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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_to_Hell] | [TOKENS: 912] |
Contents Well to Hell The "Well to Hell", also known as the "Siberian hell sounds", is an urban legend regarding a putative borehole in the Siberian region of Russia, which was purportedly drilled so deep that it broke through into Hell. It was first attested in English as a 1989 broadcast by an American domestic TV br... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantinos_Koukidis] | [TOKENS: 845] |
Contents Konstantinos Koukidis The name Konstantinos Koukidis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κουκίδης) is used to refer to the alleged Greek Evzone or member of the National Youth Organisation who was on flag guard duty on 27 April 1941 at the Acropolis of Athens, the day Wehrmacht forces entered Athens and began the Axis occupa... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Corpse_Factory] | [TOKENS: 3678] |
Contents German Corpse Factory The German Corpse Factory or Kadaververwertungsanstalt (literally "Carcass-Utilization Factory"), also sometimes called the "German Corpse-Rendering Works" or "Tallow Factory" was a recurring work of atrocity propaganda among the Allies of World War I, describing the German Empire's suppo... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake] | [TOKENS: 1095] |
Contents Edward Mordake Edward Mordake (sometimes spelled Mordrake) is the apocryphal subject of an urban legend who was born in the 19th century as the heir to an English peerage with a face at the back of his head. According to legend, the face could whisper, laugh or cry. Mordake repeatedly begged doctors to remove ... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_Bite] | [TOKENS: 896] |
Contents The Spider Bite The Spider Bite or The Red Spot is a modern urban legend that emerged in England during the 1970s. The legend features a young woman from a frigid, northern location (England, New York City, etc.), who is on vacation abroad in a warm southern location (Mexico, etc.). While sunbathing on the bea... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants%27_graveyard] | [TOKENS: 520] |
Contents Elephants' graveyard An elephants' graveyard (also called elephant graveyard, elephant's graveyard, or elephants' cemetery) is a place where, according to legend, old elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age. According to this legend, these elephants would then die there alone, f... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead] | [TOKENS: 4990] |
Contents Paul is dead "Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that English musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in September 1969 following reports on American college campus... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Belief:_Fact_or_Fiction] | [TOKENS: 1354] |
Contents Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode features stories, all of which appear to defy logic, and some of which... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Mistletoe_Bough] | [TOKENS: 794] |
Contents Legend of the Mistletoe Bough The Legend of the Mistletoe Bough is a horror story which has been associated with many mansions and stately homes in England. A new bride, playing a game of hide-and-seek or trying to get away from the crowd during her wedding breakfast, hides in a chest in an attic and is unable... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Panther] | [TOKENS: 553] |
Contents Canterbury Panther The Canterbury Panther or Canterbury Cat is a New Zealand urban legend about a black panther which is said to live in the Canterbury Region. Sightings of the animal go back to before the 1970s. History The Canterbury Panther first made headlines in July 1977, when Kaiapoi resident Frances Cl... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bartley] | [TOKENS: 937] |
Contents James Bartley James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story first appeared in anonymous form in American n... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_Lima] | [TOKENS: 678] |
Contents Treasure of Lima The Treasure of Lima is a legendary buried treasure reputedly removed from Lima, Peru, in 1820 and never recovered. It is estimated to be worth up to £160 million or $208 million in today's money. History Spain had controlled Lima since the 16th century, when it defeated the Incas. In the cent... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Legends_(TV_series)] | [TOKENS: 344] |
Contents Urban Legends (TV series) Urban Legends is a Canadian documentary-style television series hosted by Michael Allcock until David Hewlett became the new host in 2011. In each episode, three urban legends are dramatized and presented to the television audience; the audience is then asked to speculate which one or... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petscop] | [TOKENS: 1152] |
Contents Petscop Petscop is a YouTube horror web series by Tony Domenico, made to resemble a YouTube Let's Play series. The videos follow "Paul", the protagonist, exploring and documenting a supposedly "long-lost PlayStation video game" titled Petscop. The 24-episode series ran from March 12, 2017, to September 2, 2019... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats] | [TOKENS: 1587] |
Contents British big cats In British folklore and urban legend, British big cats refers to the subject of reported sightings of non-native, wild big cats in the United Kingdom. Many of these creatures have been described as "panthers", "pumas" or "black cats". There have been rare isolated incidents of recovered indivi... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Screams] | [TOKENS: 599] |
Contents Suburban Screams Suburban Screams (titled onscreen as John Carpenter's Suburban Screams) is an American documentary horror true crime anthology television series created by Jordan Roberts. The series is executive produced by Roberts, John Carpenter, Sandy King, Tony DiSanto, and Andy Portnoy. The series debute... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Alan_Fine] | [TOKENS: 1349] |
Contents Gary Alan Fine Gary Alan Fine (born May 11, 1950, in New York City) is an American sociologist and author. Life and career The son of Bernard David Fine and Bernice Estelle Tanz, Fine grew up in Manhattan and went to the Horace Mann School. He studied psychology at the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kapp... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes] | [TOKENS: 1697] |
Contents Snopes Snopes (/ˈsnoʊps/), formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet. The site has also been seen as a source for both validating and debunking urban legends and similar ... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren] | [TOKENS: 1120] |
Contents Lyall's wren Xenicus lyalli Lyall's wren or the Stephens Island wren (Traversia lyalli) is an extinct species of small, flightless passerine bird belonging to the family Acanthisittidae, the New Zealand wrens. It was once found throughout New Zealand, but by the time of its discovery by scientists in 1894, it ... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Harold_Brunvand] | [TOKENS: 4294] |
Contents Jan Harold Brunvand Jan Harold Brunvand (born March 23, 1933) is an American retired folklorist, researcher, writer, public speaker, and professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah. Brunvand is best known for popularizing the concept of the urban legend, a form of modern folklore or story telling. ... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(film_series)] | [TOKENS: 1689] |
Contents Candyman (film series) Candyman is an American supernatural horror franchise originating from the 1985 short story "The Forbidden" from the collection Books of Blood by Clive Barker, about the legend of the "Candyman", the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century. Its fil... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids] | [TOKENS: 175] |
Contents List of cryptids Cryptids are animals or other beings whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology, the study of cryptids, is a pseudoscience claiming that such beings may exist somewhere in the wild; it has been widely critiqued by scientists. The subculture is regularly cr... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation] | [TOKENS: 3009] |
Contents SCP Foundation The SCP Foundation is a fictional organization featured in stories created by contributors on the SCP Wiki, a wiki-based collaborative writing project, launched in 2008. Within the project's shared universe, the SCP (Special Containment Procedures) Foundation[c] is a secret organization that is ... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_creepypastas] | [TOKENS: 5918] |
Contents List of creepypastas Page version status This is an accepted version of this page Creepypastas are horror-related legends or images that have been copied and pasted around the Internet. These Internet entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare, frighten, or discomfort readers... |
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_bridge] | [TOKENS: 182] |
Contents Bikini bridge A bikini bridge is defined as "when bikini bottoms are suspended between the two hip bones, causing a space between the bikini and the lower abdomen". The phrase originated in the United States on January 5, 2014, coined by users on the /b/ board on the imageboard 4chan as a parody of popular thi... |
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