What Scares You?
There was once a blind old man. One night, he was viciously attacked by a band of robbers. Unable to see an escape, or even defend himself, he was left for dead in the middle of a field. Angry, he cried out in frustration, “If only I had seen their faces! But my eyes can’t see! If only I had eyes on the palms of my hands!” This is the origin of Tenome.
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When someone dies, they leave this world, and depending on your beliefs they either move on, or are just gone. While all deaths are tragic, there are some that hit harder than others, such as murder or suicide. Some people die having left something unfinished. Often, we hear of the dead with unfinished business returning as ghosts. The concept of the dead returning as zombies is also well known. Though these cases lean more towards virus outbreak, or other direct means. There is one belief, born from Scandinavian Viking folklore, that combines the ghost and the zombie into a single entity. The gjenganger.
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With fiery glowing red eyes, the Goatman stands on guard at the Old Alton Bridge. He is the master of the bridge, possessed by a demon from another realm. This isn’t the Old Alton Bridge any longer. Now it’s the Goatman’s Bridge.
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Samurai (/saməˌrī/)
Noun: A member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
During the Heian period (794-1185 AD), there was a Samurai who was a most fearsome warrior. While away, working to subdue the native Emishi people in the Tohoku Region, his wife, Kuchisake was left home, unattended.
Built in 1872 in Cimarron, New Mexico, the historic St. James Hotel is considered one of the most haunted places in, what was once, the wild west.
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March 31, 1922, five members of the Gruber family, and their maid were murdered on their farm. Over the next four days, the killer remained in their home, using the fireplace, cooking and eating the family’s food, and even fed and milked the cattle. To this day, no one knows for sure who is responsible for the Hinterkaifeck murders.
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If you visit the St. Augustine Lighthouse, be prepared to catch the faintest scent of cigar smoke, or to hear two little girls laughing late into the night. Expect to see a ghost or two, because this lighthouse is haunted.
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The village of Dudleytown is located a few miles south of the Cornwall Bridge neighborhood of Cornwall. It’s down in a valley, known as the Dark Entry Forest, thanks to the shadows caused by the mountains surrounding the village and its access road. The village was founded in 1747 by Gideon Dudley, and doomed right from the start.
But our story doesn’t begin in Dudleytown, Connecticut. Instead, we can trace it’s haunted history back to England.
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The Los Coches Adobe sits along the side of Highway 101 in a mostly rural part of Soledad, California. Soledad was originally settled by small tribes of Native Americans. When the European explorers came, they built a mission, the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, and lives were changed dramatically.
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Maricopa County Arizona is home to the town of Wickenburg, the Vulture Mine, and all the ghosts that live therien.
The Vulture Mine was the most productive gold mine in Arizona history, and ran from 1863 to 1942, producing 340,000 ounces of gold and 250,000 ounces of silver during its life. People flocked to the area after learning of the mines striking gold, and at its peak, the town was home to about 5,000 residents. They were all looking to strike gold and make it rich during the great American Gold Rush.
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