Unsolved Mysteries

Japan’s Cursed Okiku Doll, Her Hair Won’t Stop Growing

The Okiku Doll is one creepy little toy. Supposedly possessed by the spirit of a murderous little girl, it haunts the temple it now resides in. Everything about this doll is terrifying, however, there is something that makes this doll stand out above any Annabelle or Robert. It’s hair will not stop growing….

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The Tale of Okiku

In the earlier spring months of 1918 a young boy called Eikichi Suzuki went to market and bought his younger sister a doll. The doll was traditional wearing a kimono and her hair was a thick black bob. She was instantly in love. She loved it so much, she chose to name it after herself. 

The two Okiku’s were inseparable until tragedy struck, the real Okiku became gravely ill and died one year later. Her grieving family placed her beloved doll on the family altar in memory of their only daughter. 

Okiku in her shrine, Image via Occult Museum 

The family went to see Okiku regularly and all was fine until the older brother pointed about that the doll’s hair seemed a little longer… Then it continued to grow and grow until it became a shaggy mess down to Okiku’s knees. The family cut the hair again and again but every time it would just grow back. Only stopping at the knees. They soon believed that the spirit of their lost daughter was living within the doll. 

The family moved in 1938, they wanted to take Okiku with them but there was something not right about the doll, something that made them think twice about the fact it could be their daughter’s ghost within. But if it really was there little Okiku they did not want to just throw it away. 

In the same year, the doll was sent to a Mannenji temple, who still took it after being told about the dolls curse and her continuously growing hair.The doll’s hair continues to grow to its knees, and in the temple it became a regular task to trim Okikus hair until the present day.  

 

Okiku

Okiki in her shrine, Image Via Youtube

Okiku without doubt, is one of the world’s most haunted dolls. There is activity and possible negative activity at that surrounding this little porcelain horror.  The real phenominon is her forever growing barnet. No one has really been able to explain this occurence, how the dolls hair has continued to grow for over a century. 

She has since been taken and examined and it has been found her hair is actually human hair! Ofcourse, this does not mean it was paranormal or supernatural. But what is going on with this doll. Some sort of hoax ? Or something a little more mysterious we do not yet understand. 

Now Okiku is standing in her box as she always has been in the Mannenji Temple, wearing her kimono and watching the strangers pass by while her hair continues to grow…

Romagnano al Monte : Italy’s Spookiest Ghost Town

The world is filled with ghost towns, from the Wild West to the Himalayas. These places were once prosperous and active sites with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people living within them. But what happens when the gold runs dry? Or natural disaster hits? Romagnano al Monte is one of the world’s highest ghost towns and one of the most silent…  

 

Disaster Strikes

The Abandoned town of Romagnano al Monte was not always dormant. For 20 years it has lay silent after a tragedy that those who live close by still remember. An earthquake hit the thriving village in 1980, claiming over 3000 lives at once and leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces. 

When the earthquake hit the survivors decided to relocate to another close by village rather than rebuild their homes. Another village was built 20km away and Romagnano al Monte was left abandoned, now it is just an eerily silent mix of ancient ruins with small traces of the people who were left behind.

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 The Ghost’s of the Ghost Town

Not much is known about this location as it was forbidden to enter for years, due to dangers around the falling structures. However, many people have been seen wandering around the streets.

This is a bit of a tourist hotspot today, surprise surprise. But, many tourists have reported being guided around the city by a mysterious old women speaking in thick Italian and gesturing for the people to follow. The local government do not acknowledge her existence, there are no licenced tour guides as of yet. Not only that she seems to vanish into thin air when some people have simply blinked or turned around. 

There are many others seen walking the streets of this abandoned haven, dressed in traditional clothing but they seem to pay no notice to the modern strangers. Is Romagnano al Monte haunted? Only you can decide, regardless of this, what an incredible place!!!

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5 of the Strangest Skulls Ever Discovered

Human history on earth is beneath our feet. Everyday archaeologists are discovering amazing new things that are changing the way we are looking at the past. Some of the strange skulls dug up over the years are doing just that. From Peru to Venice here is our list of the world’s most mysterious skulls. 

 

The Paracas

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The Paracas Skulls were discovered in 1928 by Julio Tello. In total, the archaeologist found just over 300 of these elongated skulls in a massive and elaborate graveyard in the Pico province of Peru. The skulls caught the media’s attention again in 2014 when a geneticist carried out DNA testing, stating that the Paracas Skulls have DNA ” with mutations unknown to any human, primate, or known animal so far”.

However, secondary testing showed us that the skulls were about 2000 years old and were from the European and Middle Eastern areas. These results change the known history about how the Americas were originally populated. It is believed that the shape of the skull was part of an indigenous ritual, where the tribes would tie a rope around an infant’s head as well as strapped a wooden plank to the back of the head. This caused the head to grow up, instead of out. But why were they doing this !? Experts stated that ” They were trying to replicate the shape of the head of their gods”. Men from the sky with long skulls? That’s definitely got nothing to do with an alien species then. 

 

The Vampire of Venice

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During medieval times, the cure for suspected vampirism was to shove a large break into the cursed one’s mouth, thus breaking the jaw and leaving the vampire unable to bite again and then, of course, bury them alive. It is not clear exactly what this woman did to deserve her sentence. After extensive research, it is thought that this woman was between 61 and 71 and was most likely sentenced to death after being accused of witchcraft and the brick was just a safeguard. 

Commonly women of the 16th century did not live past 60, so if she was closer to the 70-year benchmark, then the men of that time must have concluded that she was a vampire, and like her predecessors had most obviously cheated death. Not sure if this deserved death by brick-to-face…

 

The Rhodope Skull

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The Skull of Rhodope, found in Bulgaria is amongst the strangest remains found to date. It weighs only 250 grammes and has six cavities, it would have had up to 6 eyes or another set of unknown organs. It also has no mouth. Unfortunately, this skull was quickly hidden from the public view, today it is unknown where it is located, but we have heard too many times how quickly these types of objects can disappear. Alien or mutation? Perhaps it is just an undiscovered species… Only time will tell unless this particular skull fades from living memory. 

 

The Horned Skulls of PA

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These creepy skulls were dug up from a burial mound in Pennslyvania in the late 1800’s. The excavators were actually following up on leads of this mound once belonging to Native American’s, but they found what look like demon’s skulls. It is a well-known fact that spiritual leaders or priests of this culture would wear horn’s on their head as a sign of wisdom. However, these horns are growing from the skull itself. Not to mention the skulls belonged to creatures that would have been 7ft tall. 

There have been trickles of evidence that have been found over time that support a theory that a race of giant humanoids ruled over the America’s as part of an ancient civilisation. The remains of these skulls were sent to Philadelphia Museum for further research, but prepare yourself for a surprise… They were stolen and never seen again…

 

The Starchild

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This skull was found near a mine in Chihuahua, Mexico during the 1930’s. It was fully examined by a paranormalist, Lloyd Pye who claimed that this was evidence of human and alien interbreeding. He thought that the mother was human and his father an alien. It was originally believed that this 1000-year-old skull simply belonged to a child with a condition called hydrocephalus. However, the DNA showed no evidenced of this affliction. It also showed many genetic differences between the

However, the DNA showed no evidenced of this affliction. It also showed many genetic differences between the Starchild and a regular human, enough to prove that this thing was not human at all. His cranial cavity for one was 30% bigger than that of a normal child, its bone was also much thinner but actually stronger than that found in a normal human skull, this was thanks to microscopic fibres found in the in its structure, a feature never before seen in human skulls. 

 

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Fisherman’s Stories : 5 Paranormal Tales From the Anglers Mouth

There is something appealing about sitting in a boat, in the middle of a misty lake, isolated from the outside world. Miles away from society and a place to think and be peaceful. It all sounds great but there have been some encounters from these lone fishermen. What do you do if you know you are alone but you turn around and see someone else in the boat with you ?… This is a small collection of the creepiest fisherman encounters. 

 

The Scream

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 My cousin and I were fishing late at night. We decided to go around 9:00 PM since that’s when it’s the best time for us to get a bite. We got to our spot and there was nothing but the two of us, the lake and your normal chirp-chirp or some other random animal sounds, which we were used to. About 30 minutes into our peaceful night of fishing, suddenly things went quiet – if you have ever gone to “our spot,” you know that just does not happen. We didn’t say anything and we kept on with our night, but suddenly there was a loud screaming sound coming from behind us. I turned to look at my cousin – by this time his face was pale and we asked out loud at the same time, “Did you hear that?” “Yes, I did. What was it?” “I don’t know, I’ve never heard that before.”

As much as we both tried to ignore it, we kept alert but then it passed and after about an hour or so we had forgotten about the incident. We didn’t catch much so we decided to pack up and call it a night. When we were headed back to our truck, we started hearing rustling leaves behind us. We turned around (thinking it was an animal) but nothing was there. We kept on and right as we were about to hop in our truck, a woman appeared right in front of us (a few feet away). She looked dirty and a little beat up with some blood stains on what seemed to be a nightgown of some sort.

We shouted, “Are you ok? Do you need help?”

She continues to stare at us. Then the shrieking scream we had heard before came out of her mouth. My cousin and I were petrified and got into the car and drove off, haven’t gone to “our spot” ever since. We have never told anyone what happened but I can still hear that scream from time to time.  – Eddie G

 

The Medium

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My two buddies from the war and I go about twice a year on a weekend long fishing trip. We catch up on our lives, rent a cabin, the usual. But this year happened to be that one of my buddies was sick so when I told my other friend about it, he told me that his cousin was in town and that he could fill in. So we took off to our spot.

Once we got there, it was late in the afternoon but we had enough time to set up our gear and head down to the boondocks. Among some of the things we take with us, there’s a weather/emergency radio in case of an emergency. We set it up on any FM frequency and chill out till we catch something.

Between us talking and getting to know more about my friend’s cousin, the radio started to make a crackling sound (which it had never done before). Then the radio mysteriously switched from FM to AM, which I thought was weird since it has a little button on the side that you need to press in order to change it. We called it a night but my friend’s cousin looked distracted; he kept looking at the lake and smiling and there was also a hint of fear in his eyes.

When we got to the cabin, we headed towards the kitchen because we heard a loud noise. All the dishes had been thrown to the floor and my radio was still making the same strange sound. My buddy’s cousin comes up to me and tells me:

“Don’t worry, it’s the spirit of the man who lives here. He just doesn’t like you guys coming here.”

I looked at him puzzled and my friend later explained to me that he’s a medium, I’m not much of a believer but now things have changed. 

– Joe V

 

The Wreckers

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Back in the colonial days, there were people called ‘wreckers.’ They would stand on beaches with lanterns and trick ships into running aground and then loot the ship and kill anyone who survived on the beach. They’d then drag their bodies back to the water to make it look like a normal shipwreck.

Well, one night on East Beach in Rhode Island, I was fishing with my father and as we got down to the beach we saw some odd drag marks in the sand. After about a half hour of casting, we made our way back to the truck and as we hit the parking lot, our German Shepard started acting really weird.

We were loading up the truck with our gear when we saw a light coming out of the dunes. As we got a good look, we saw it was an old 17th or 18th-century lantern. We then saw two more lights and four people walked out wearing colonial clothes. At that point, we just threw everything in the truck, picked up our now growling dog, and blasted out of there.

As we pulled out, our lights went right over the people and we saw they were wearing ratty colonial style clothes. It really freaked us out. – Stripers Online

 

The German Soldier

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Only once when I was fishing did I have a ghostly experience, and that was when I was fishing at a lake in France. I’d been there for a couple of days, and my time was really nice and peaceful. There was an old château nearby riddled with bullet holes from the Second World War. Anyway, this lake is on a French Army training area so it was pretty secluded. During the late afternoons, I had the feeling of being watched from the woods at the far end of the lake. Each day, at the same time, the feeling would return, usually around dusk, and from different areas, as if whatever it was was getting closer.

I remember waking on the last night of my trip. Outside the bivy, it was very foggy and I could hardly see the dim glow of my bite alarms. I decided to make a brew, and as I flicked on the lighter the sparks silhouetted the face of a helmeted German soldier peering into my bivy from the darkness outside.

The next morning I packed up and went home but not before speaking to an old French Estate Warden who told me that the château had seen some fierce fighting when the Americans liberated that area of France. The Germans had fled into the woods only to be ambushed by a patrol in reserve. They were all killed and buried around the lake. I don’t think I’ll fish there again. – Stripers Online

 

Perfume

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My buddy and I were fishing at a certain fort in Jamestown, RI one night, soaking bait. At one point, my buddy decided to walk to the boat dock about 50 yards away. The whole walk there he said he sensed someone behind him and heard footsteps. He thought I was walking with him, but when he turned around he was alone. He said it creeped him out pretty bad and he never went back to that spot with me. Now flash forward to next summer. I decided to fish this spot by myself. I had completely forgotten about my friend’s experience. I got to the dock and unloaded everything and started to soak some bait. It was a clear, moonless night with no wind or breeze.

He said it creeped him out pretty bad and he never went back to that spot with me. Now flash forward to next summer. I decided to fish this spot by myself. I had completely forgotten about my friend’s experience. I got to the dock and unloaded everything and started to soak some bait. It was a clear, moonless night with no wind or breeze.

About a half hour into watching my rod, I started to smell perfume around me. I thought it was pretty weird since I was the only one there. The smell kept getting stronger and stronger, so I walked about 10 feet to my right and the smell disappeared. I walked back to my original spot, and the perfume smell was still there, stronger than ever. It was strong to the point that my nose started to burn. At that point, I said, “where the hell is this smell coming from?” Soon after I said that the smell disappeared. That’s when I packed up and left. I’ve never been back to that spot.

At that point, I said, “Where the hell is this smell coming from?” Soon after I said that, the smell disappeared. That’s when I packed up and left. I’ve never been back to that spot. – Stripers Online

 

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Serial Killer Central : The Cecil Hotel

Have you heard of the Cecil Hotel? Did you know the Cecil Hotel is one of the most haunted hotels in LA? It has played host to countless serial killers like Richard Ramirez aka. ” The Night Stalker ” and the Hillside Strangler. It was also the location where one of the infamous Elisa Lam tapes were recorded. It is home to death himself. In fact, it was the inspiration for American Horror Story season 5, they loved it so much they used this hotel to film the entire season. 

 

The Killers That Haunted the Hall’s of the Cecil Hotel

” Hotel with corpse in water tank has notorious past, ” was the headline for CNN following the disappearance of Elizabeth Lam. Another red ” Since its construction in 1927, it’s been the focus of suicides, murders, mystery disappearances, and serial killers,” an Australian news site said of the hotel. “Home to murderers, maniacs, and ghosts, some say the Cecil is anything but your average hotel, they say it’s cursed,” reported one blog. Another simply called it “Serial Killer Central.”

Richard Ramirez aka. The Nightstalker is perhaps one of the most famous serial killers in American history. He was the leader amongst the monsters. He rampaged from 1984 until 1984 when he was captured and convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He managed to elude capture by simply dumping his bloody clothes in the dumpster behind the Cecil Hotel and walking through the lobby up to his room. There were much worse things in the dumpster than bloody clothes, and a naked man walking through the lobby was a normal affair amongst the exclusive clientele at the Cecil.

Ramirez was first and foremost a satanist and believed he was doing the Devil’s work. It began for him when he slept on his father’s grave in the Concordia Cemetary, when he found numerous objects, such as a jar containing a pickled mouse and a human finger. He quickly learned what these satanic objects were and took a keen interest. Ramirez died after 23 years on death row at 53 of Lymphoma.

Downtown LA was a prominent area until the 1970’s when the business crowd moved towards the airport and crack was introduced.  The area became so dark and dangerous that no one who had their sanity would enter. “By 1990, the LAPD won’t go into [these places]. It was like, ‘If we’re called we’ll go in. But we’re not patrolling.’” says Richard Schave. Drug dealers worked openly inside. The bodies of overdosed residents could linger in the hall for days. “No one wanted to be the person who called the cops,” Schave says.

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There were many killers that followed Ramirez, inspired by him. One was an Australian journalist called Jack Unterweger who also stayed in the Cecil Hotel. He had a fetish for strangling prostitutes with their own bras, he was convicted of the murder of 11 women and eventually killed himself with his own signature knot. 

Serial killer links were not the only abnormalities occurring in this cesspit. There were countless rapes, murders and suicides. One man jumped and landed on a pedestrian, killing him too. There are even rumours that the Black Dhalia stayed here. All of this, in short, gives credibility to the strange things that link the past of the Cecil Hotel with the recent murder of Eliza Lam.

 

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The Disappearance of Eliza Lam at the Cecil Hotel

On February 1, 2013, Elisa Lam disappeared while staying at the Cecil Hotel. In an attempt to locate her the Police Department of Los Angeles released the footage above to try and locate her, but it was far from normal. 

In the video, you can see Elisa entering the elevator and frantically pressing all the buttons, as if she was trying to escape from something. She peeks out and leaves the elevator a few times. then began to rock back and forth looking deeply disturbed. Then it would appear that someone or something found her… She rocks back and forth again and begins to make frantic hand gestures as if begging or trying to reason. Then she disappears.

Two weeks had passed. The Cecil Hotel filed a complaint about low water pressure in the rooms and brown water coming from the tap. So an Employee called Santiago Lopez went up to check it out. He opened the top and found the naked body of Elisa Lam floating face down in the water. 

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The Employee told the police that you can’t get up onto the roof without setting off an alarm through the fire door. Even if she did manage to get through without setting off the alarm. She would have had to climb up to the tank, move the huge lid, get into the tank, undress, and then move the lid despite the fact the tank was only 3/4 full and too tall for her to reach.

The autopsy later revealed that there was no evidence of assault, sexual or physical, no drugs were found in her system besides ibuprofen. How could a woman drown in water that she could stand in? 

This brought up a lot of theory including murderers, ghosts, suicide and even the ghost of Richard Ramirez himself who is thought to still haunt the halls of the Cecil Hotel today. Is it possible that the amount of evil that this building has held including the satanic rituals of the Nightstalker have brought something else into the building? Something inhuman?

 

 

Is The Cecil Hotel Haunted?

There is not a whole lot of information on the Cecil hotel being haunted. The entirety of google is filled with the stories of Ramirez and Elizabeth Lam. The two of them being such icons in the weirder part of the web. However, there are a few stories and even a kick ass photo.

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One man who stayed in the hotel did say that from the moment he entered there was something just not right. He stayed in room 106 which was not too far from the Nightstalkers domain. Here it is…

” I checked into the hotel after watching American horror story and kinda liking it. I’ve always been a bit of a lone wolf and thought it would be cool. The staff were friendly enough but there was something just not right. The vintage furniture really creeped me out. As I was walking up the stairs through the lobby a cold blast of air hit me in the face and sent shivers up my body, just a breeze I thought. All the way up to my room I felt uncomfortable and unwelcome. Just uneasy. The room itself was nice enough, pretty basic. It wasn’t until I turned the lights off that it really began.”

“I closed my eyes, to be honest quite disappointed until that cold blast of air hit me again. Then I saw a man standing at the end of my bed, he was smiling and throwing a knife up and down in his hand looking right at me.. I fucking ran, that was it for me. I don’t even really remember how I got out of the building but I left all my things and got a cab home in my pj’s.”

“It wasn’t until I got home and did my research until I saw a picture of Richard Ramirez. It was him, I couldn’t believe it!!! I called up the hotel and turns out I was not the first. I highly recommend this hotel to any enthusiasts or anyone who does not believe it was an experience I will never forget.”

7 Famous Serial Killers Who’s Ghosts Remain

Serial Killers throughout history have always had a strange allure. When one pops up on the news everybody watching will say how sick it is, yet they won’t change the channel ? These people who have done the unthinkable are pure evil and they have not got any nicer. So who’s still here ? Where do they haunt ? Let’s find out.

 

Ted Bundy

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Ted Bundy is, without a doubt, one of the most infamous serial killer in modern times. He confessed to killing over 30 women across 6 different states across the US. He spent his final days in Florida State Prison after being captured and sentenced to death for his crimes. He was finally killed by the electric chair in 1981. He died with a smile on his face…

In 2001 a guard was on duty in the room where the electric chair was held, tho it had been dormant for a long time. He claimed to see Ted Bundy sitting on the chair, looking directly at him and smiling… Following this incident, more guards came forward and claimed to have seen Bundy sitting there or standing in the room. Always looking directly at them. Every time they tried to approach the ghost, he simply vanished. To this day people still report seeing Bundy around the entire prison. 

 

John Wayne Gacy

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The friendly image clowns used to give off vanished in 1978. It was all down to one man, John Wayne Gacy. In Illinois, between 1972 – 1978 the ” Killer Clown” was roaming the streets. He dressed up as a friendly faced clown and lured children to come with him, preferably young boys. He went on to rape and murder 33 young men… He was captured and but to death on may 10th, 1994. The majority of his victim’s bodies were found in the crawlspace under his house. Eight of the bodies were never found. 

His former home at 8213 W. Summerdale Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, is insanely haunted. It is also the exact location where the Killer Clown lived and killed his victims. The house itself has changed hands numerous times after the residents have not been able to stay very long. They reported hearing the screams of little boys in the night and seeing a large man dressed as a clown wandering through the house. A few EVP sessions have actually picked up on the former killer himself. An exorcism was performed on the house and the grave of Gacy himself, but nothing can ease the violent haunting occurring every day in this property. 

 

H.H.Holmes

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H.H Holmes was the king of his very own murder castle. The murder castle itself was a hotel, but he constructed it in such a way that it would trap his guests/victims in parts of there room. Or if they tried to run they would be confused and get lost. The building was filled with stairways that led to nowhere, doors that opened onto brick walls, doors that could only open from the outside and even a giant safe that would suffocate his victims to death. He had rooms soundproofed and alarmed to track the movements of all his guests and he would often watch them from behind mirrors. The main part of the building was the basement, with over twenty laundry chutes connecting to the basement from different parts of the building so he could dispose of the corpses quickly and effectively. Once in the basement, he would conduct mad experiments on the corpses. 

The building was a stain on the city of Chicago, so they demolished it. However, the basement was left and a post office built on top. A lot of the old chutes and tunnels still exist down there and the sense of dread never leave you. There have been reports of a man dressed in victorian attire and a bowler hat walking around the basement, he fits the description of H. H Holmes perfectly. Not to mention the violent attacks occurring down here that have led to over 15 staff members at the American post office to leave. 

 

Ronald Defeo Jr
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I am sure everyone has heard of the Amityville Horror. Ronald DeFeo Jr was the original star and everything took place on a cold November night in 1974. Six people were found shot to death and Robert was accused of the crime immediately, all the evidence pointed towards him. It was his own family he shot to death in cold blood. The original testimony from the trial stated that the voices inside his head told him to kill his parents and siblings. This trail became incredibly famous, but it was nothing compared to the haunting that followed. 

The house where the murders took place attracted unparalleled media attention because of the amount of paranormal activity it produced. The Lutz family that moved into the house, following the murders, left them fearing for their lives. The evil that encapsulated Ronald DeFeo is still alive in that home. All you need to do is google haunted Amityville house and you will see for yourself. 

 

Jack the Ripper

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In Whitehall, England, Jack the Ripper made his mark. He only killed five prostitutes in 1888. Which, perhaps, is not much compared to the other killers mentioned, yet his name will remain in history forever more. He was never caught and to this day nobody truly knows who he was… He sent notes to the newspapers and alerted them each time he killed. There are even theories out there that jack was a woman! Despite all of this, the man was evil. It still lingers today. 

There are a few places that claim to be haunted by Mr Ripper but it can never quite be confirmed. One of these locations is Hanbury street in Whitehall and it is one of the most haunted places in London. Not only is Jack the Ripper seen here but also Annie Chapman, one of his victims. 

 

Jeffry Dahmer

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Jeffery Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal. He was a serial killer but this guy had extra evil attached to him, I mean eating your victims takes it to a whole new level. Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer killed 17 men.  He didn’t just kill them however, he raped, tortured and then dismembered the bodies. It was not long after he entered a Wisconsin prison that he was beaten to death. 

Dahmer was originally from Bath, Ohio in the US. His childhood home is majorly haunted, it’s also the spot where he committed his first murder. He has been seen within the home, along with a couple of other spirits but he is very much active. This house is rented out to ghost busters for $10,000 dollars a month as it is one of the best locations in the world to pick up EVP.

 

Richard Ramirez

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Also known as the ” Night Stalker “. Ramirez ran a group of serial killers out of the Cecil Hotel in LA. He killed a lot of people from 1984 – 1985, although the exact number was never certain, he was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He was sentenced to death and his only response to that was ” Hail Satan”, with a sadistic smile. Ramirez was a satanist and a pretty messed up individual. His fascination began in the Concordia Cemetary where he would sleep on his father’s grave until he began to find strange objects dotted around the graveyard. He realised these were objects of satanic worship and took it up himself. Everywhere he killed, he did a satanic ritual before and it has left a stain on every location. 

The Cecil Hotel where Ramirez still lurks is one of the most haunted locations in the world. During its time of operation, the police would not even enter… It was so full of insanity and dark deeds. Each room has its own violent past and there is over 600 of them !!!Of course, this hotel is famous for being the base of operation for Ramirez but its many other ghosts attract paranormal enthusiasts year after year. 

 

6 Nightmarish True Camping Ghost Stories

For generations, both old and new, camping has been something loved by all. Camping and hiking are both great ways to break out of your city cycle for a week or two. For some of us, the best moments are around a campfire, with a mug of coco and a bone-chilling tale of bigfoot. But what happens when these tales come to life… What happens when they begin to unfold in front of your very eyes ! From strange noises to apparitions gliding silently through the trees. Here are six of the greatest, true camping encounters.

 

Is That a Little Girl Crying ?

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A family where out camping and a guy who was 11 at the time had trouble sleeping. The tent was so hot and uncomfortable. At around 1 or 2 in the morning, they began to hear what sounded like a faint whimpering coming from somewhere in the distance. Sure it was creepy, but they just shrugged it off and presumed it was an animal of some kind. But then it got louder and louder and then it turned into crying… At this point the boys are sitting up, eyes wide but to scared to call for mum and dad. Then the footsteps began. They got closer until a little girl could be heard directly outside their tent with branches crunching in circles around them. 

It didn’t die off. It got louder and again, louder and stood in the same point outside the tent, the entire time. This indicates that she was looking directly at the boy’s tent. It got worse, the cries turned into a scream which made both the boys sit up, petrified with fear. The Scream lasted a few seconds and then cut out. They both stuffed their head into their pillows and left the next day.

 

The Appalachian Trail

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The Appalachian Trail has always been something of a dare more than a hike. Supposedly one of the most haunted Native American sites in the world, it has produced some pretty horrific tales. One of the best tales consists of two brothers taking on the dare in 2007. They were enjoying their hiking trip until they hit a particularly crooked tree that just looked out of place. Then they noticed a man hanging from one of the branches. They sprinted up to him and one brother held his legs whilst the other cut the rope with his pocket knife. He was icy cold and clearly dead but they thought it was wrong to leave him there. So one called 911 and went down the trail to meet them. 

Upon his return the second brother came sprinting down the hill, ashen faced. He vomited as soon as he reached them and managed to splurt out ” body gone “. So the police went to investigate. When the group arrived at the spot the body was left all they found was a gnarled looking old stump, but where was the body ? This is not the first time the Hanging Man of the Appalachian Trail has been encountered and definitely not the last.

 

The Cabin in the Woods

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A young couple had rented a huge riverside cabin up in North Michigan for the night. There were rumours of this site being haunted but they decided to brave the night and ignore the gossip. They were just tucking in for the night when a huge cracking sound erupted from the black of the forest. They assumed some old tree had a branch snapped or something of the sort. 

They left the living room and went back to bed. But the guy returned to the living room and turned off the lights after forgetting. It was then he noticed a strange light coming through the window, it was abnormally strong… Then it began to pulse. The light intensified throughout the night, at one point you could read a book. Then a strange humming came from the back of the house, it sounded like a women humming a nursery rhyme. The couple ran for the door but just as they opened it, the light died and the humming stopped… They stayed up until the sun rose and then they fled without hesitation. There were no more noises reported through the night apart from that of a loud cracking sound. 

 

A Blue Threat

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A group of friends began their night by walking just outside this strange looking circle of cabins. It was a brighter night than normal with all the stars shining and the moon being well lit. There was a campfire in the centre of the cabins and obviously some kind of party going on in another. But as they walked they had a strange chill climb both of their spines, they turned towards to sea to check for a strong wind or breeze and to their horror they saw a large blue figure about 7ft tall, gliding through the trees. 

It was a silent and emitting a dim blue glow. The yelled at the figure ” Who are you !? ” but it did not even turn towards them. It simply began to glide out of view, until it was completely gone. Terrified the friends ran back to camp to find one of their friends white and wide-eyed proclaiming that he had just seen that very figure walking into the distance… 

 

Footsteps Unseen

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There is an old log cabin on a lake in the Northwoods. It is a lake with zero public access. Opposite the house is an old girls camp that was falling apart and directly in the centre was an old two-story main house. One day a couple decided to go and check out the camp out one day, so they grabbed a canoe crossed the lake and went directly to the main house. They explored for a little while and stopped in there tracks by the sound of heavy footsteps coming above them. Slowly they sped up and headed towards the staircase that led to the level the couple was on. 

They ran for it, but instead of heading back to the canoe they went straight into the forest. Then they heard footsteps storming after them all the way from the house and into the forest, it wasn’t long before they reached home but they never saw who or what was chasing them…

 

Followed by What ?

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Two guys decided to go out in the forest and fish around a particularly secluded lake. One was from the city and never spent any time in the woods at night. At around 10:30pm they set off armed with their fishing poles and flashlights. On there way to the lake they both heard something walking in a pitch black part of the wood directly to their left. One of the guys had spent a lot of time around this lake and managed to convince his buddy it was just a deer, but the other was sure he saw something stand on two legs, not four… So they climbed over a fence into a fishing farm. But then something else began to climb the fence. Deer can not climb fences…

They both turned and shone the light behind them at the thing following, and what they saw made them sprint head out, screaming the nearest light. They ended up finding a house and smashed on the door until they could get an answer. An old man answered and let them in the house. After conveying their full story the man agreed and told them this is not the first time this has happened here and it will not be the last. He gave them a lift home and they spoke about the thing in the woods all the way back. To this day nobody will speak of what they saw and the locals keep it a secret…

Credits for these awesome stories go out to the users over at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/

The Hell Hounds of Dartmoor Cornwall

The Hellhounds of Dartmoor have been in Cornish myth for hundreds of years. These spectral Dogs are said to roam the moor with thick black fur and blood red eyes. Recently in 2007 a video was captured ( Below ) as well as a few photos ( Further Down ) in which you can see what they claim to be the beast of Dartmoor, but to be honest it looks more like a rather large rabbit… 

 

 The beasts roaming the moor have been feared by farmers for generations. They have, for sure, been something of a local myth with a tonne of blurry pictures provided as evidence. However, there has been some evidence that surfaced back in 2007. 

 

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During July 2007 there was a group of school children out for a trip in the Moore. Seen only yards away from the group in Hound Tor on Dartmoor, but most intriguingly they actually captured an image ! They described the beast as larger than life with a thick, shaggy coat, rounded ears and huge front limbs, powerful enough to tear a human to shreds. 

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Falconer Martin Whitley, who photographed the creature, said: “It was walking along a path about 200 yards away from me.

“It was black and grey and comparable in size to a miniature pony. It had very thick shoulders, a long, thick tail with a blunt end and small round ears.

“Its movements appeared feline, then bear-like sprang to mind. There was a party climbing on the tor opposite making a racket but it ignored them completely.”

Some experts have said it is just a wild dog or cat, some of the crazier ones did say it could be a bear or a wolverine. If anyone has read anything up on the Beast of Bodmin Moore recently you will find that there where wild Jaguars filmed by a sports centre down there !!! These jaguars were supposed to be escaped exotic pets. Take a look at another shot of a beast caught on the Moore.

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This animal is completely different, it almost looks like a bison but there again its legs are more like that of a hare… Whatever it is, it’s creating a story, creating something that the world is forced to take a second look at.

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The Hellhounds of Dartmoor

During the 1800’s spiritualism and ghosts on a whole were crazy popular. They loved anything to do with ghost hunting or mediumship. So when rumour hit of a pack of spectral dogs, known locally as the Whist Hounds or Hound’s of Hell, were roaming the moor they went nuts. It inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of Baskervilles. He was Inspired by a local enthusiast called Richard Cabell from Brook Manor. 

Richard was rumoured to have sold his soul to the Devil and after he died a phantom pack of spectral hunting dogs with glowing red eyes were said to have been released on the Moor at night. They have been witnessed howling at his tomb. Legend has it that as part of his contract the dogs were allowed to roam the Moor and in return he was gifted with wealth, hence the manor house. Funny how the the link of English lords and deals with demonic forces seem to keep cropping up in history…

The founder of the national research network Big Cats in Britain, Mark Fraser, said: “It looks like a wolverine or a bear in some shots and a big wild dog in others. It is a very strange animal.”

Mr Whitley is adamant that the creature is not a wild dog.

He added: “I have worked with dogs all my life and it was definitely not that.

“I have seen a collie-sized black cat in the area about ten years ago and it was not that – this was a lot bigger.

“You would be surprised at the number of people who have seen black big cats and something resembling a small bear in the area over the course of the years.”

Disappointingly for those who possess a vivid imagination, the most likely explanation yesterday was that the Beast is nothing more supernatural than a large and hairy wild boar.

North Devon farmer Al Dedames lost more than 100 of his stock of boar in December 2005 when animal rights activists raided his farm and destroyed fencing.

Since then, more than half are thought to have died in road traffic accidents or been shot by farmers or hunters.

But those which survived have bred and up to 175 are said to be roaming the wilds of Devon and Somerset.


Is this more than just some escaped dogs ? Is this really a follow up from the Devil’s promise ? That’s for you, our most awesome readers to decide. 

 

Thanks to 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-471673/Demon-Dartmoor-Mystery-beast-seen-hell-hounds-haunt.html

The Legend of the Yucca Man

The Yucca man is one of the most disputed mysteries in California today. For a long time, this yellowish figure has been spotted throughout the Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California since 1973. Some say it’s Joshua Tree’s very own bigfoot, others claim it’s a spectre roaming the dry plains of the national park. Ofcourse, this could just be a hoax, but then a simple hoax has attracted the attention of both the FBI and the CIA. 

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The First Sightings

The first sighting of the Yucca man was reported in 1971, it came from a man who was dead set against anything paranormal. An on-duty Marine guard at the nearby military base of Twentynine Palms was found later in the same area with his rifle bent in half. He was in shock so to draw any information out of him was near impossible, but he did manage to inform his fellow officers that a huge man had come out of the shrub and towards him. He raised his rifle and ordered the man to halt but as he drew closer, he realised the man was covered in hair. The figure then moved too quickly for the man to react, he took the rifle from the Marine, bent it in half and then knocked the officer out. 

Both the FBI and the CIA immediately begun an investigation. There have been at least two other sightings of similar figures in the same night. One agent reported a figure being 12ft tall with a smaller figure alongside.  Hikers in the area also reported there dogs going mad and barking at a strange presence in the area. In the same year, there were also numerous reports from a lot of the Joshua Park employees. 

 

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The Reports Continue

The reports of the Yucca man continued to come in, one, especially in 1979, came from an elderly couple. They claimed their car was stopped one night by a large hairy man near the Condominium in Desert Hot Springs. They said that he stepped out from behind a yucca bush and stood over the front of their car. They described him and being monumental, with a chest the size of a refrigerator, its arms dangling below its knees. It had long tan hair and an angry expression. It stopped in front of the car, looked at those inside and then vanished into the night. 

Later evidence would be found in the form of 17 footprints that the creature had left behind. He would be seen on two separate occasions in two nearby areas. The footprints were a foot and a half long and six feet apart… Bigfoot fanatics would later stake out the area but find nothing else. 

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The Yucca Man Photo

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Later on, towards the 1990’s the legend began to fade… Until a rock climber returned from a camping trip in Joshua Tree and he found something in his photographs later on, something that would shock the world. The campsite had been near a kind of cave, an ideal location for such a creature to live and he snapped a photo of the trail to his camp, he captured the figure above and created a new uproar in the paranormal community. The Yucca Man is here !!!

The Yucca man could easily be an urban legend, a training exercise for the marines, a paranormal creature, something that travels between dimensions, or simply a huge and hairy homeless man. We will only find out when man has developed sufficient technology to detect such creatures and then, just maybe, we can begin to understand them. 

 

Links :

http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/mysterious-legend-yucca-man/

A Victorian Haunting : 50 Berkeley Square

50 Berkeley Square has the most horrific ghost stories out of any location in Greater London. To this day  police notice stands on the wall inside of 50 Berkeley Square proclaiming that the upper levels are forbidden to guests and owners alike. Following a string of strange deaths and rumours of conjuration and satanic worship inside it stands today as London’s most haunted and mysterious location.

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Building a Legend

50 Berkeley Square is situated in one of the most influential parts of London called Mayfair.It was designed and then built by William Kent during the late 18th century. Almost immediately after its doors opened to tenants the residents of Berkeley Square began to tell tales of mysterious residents and then they saw the proof, when a young woman called Adeline jumped from the top floor window to escape her abusive uncle. She has been seen ever since throwing herself out of the window again and again. 

Then there was Mr. Dupre… Mr. Dupre kept his mad brother locked on the upper floor of the building and fed him through a hole in the door. A little girl has been seen around the building since that day and it is thought that she was put in the locked room with the insane sibling, nobody knows what he did to her but the end result is obvious.  

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The Haunting Begins

 The first long-term resident of 50 Berkeley Square was former Prime Minister George Canning, who lived there until the day he died in 1827. He was the first person to experience activity within the house in the form of inexplicable sounds and horrific nightmares. Following his death

Following his death, a few people moved in and out of the house through the 1850’s. But this seemed to awaken whatever was lying dormant within the property, this thing showed itself for the first time when a maid was spending the night alone on the top floor. She was found there, screaming, her face twisted with fear. She survived but never left the sanatorium. 

After this incident, rumours began to circulate around London. This was a time where the paranormal was something of a phenomenon and incredibly popular, even Charles Dickens himself took interest in the house. 

An advert was published in the local newspaper stating that only the bravest men could spend the night in 50 Berkely Square. So, of course, one stood up and claimed he had no fear. They set up a bell system in the house so that the man could ring once for fear and two rings for help. The man went to sleep. About 15 minutes later the bell starting ringing frantically, he was found rigid, with a look of horror etched into his face and dead.  For a while following this, a little old lady called Miss Curzon bought the house and she lived the last of her few years in the luxury townhouse. 

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50 Berkeley Square Today

 

The Monster Inside

After a short while the house came back to market. It was purchased by a Viscount Bearsted who in turn leased it to a youth named Mr Myers who was on the verge of marriage. After the unexpected death of his bride to be, Mr Myers locked himself into isolation in the townhouse he had furnished so beautifully for her. But in his isolation, he got into some messed up shiz. 

The neighbours would report seeing him walking, as if with no soul, from window to window, room to room. It is unclear what exactly happened to him, but there is strong evidence that he tried all manner of experiments to get back in touch with his lost love. Including satanic worship, which woke something that had previously lay dormant. 

Mr. Myers disappeared. No-one even saw him leave. But he was gone. In 1872 an aristocrat decided to stay the night in London’s most sinister townhouse with his trusted shotgun. He claimed that a mass of brown tentacles shot out at him from the shadow and he shot, but there was no trace of the monster. 

 

In 1873 the local council summoned the owners of 5o Berkeley Square over back taxes. Neither the viscount or Bearsted turned up. They had both disappeared, the townhouses reputation led to the council dropping the charged and the building, once again, lay dormant. During this period, the neighbours called out the police numerous times, with complaints of screaming, the sound of furniture being dragged, windows slamming, and the sound of bells ringing, despite the fact all of the bells had been removed. All coming from the shell of 50 Berkely Square. 

1879 after being dormant for 6 years, London’s most haunted house was purchased by a man with two teenage daughters. When they moved in the eldest daughter claimed that the house smelled like zoo animals in a cage. Two days later as the top floor bedrooms for where prepared for the arrival of her betrothed , the maid was found collapsed and in hysterics in the guest room. She was crying ” Don’t let it touch me” over and over and over, all the way to the sanitarium.

The Captain arrived late, and somehow he ended up in the basement. The family could not find him for over an hour until screams were heard, followed by gunshots. He was found like the others petrified and dead. The Mayfair Magazine wrote about the entire affair and dubbed the creature the Nameless Horror. 50 Berkeley Square’s Nameless Horror soon became known throughout the world. 

Is the monster in the basement of 50 Berkeley Square ?
Is the monster in the basement of 50 Berkeley Square ?

 

A Conclusion

By the late 19th century the house had been abandoned and vanished from the public eye. But it wasn’t the last time it would kill. On Christmas Eve 1887, two sailors on leave from the HMS Penelope were looking for a place to spend the night after partying. The two of them stumbled on 50 Berkeley Square and settled into one of the upper bedrooms. At some time, during the night, one of the sailors were awoken by heavy footsteps before the ghost of Myers entered the room. The other sailor awoke to his fellow sailor ensnared by tentacles and ran from the room. When he returned with the authorities they discovered the man lying dead. 

Since then an elderly couple have owned the house and turned it into an antique bookstore. They absolutely refused to acknowledge claims of the haunting. But they still never went upstairs. 

The bookstore was recently closed and the new owners report objects being thrown around and a strange brown mist seen floating around the premises. Perhaps now it will be possible to investigate the building, all we can do is try. But a notice still stands on the door from the 1800’s stating that the top floors of 50 Berkeley Square are not to be used by anyone for any reason. That includes the actual owners of the buildings themselves…

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