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Angel in the Elevator
A woman was getting ready for bed and she saw a white light outside her bedroom. When she looked outside she saw a man dressed in pure white with a glow coming from him. He stared at her as she stared back. She got into bed and the glow slowing faded away as if the man was walking away. The next morning the woman went to work. She and a few other people waited for the … Read entire article »
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Idaho’s Jack the Ripper
In 1954, A Maximum Security cell house, the Old Idaho Penitentiary, was constructed complete with a gallows room on the second floor. Raymond Allen Snowden was executed for the murder of Cora Dean, which occurred in Garden City on September 23, 1956. Snowden was nicked named "Idaho’s Jack the Ripper". Dean’s body was found with 30 stab wounds to it. The the coroner had determined that her throat had been slashed first then after that … Read entire article »
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Bathroom Ghosts
Hanako, the ghost in the toilet, almost achieved the status of a national phenomena in Japanese legend 20 years ago, when a wave of stories of ghost-sightings swept through the nation’s school yards. Every child had a “Hanako” story to tell. The stories, of course, are many and varied but every schoolchild in Japan, at one time or another, has stood in dread and anticipation as he or she ventured into the school toilet alone. This … Read entire article »
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Shades of Death Road
Legend has it, that many years ago, a car of teenagers were driving down a country road in Hackettstown, NJ after the prom. The road was slippery that night and it curved sharply to the left and right, winding into the dark. The driver lost control and the car crashed into a ditch killing one of the passengers. To this day, on dark and slippery nights, you can still see the girl who died wandering … Read entire article »
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The Cranbury Inn
I lived in NJ most of my life, even though I was born in NY. When I went to Walter C. Black Middle School, I had a teacher who worked at the Cranbury Inn. She told us all that it was haunted by the ghost of a man who was killed there in the 1790′s. The man was run over by a stagecoach after having a few too many drinks. Apparently, ever since then he has … Read entire article »
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A Fire Every 20 Years
I moved to Oretta and started going to Singer High School. I’m happy to say I made some friends on the first day. We were sitting in the gym one day and I looked up at the ceiling and noticed that there were black marks on it. I asked my friend if she knew why it was like that and she told me that the school had burned down several times. She said that it … Read entire article »
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Bloody Mary
A long time ago there was a little girl named Mary. She grew very ill and fell into a deep coma. The local doctor was old and feeble and without knowing any better, he believed she was dead. He informed the family and they had a funeral and laid the girl to rest. No one realized that they had buried the poor girl alive! Mary’s family lived very close to the graveyard where she was … Read entire article »
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