch as well. This myth circulated so widely that the cemetery put up a little board on the grave saying that the extras on the grave were to prevent animals from digging up the body. It didn’t make as much sense to the town teens as it’s was the only grave in town with those safety measures. People, mostly teens, still to this day go give gifts to the lonely child, lovingly refered to as the Witch Baby, from coins to stuffed animals and flowers.

r/FineBahnMi

In 1967, the then Prime Minister of Australia, Harold Holt, swam out to sea and was swept away. It was said that he was caught in a ‘rip’, and dragged out by the current. One of the biggest search operations took place in order to locate him, but was unsuccessful.

His body has never been found, and this has generated a whole bunch of theories. But yeah, pretty weird.

Mcpike Mansion, Illinois.

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #horror, #legends, #sleep paralysis #reddit #creativewriting #paranormalwriting, Alton city, hauntedillinois, Madison County, Mcpike mansion6 Comments

Alton is an old small city in Madison County, Illinois. Alton was a home to native Americans for hundreds of years before the 19th century after which European Americans started settling in the city.

For a small town, Alton has seen a lot of deaths due to its long unreported history. About 1400 confederate soldiers died during the civil war because of smallpox outbreak and many unreported deaths later Alton became one of the most haunted cities in the whole country.

The whole town is haunted but there are some locations that really stand out. One such location is the Mcpike mansion. Famous all over the country for its 11 or so ghost residents. The house was built between 1869 and 1871 on the highest point in Alton. Henry Mcgike a prominent member of the society and the Three time Mayor of the town moved into the house along with his family. They lived at the house till 1936 but the house was sold to Paul Laichinger who lived at the house till 1951. The house remained abandoned for years and fell in decay during those years due to vandalism. In 1994 Sharon and George Luedke bought the house in order to convert it into a hotel but they could not do so as they were unable to acquire any grant money for that purpose. But even with all those hindrances they managed to complete the renovations of the house through donations and opened the home for tours instead. They still host several ghost tours as well as historical tours. Although renovations around the house are still going on.

During the earlier renovations the first paranormal activity took place. Sharon was working on the garden one day and she saw a man staring at her from the second floor window. Later after doing some research about the house she found a picture of Paul Laichinger and quickly realized that it was the same person that she saw on the window.

Another spirit that has been spotted inside the house is believed to be Sarah. She used to be a servant in the house and is now a friendly ghost. Sharon often spots her inside the house and she doesn’t feel scared around her. Her spirit roams around in the attic.

The wine cellar is the most active place in the house. People hear footsteps and witness shadows and apparitions infront of their eyes. Often people feel sick around in the cellar although that might be due to the fact that people only visit the cellar during tours and it might get really congested during those tours. People have seen shadowy mist form in the cellar and follow them around. The heavy metal gate at the end of stairs usually takes a little bit of strength to open and close but people have seen it open on its own.

*The above “enhanced” pictures were captured by Tom Halstead of PTF during the*
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*Halliday of Paranormal Investigating Team (P.I.T.).* Bruce’s website can be visited
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Other ghosts residing in the house include that of Mrs and Mr Mcpike and people have heard voices and footsteps of small children in the house, infact when Paul Laichinger used to live in the house and rented some of the rooms, his tenants often complained about hearing kids playing inside the house even when there were no kids present. The child spirits are believed to be the kids of Mcpikes who died young.

Up till now no one has ever witnessed any sort of evil entity inside the house. All the ghosts are friendly and welcoming.

The house is still under repair but people can still book tours and visit the house.

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Mcpike mansion official

Wikipedia

Haunted illinois

Napier Prison, New Zealand

June 30, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #horror, #legends, Alcatraz, haunted New Zealand, haunted prison2 Comments

Napier Prison is a former prison in New Zealand. It was built in 1862 and housed both male and female prisoners. Although not as violent as other prisons might be, it was still one of the most violent prisons by New Zealand standards. The prison has witnessed a lot of murders, deaths and suicides. The prison had also seen at least four hangings during its operation. Later the prison was also used as an orphanage as well as a psychiatric unit.

The prison was decommissioned in 1992 but was opened 10 years later as a backpackers hostel offering cheap stays to people. Although it acted as a hostel for a short period of time, it was during that time when people started experiencing paranormal activities inside the oldest prison.

People staying there would hear footsteps, disembodied voices, doors opening and closing on their own and a supposedly evil entity of a former prisoner and a serial killer Roland Edwards. It is reported that the paranormal activity intensifies on the day of his death. Places that witness deaths and psychologically tormented people often develop a sort of negative atmosphere.

The prison now acts as a tourist attraction providing guided and unguided tours to the people interested. People can also see the path of the 1931 Hawkes bay earthquake which is one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country. The prison also hosts escape room experiences.

Al- Jazirah Al- Hamra (U.A.E.)

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #horror, #legends, #roadsupernatural #roadtrip2 Comments

Al- Jazirah Al- Hamra Is a ghost town to the south of the city of Ras Alla Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. The town became abandoned during the 1930s when the business of pearl hunting became depleted and the inhabitants moved to some other place in search for new ways of income.

The town is considered to be a hotspot for djinn activity. There have been reports of strange noises, chilling screams/wails and many unexplainable sightings.

It is believed that once the sun sets, the town comes to life with plenty of unexplainable noises that are not of this world. That is one of the main reasons that people choose to stay away from this place especially at night. Djinns can shapeshift and can appear/disappear at their will. Some locals that still live near the town believe that people who visit the village in the hope of a paranormal encounter are just wasting their time because djinns can only be spotted when they want to be seen.

There are also other spirits in the town. Those spirits are said to never cause any harm to people except frightening them just for fun. Haunted sites include ‘the haunted Mansion of Al Dhait and Dhaga graveyard in Ras al khaimah. Thrill seekers have become regular visitors in the town. New Al Jazirah Al Hamra was built near the old town in 1980 and some of the locals live there. People living there are still reluctant to talk about the supernatural occurences.

The Whaley house, San Diego

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022Posted in blogging, paranormal, writingTagged #abandoned, #creepy, #creepypasta, #cryptids, #folklore, #ghost, #haunted, #horror, #legends, San Diego hauntings, Whaley house hauntings1 Comment

The Whaley house was a residential location of the Whaley family. Thomas Whaley himself designed the two story Greek revival house and even the bricks used in building the house were created in Thomas whaley’s own brickyard. The house was completed in 1857 and it was the finest home in San Diego during that time.

Besides being the Whaley family home, it was also San Diego’s first commercial theater, the second county courthouse, and a bilingual general store. The San Diego County government was also renting a part of the house for its offices.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS CAL,37-OLTO,5–7

While the house was in itself one of the most magnificent homes during that time and is still a national treasure to this day, the house brought a lot of bad luck to the Whaley family. The part of the house that acted as a general Store caught fire and was burnt down leaving the family in shambles. The first son died of illness when he was 18 months old and his daughter committed suicide later on in the life. Due to the suicide there was a massive scandal and the engagement of his other daughter was broken off by her fiance. All of these things forced him to move his family to a different house. During their stay away from home the house fell into a state of decay. After almost 3 decades and after Thomas Whaley had passed away his son Francis started restoration work and turned the house into a tourist attraction and a museum.

(Whaley house rear) Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division HABS: HABS CAL,37-OLTO,5–3

Even during their stay in the house, the Whaley family had reported on paranormal activity taking place inside the house. They believed that they saw the ghost of a thief who was hanged within the property. They would hear footsteps inside the house and even those watching the house from the outside claimed to have seen shadows moving inside the house at night. The house was also said to have been built on an old cemetery.

(Courthouse ) Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division HABS: HABS CAL,37-OLTO,5–6

Today the house acts as a museum and people can still take a tour. Those who have visited the house claimed to have felt the presence of an angry entity that is believed to be of the thief that was hanged at the property before the house was built. People feel sadness and despair inside the house. Other entities include the ghost of a toddler whose crying, giggling and small footsteps can be heard within the house from a distance. This entity is believed to be of Thomas Jr. The spirits of violet and Anna Whaley have also been spotted in misty form accompanied by the smell of their perfume. Thomas Whaley is sometimes seen standing on top of the stairs watching the house.

( Living room ) Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division HABS: HABS CAL,37-OLTO,5–5

People have witnessed things moving inside the house on their own. Lights turn on and off and even a very nasty smell that is associated with an evil entity.

The Whaley house provides both guided and unguided tours of the house and the museum. It has also featured on several tv shows like ghost adventures and holzer files.

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Wikimedia commons- public domain images

Wikipedia

Whaley house, San Diego