The town of Ellicott Mills was terrorized in the year 1819. Hundreds of kids had vanished with no trace. After several of the children were last seen speaking with Edwin Graveleigh, parents got concerned. Edwin was the unpopular Graveleigh family’s youngest son. Years of bizarre and loud nighttime noises emanating from their home had enraged … Read more
Eight Feet Tall, also known as “Hachishakusama,” is a Japanese urban legend about a young girl named Hanako haunting school lavatories. During World War II, she committed suicide during an air raid. Hanako-san, according to various versions of the story, killed herself in a school restroom after being tormented and despised by her classmates. If … Read more
Growing up, I heard this story while in the Boy Scouts. After the Internet came of age, I looked it up to make sure it’s what I heard. In central NC, there was a location called the Devil’s Tramping Ground. It is a barren spot in the woods where legend has it that the Devil … Read more
One hundred years ago an old German decided to take a short cut to his house in the dead of a cold Wisconsin winter. The short cut was over the frozen surface of Mud lake near Cascade Wisconsin. The old German knew Mud lake had many springs and might not be safe, but it was … Read more
Back in 1999, me, my mom and her boyfriend at the time were walking by Lake Ontario when some kid came up to me and said that there was a giant purple octopus living at the bottom of the lake. Quintan G. from Rochester, New York Our Response Quintan, for all we know, you might … Read more
This is an interesting list of Islamic accomplishments in that country that I thought might give you a better understanding of the insidiousness of Hijrah; that’s the takeover of a nation without going to war. Don’t think for a moment that America is not a target or that there are no American cities where Islamic … Read more
Abandoned slaughterhouse holds legend of old farmer The piggery was once owned by a farmer named “Mr. Allen.” The state of New Jersey seized the man’s property through the process of eminent domain and began using it to supply foodstuffs for Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital in Marlboro, NJ. Farmer Allen went mad because he lost … Read more
A lady walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she’s going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so the lady hands over the keys … Read more
Below is President Zuma, the current South Africa leader. President Zuma, as the current leader of South Africa, has purchased the most expensive aircraft in the world for his own personal use and for those of his staff and underlings. Welcome aboard his custom-built plane that makes Air Force One look like the Wright Brothers’ … Read more
When we were young, we used to get away from school on our lunch breaks and head to a small place named Tadiport. It was just on the outskirts of Torrington and a really quite place. There, me and my buddies would go into the shut down dairy factory, formerly the Torrington Creamery and Dairy … Read more