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Get Out of the Car!
(This is supposedly a true account recorded in the Police Log of Sarasota, Florida) An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!” var AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cars
Closed Cars and Benzene Exposure Linked to Cancer
CAR AIR-CONDITIONING – VERY IMPORTANT! My car’s instruction manual says to roll down the windows to let out all the hot air before turning on A/C. Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car. Open the windows after you enter your car and then turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes. Here’s why: According to research, the car dashboard, seats and air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen ). … Read entire article »
The Devil Baby of Hull House
The legend of Hull House is commonly known to the people of Chicago. Hull House was a settlement house back in the early 1900s for immigrants. A woman gave birth to a child whose father was the devil. The mother, disgusted by the child, abandoned the baby at Hull House. The owner, Jane Addams, hid the baby in the attic and raised the child. The child died at a young age. Now, if you look … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Regional and Cultural
Clown Statue
This girl was babysitting for some family friends one night, a little boy and a little girl. The parents had a fetish for clowns and had collected clowns from around the world for years, setting aside a room in the house just to put them on display. That night, the children were playing in this very room. Many of the clowns were just statues, and some were life-size, one in particular, was seated in a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Featured, Home Invasion
School Bathroom Bullies and Ghosts
Bullies Butcher Boy in the Bathroom Down here in Jamestown there are a bunch of stories about the old Pine Haven school. One story I heard creeps me out and makes me glad I’m a girl. They say one day a geeky boy went into the boy’s bathroom alone. While he was washing his hands one of the school bullies walked in and decided to play a little game. He and his buds snuck up behind … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Featured, Ghost Stories, Mirrors, School
The Black Lady of Bradley Woods
I grew up in a large town in Lincolnshire, England. As kids, we used to play in a large wooded area on the outskirts of town called Bradley Woods. In the woods is an ancient looking abandoned cottage by a pond and we told a story about it which went like this: Hundreds of years ago, a poor woodsman lived in the cottage with his wife and baby. They lived happily until the woodsman was pressed … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Ghost Stories, Regional and Cultural, UrbanLegendsOnline
Kuchisake-onna
A young woman who lived hundreds of years ago and was the wife or concubine of a samurai. She was very beautiful but also very vain, and she was discovered to have been cheating on her husband. The samurai, extremely jealous and feeling cuckolded, attacked her and slit her mouth from ear to ear, screaming "Who will think you’re beautiful now? That woman roams around during foggy evenings, with her face covered by a surgical mask, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Regional and Cultural, UrbanLegendsOnline
The Wandering Bus
There is a bus in Philadelphia which SEPTA does not talk about. It is not listed on the website. It has neither schedule nor route. It drives the city in a pattern known only to its driver, and perhaps not even to him. Its electronic reader board never displays a number, only “SEPTA.” People who know it call it the Zero, the Random Bus, the Wandering Bus, or just The Bus. It is not a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cars, Regional and Cultural, UrbanLegendsOnline
Farmer John’s Meat Packing Plant
There’s a legend surrounding the old Farmer John’s meat packing plant, just a few blocks away from my home. It’s said that the old factory is haunted by several ghosts. The story I was told went like this: In 1964, the owner’s two young children were reported missing. The kids had last been seen in the factory, and their nanny and father both confirmed that they had been brought in for a quick visit. The nanny left … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Ghost Stories, UrbanLegendsOnline
Japanese Girl’s Suicide Drawing
The story is this, in Japan shortly before a teenage girl committed suicide,she drew this picture, scanned it and posted it online. In Korea this story broke out and it spread like wildfire. There are various posts around in Korean forums that say that the viewer gets drawn to the girls blue eyes,they say they can detect a hint of wraith and sadness within the eyes. Maybe the girl had died with so much sadness … Read entire article »
Filed under: Pictures and Video, Regional and Cultural, UrbanLegendsOnline
