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    Unexplained phenomena, hauntings, and more populate our favorite stories about the weird and unusual around the world.

    11 Most Haunted Houses in the World

    11 Most Haunted Houses in the World

    Visit these real-life haunted houses, if you dare.

    Haunted Houses

    By Jena Brown

    Witchcraft

    Enchanting Gifts for the Witch in Your Life

    Enchanting Gifts for the Witch in Your Life

    By Lisa Quigley

    Gift Guide

    11 Paranormal Board Games for a Chilling Night of Fun

    11 Paranormal Board Games for a Chilling Night of Fun

    By Jena Brown

    Ghost Hunting

    8 Ghost Hunting Shows That Will Send Shivers Up Your Spine

    8 Ghost Hunting Shows That Will Send Shivers Up Your Spine

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Cryptids

    The Enfield Monster: Alien, Cryptid, or Incident of Mass Hysteria?

    The Enfield Monster: Alien, Cryptid, or Incident of Mass Hysteria?

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

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    Cemeteries

    Bachelor’s Grove: Chicagoland’s Sinister Abandoned Cemetery

    Bachelor’s Grove: Chicagoland’s Sinister Abandoned Cemetery

    This desolate burial ground outside of downtown Chicago is said to be one of the most haunted places in the country.

    By Orrin Grey

    Bizarre Travel

    6 Haunted Asylums You Can Actually Visit

    6 Haunted Asylums You Can Actually Visit

    Care to step inside?

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    La Pascualita: The Mannequin Corpse Bride of Mexico

    La Pascualita: The Mannequin Corpse Bride of Mexico

    Her glassy eyes peer out from the window as you pass by at night, following your every footstep.

    By Jamie Bogert

    America'S Most Haunted

    Slenderman: The Meme That Led to Attempted Murder

    Slenderman: The Meme That Led to Attempted Murder

    In 2014, an eerie character from the darkest corners of the Internet inspired two Wisconsin tweens to stab their classmate 19 times.

    By Eric Olsen

    Bizarre Travel

    9 Most Haunting Ghost Towns from Around the World

    9 Most Haunting Ghost Towns from Around the World

    The buildings may be empty, but the ghosts of the past still linger in the streets ...

    By Orrin Grey

    America'S Most Haunted

    Bunyip: Australia’s Terrifying Cryptid of the Swamp

    Bunyip: Australia’s Terrifying Cryptid of the Swamp

    They say it lurks in the water, and has a taste for human flesh ...

    By Theresa Argie

    Bizarre Travel

    What Lies at the Bottom of Skeleton Lake?

    What Lies at the Bottom of Skeleton Lake?

    High in the Himalayas is a mysterious lake with a very grisly secret...

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    Witchcraft

    Unearthed: The True Location of the Salem Witch Trial Hangings

    Unearthed: The True Location of the Salem Witch Trial Hangings

    300 years after the Salem Witch Trials claimed its final victim, researchers have made a startling discovery ...

    By Jamie Bogert

    America'S Most Haunted

    The Loveland Frog: Ohio’s Creepy Amphibian Cryptid

    The Loveland Frog: Ohio’s Creepy Amphibian Cryptid

    Haunting the riverbanks of Loveland are sightings of a mysterious creature with leathery skin and a gaping mouth.

    By Theresa Argie

    Paranormal

    The Mudhouse Mansion Mystery

    The Mudhouse Mansion Mystery

    On a hill in Ohio stood a stately brick mansion with a sinister reputation.

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    Tainted Love: 4 Macabre Literary Love Stories

    Tainted Love: 4 Macabre Literary Love Stories

    Love means never having to say you're sorry for exhuming your dead darling's corpse.

    By Cailey Hall

    Crime Feed

    Zak Bagans’ Demon House Demolished After Hellish Incidents

    Zak Bagans’ Demon House Demolished After Hellish Incidents

    The terrifying home was said to be the lair of “200 demons.”

    By Catherine Phelan

    Paranormal

    Aokigahara: Japan’s Suicide Forest

    Aokigahara: Japan’s Suicide Forest

    In the shadow of Mount Fuji is a mysterious forest where hundreds of souls have ended their lives.

    By Stephanie Almazan

    Folklore

    7 Creepy Folklore Creatures from Around the World

    7 Creepy Folklore Creatures from Around the World

    These legendary creatures will leave you sleeping with one eye open.

    By Stephanie Almazan

    America'S Most Haunted

    The Bizarre and Lonely Death of Olivia Mabel

    The Bizarre and Lonely Death of Olivia Mabel

    In 1994, Texas authorities responded to silent 911 calls from the home of Olivia Mabel. What they found horrified them...

    By Eric Olsen

    Paranormal

    The Eerie Mystery of the Phelps Mansion Knockings

    The Eerie Mystery of the Phelps Mansion Knockings

    Soon after moving into their stately Stratford mansion in 1848, the Phelps family realized they were not alone.

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    Bizarre Travel

    The Fire Mummies and Hanging Coffins of the Philippines

    The Fire Mummies and Hanging Coffins of the Philippines

    In the mountains of the Philippines the dead are put to rest in wooden coffins hung from steep valley walls.

    By Adam Karlin

    Bizarre Travel

    Paranormal Pluckley: “The Most Haunted Village in Britain”

    Paranormal Pluckley: “The Most Haunted Village in Britain”

    From a ghostly carriage to the restless spirit of a slaughtered highwayman, this quiet English village is teeming with paranormal activity.

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    Paranormal

    A Ghost Tower in the Sky: Bangkok’s Creepy Abandoned Skyscraper

    A Ghost Tower in the Sky: Bangkok’s Creepy Abandoned Skyscraper

    Looming over the noisy markets and car-crowded streets of Bangkok is an eerily empty tower that’s shrouded in mystery.

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    Showmen’s Rest: The Deadly Hammond Circus Train Wreck of 1918

    Showmen’s Rest: The Deadly Hammond Circus Train Wreck of 1918

    In a quiet cemetery outside Chicago lies a mass grave of clowns, strongmen, and acrobats who died in one of the worst circus tragedies in history.

    By Orrin Grey

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