The Mothman
Legends and ancient myths seem to draw power from our fears, gaining a vitality that transforms them into real events, devoid of any fantastical connotation.
Horror Tales
Horror Tales is the column dedicated to exploring legends, haunted locations, and all things eerie in the world. In this section, we’ll take you on a captivating journey through ghost stories, spectral myths, and chilling places that provoke shivers. We’ll delve into urban legends and popular beliefs that have spanned centuries, uncovering the most unsettling tales and the spookiest spots that continue to capture collective imagination. Join us for an adventure into the darkest and most mysterious aspects of reality, where the supernatural intertwines with the everyday.
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The Hinterkaifeck Case
On March 31, 1922, a German family of six was brutally murdered on their farm located in Hinterkaifeck, a small village in Bavaria. The murders, which occurred under mysterious circumstances and with extreme violence, caused a sensation across Germany, and to this day, the case remains unsolved.
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The True Story of the Gremlins
The Gremlins are mythical creatures from folklore that became particularly famous during World War II. Their legend is primarily linked to stories told by pilots of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who attributed unexplained malfunctions and failures in their aircraft to these mischievous little creatures.
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The Great Alcatraz Escape
Dear dark souls passionate about mysterious stories, today I want to tell you the true story of one of the most famous and intriguing escapes in criminal history: that of the three inmates who escaped from Alcatraz prison in 1962.
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Halloween: The Legend of Jack o’ Lantern
With Halloween comes the carved pumpkins, born from the Irish legend of Jack o’ Lantern. Here’s the story behind one of the symbols of the holiday.
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Benjamin Barker, The Killer Barber of Sweeney Todd
Known as the legendary “demonic barber,” he killed his victims with a razor, later serving and selling them to customers in the form of meat pies.
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Francesco Lentini
Born in Syracuse with three legs, two genitalia, and four feet, he was quickly given the derisive nickname by his fellow townspeople: “u maravigghiusu” (the marvelous).
Due to superstition and embarrassment, he was abandoned by his parents and spent the early years of his life in an orphanage. -
The Russian Sleep Experiment
When a human becomes a guinea pig, one of the most fascinating and disturbing creepypastas of the web is born.
In the late 1940s, some Russian scientists kept five men awake for two weeks using an experimental stimulant gas. -
Dyatlov Pass and the Mystery of the Missing Hikers
The Dyatlov Pass is the site of a mysterious and tragic incident involving a group of nine Russian hikers in 1959. The group, led by Igor Dyatlov, was in the northern Ural Mountains in the Siberian region when all members died under unexplained circumstances. The event is known as the “Dyatlov Pass Mystery” and remains one of the greatest unsolved enigmas of modern history.
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Erzsebet Bathory
Erzsébet Bathory descended from one of the oldest and most powerful families of Transylvanian Protestant nobility.
She was the niece of Stephen I Báthory, Prince of Transylvania and brief King of Poland between 1575 and 1586, and among her close relatives were numerous war heroes and some prelates.
