“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
Josephine Myrtle Corbin was born in Clabourne, Texas, in 1868.
She suffered from an extremely rare anomaly: she was born with four legs. Moreover, she had two genital apparatuses, one of which belonged to a conjoined twin that did not fully develop in the womb.
ByElena
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.
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.
ByElena
Mary Ann Cotton, born Mary Ann Robson (Low Moorsley, County Durham, October 31, 1832 – Durham, March 24, 1873), was a British serial killer accused of murdering more than 21 people, mostly using arsenic.
Despite its widespread popularity, few have delved into the origins of this tale, likely because of the habit of considering it harmless and devoid of any real-world reference.
You may have, at some point, while looking at a person much taller than you—let’s say a giant—wondered how the world might appear from such a different perspective.
When she was born in 1870 in Tennessee, she was diagnosed with a very rare orthopedic condition: 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙢.
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.
ByElena
Aguscello Children’s Psychiatric Hospital We are in Aguscello, a small hamlet with just over 500 inhabitants in the province of Ferrara (Italy)
ByElena
The Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is one of the largest sharks that ever lived on Earth. This gigantic shark, which swam the oceans during the Cenozoic (about 23-3.6 million years ago), was between 15 and 18 meters long, although some studies suggest it could have reached even greater sizes, up to 20 meters.
