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    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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    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

    Urban Legends

    Why Is Friday the 13th Considered So Unlucky?

    Why Is Friday the 13th Considered So Unlucky?

    Superstitious souls avoid air travel, driving, and playing the stock market every Friday the 13th. But where does their fear originate?

    By Stephanie Almazan

    America'S Most Haunted

    The Strange Case of the Melonheads

    The Strange Case of the Melonheads

    In the woods of Ohio are dark tales of a mad doctor and the mutant descendants of his horrific experiments.

    By Theresa Argie

    America'S Most Haunted

    Miracle in Utah: A Supernatural Story of Survival

    Miracle in Utah: A Supernatural Story of Survival

    On a chilly spring day in Utah, a mysterious voice led rescue workers to an overturned car and the young family trapped inside.

    By Theresa Argie

    Everlasting Slumber: The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo

    Everlasting Slumber: The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo

    Beneath the bustling streets of Palermo is a massive monument to the dead where over 8,000 corpses line the catacomb walls.

    By Steven Casale

    Best Of

    The Lineup Presents: The Weirdest News Stories of 2015

    The Lineup Presents: The Weirdest News Stories of 2015

    Take a freaky trip down memory lane as we revisit the weirdest news of 2015.

    By Orrin Grey

    Paranormal

    An Exorcism in Massachusetts: The Possession of the Passetto Family

    An Exorcism in Massachusetts: The Possession of the Passetto Family

    Soon after moving into their quaint country home, Lui and Dale Passetto encountered a force of pure evil.

    By Jamie Bogert

    America'S Most Haunted

    Mari Lwyd: The Holiday Horse Skull of Wales

    Mari Lwyd: The Holiday Horse Skull of Wales

    Who's that at the door?

    By Eric Olsen

    Bizarre Travel

    8 Most Haunted Places in Chicago

    8 Most Haunted Places in Chicago

    From the Second Regiment Armory to the site of H.H. Holmes' infamous murder castle, the Windy City is bustling with paranormal activity.

    By Elisabeth Tilstra

    Paranormal

    Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England

    Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England

    In the sleepy parish of Borley stood a dark Victorian manse plagued by reports of the paranormal.

    By Stephanie Almazan

    Bizarre Travel

    11 Haunted Forests You Should Never, Ever Step Foot In

    11 Haunted Forests You Should Never, Ever Step Foot In

    From the Devil's tramping ground to a wooded Bermuda Triangle, you do not want to take a stroll through these freaky forests.

    By Michael Koh

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