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Lived Once, Buried Twice
In my town of Lurgan, roughly 100 years ago, there lived a women who was very old. Her husband had died early in the marriage and the ring her husband bought was, for the time, priceless. One morning, she took ill and was presumed dead. Her family held a funeral and buried her. That night, grave robbers dug up her body and tried to get the ring off of her finger. The ring was very tight … Read entire article »
Filed under: Horrible Accidents
Johnny’s Last Dance: The Dead Soldier’s Waltz
Within an hour of my arrival at Fort Union, my new post, my best friend Johnny came to the barracks with a broad grin and a friendly clout on the shoulder. He’d hurried over as soon as he heard I had come, and we talked ’til sunset and beyond. As soon as Johnny mentioned Celia’s name, I knew he had it bad for her. To hear him talk, Celia was the most amazing woman who had … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ghost Stories, Government and Military, Love and Marraige
The Curse of the Faceless Woman
Lost in time, this story is told, about a woman, dark and bold. She walks the streets on a foggy night, with a hood on her head to hide from sight. Her story starts one summer’s eve, beside the lake an evil deed. A thief stole her daughter’s life, and filled her soul with pain and strife. On a moonlit night along the shore, two young lovers walked … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ghost Stories
Aren’t You Glad You Didn’t Turn on the Light?
Two college roommates were complete opposites, one liked to study while the other liked to party. In preparation for their upcoming midterms, the studious roommate (Jane) planned a Friday night of studying while the partier (Mary) decided to go to a frat party. The two were friends, regardless of their differences, and while Mary got ready for the party, she tried to get Jane to go. Jane insisted on studying and Mary set out for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, School, UrbanLegendsOnline
Smelly Vegas Hotel Room
A man and woman went to Las Vegas for their honeymoon, and checked into a suite at a hotel. When they got to their room they both detected a bad odor. The husband called down to the front desk and asked to speak to the manager. He explained that the room smelled very bad and they would like another suite. The manager apologized and told the man that they were all booked because of a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Regional and Cultural, UrbanLegendsOnline
Mercritis
In Mississippi there is a story about a disease called Mercritis that slipped over from Europe. Men who catch it emit an odor that when inhaled by a beautiful woman, will make her homicidal. There was a riot in the 1950′s during a Mercritis outbreak that swept the southern states and was covered up by the government and the medical community. Growing up in the south, people were always saying “Oh yeah, it’s true, my … Read entire article »
Filed under: Medical, UrbanLegendsOnline
Deadly Dress
A new consignment boutique opened in town and a woman went shopping there and bought a dress. She wore it that night to a party. Sometime during the party the woman began to feel sick. She had had a few cocktails, so she thought it was just a reaction to the alcohol. She said her goodbyes and headed home. That night, alone in her apartment she felt worse and worse and by morning she had … Read entire article »
Filed under: Horrible Accidents, Medical, UrbanLegendsOnline
Human’s Can Lick Too
Once there was a beautiful young girl who lived in a small town just south of Farmersburg. Her parents had to go to town for a while, so they left their daughter home alone, but protected by her dog, which was a very large collie. The parents told the girl to lock all the windows and doors after they had left and she obeyed her parent’s wishes, but there was one window in the basement that would not close completely. She tried as best as she could and she finally got the window shut, but it would not lock. She went back upstairs, but just to make sure that no one could get in, she put the dead-bolt lock on the basement door. She had some dinner, watched a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Home Invasion, UrbanLegendsOnline
The One That Got Away
A boy and his sister had to stay home alone one night. Their parents were out at a fancy party for their father’s job and they warned the children not to open the door for anyone under any circumstances. The kids were distracted by TV and weren’t paying attention to their parent’s warning. A couple of hours after the parents left, the children were both in bed asleep when they were woken up by a knock at the door. The knock came again and they began to think it must be an emergency so the sister went to answer the door. Her brother lay awake on his bed, listening for her to come back to her room – but he didn’t hear her return. He got nervous and decided … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Home Invasion, UrbanLegendsOnline
Frightened and Fearless
There are two girls; Sandra who is totally fearless and Marie who gets frightened when you tap her on the shoulder. Though they are very different, they are good friends and Marie has agreed to spend the night at the Sandra’s house for one full weekend. Though Sandra loves to watch horror movies, Marie is too scared to watch them with her so they decide to tell each other ghost stories. Sandra is the expert on any type of frightening story and she really wants to scare Marie. She tells her stories of babysitters hacked to death, children eaten alive and all sorts of terrible happenings. After some time, many stories and lots of drinks and snacks, Sandra has to pee and excuses herself to the bathroom. Minutes pass … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Home Invasion, UrbanLegendsOnline
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