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.
ByElena
Doris Bither moved to California with her family in 1974, and already her life isn’t the best. A 30-year-old single mother of four children (one female and three males, all born from different fathers), one of whom is an alcoholic and suffers from serious emotional problems. But there’s more.
ByElena
The term “Beltway Sniper” refers to the perpetrator (later identified as a duo) of a series of firearm attacks that rocked the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and its surroundings for three weeks in October 2002. These carefully planned and coordinated attacks resulted in the deaths of ten people and severe injuries to three others, occurring in seemingly unrelated locations.
ByElena
We are in Paris, at the end of the 19th century, in what we all know as the Belle Epoque. Antonin Alexander brought to life the Cabaret de L’Enfer and the Cabaret de Ciel, both situated on Boulevard de Clichy next to each other, managing them until 1950. But what was so special about these two establishments? One was heaven and the other was hell. They were absolutely “spectacular.”
The spouses Ed and Lorraine Warren were two famous paranormal investigators and experts in paranormal activities and exorcisms. They dedicated much of their lives to
The Devil’s Bridge of Dronero is an ancient medieval bridge located in the Piedmont region, in the province of Cuneo.
ByElena
During the Second World War, in 1944, Remy Van Lierde, a colonel in the Belgian Air Force, spotted a snake of extraordinary size while flying over the Congo.
“The ‘diabolical’ origins of a mountain in the Cuneo area.”
The Villisca Axe Murder is one of the most well-known and mysterious crimes in United States history. It occurred in the small town of Villisca, Iowa, on the night of June 9-10, 1912. The massacre involved the brutal murder of eight people, six members of the Moore family and two visiting children.
The Devil’s Column is a simple Romanesque column with two curious holes on the shaft.
ByElena
In the heart of Transylvania, Romania, lies a place shrouded in mystery and fear: the infamous Hoia Baciu Forest. Renowned worldwide as one of the planet’s most haunted forests and dubbed ‘The Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania,’ with rumors suggesting it to be the abode of the Devil, Hoia Baciu has captured the imagination of adventurers, paranormal investigators, and curious explorers alike. Its dark reputation is built upon a history of inexplicable phenomena, unsettling encounters, and mysterious disappearances, making it a focal point for those drawn to the unknown.
