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 | Five Haunted Artifacts That Put Annabelle to ShameAnytimeWhen it comes to horror, the haunted doll Annabelle has certainly earned her reputation. But what if I told you that she’s just the beginning? Haunted objects from across the world have left a terrifying trail of curses, strange occurrences, and ghostly activity that make Annabelle look like child’s play. From cursed paintings to eerie furniture, here are some of the most spine-chilling, real-life haunted items that will give even the bravest horror fans chills. 1. Robert the Doll – Key West, Florida One of the most notorious haunted dolls, Robert the Doll, resides in the Fort East Martello Museum in Key West. Given to a young boy named Robert Eugene Otto in the early 1900s, this doll supposedly took on a life of its own. Visitors to the museum report... Read More |
 | 5 Most Believable BIGFOOT Sightings / Footage2018Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch) is a cryptid in American folklore, supposedly a simian-like creature that inhabits forests, especially those of the Pacific Northwest. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. Here are perhaps 5 of the more believable ones Scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal. They note the lack of physical evidence after centuries of investigation, despite the fact that numerous creatures would have to exist in order to maintain a breeding population. A small group of investigators are sustained in their interest by occasional new reports of sightings. Such reports are attributed to... Read More |
 | Best Creepypasta of 2017 - MUST WATCH2017Creepypasta are essentially internet horror stories, passed around on forums and other sites to disturb and frighten readers. The name "Creepypasta" comes from the word "copypasta", an internet slang term for a block of text that gets copied and pasted over and over again from website to website. Creepypastas are sometimes supplemented with pictures, audio and/or video footage related to the story, typically with gory, distorted, or otherwise shocking content. The internet urban legends known as creepypastas had a breakout year in 2016 as the internet-based folklore tales took off, thanks in a large part to Syfy’s new anthology horror series, Channel Zero, which took on individual stories for the small-screen. This sudden spotlight came... Read More |
 | Krampus: The Dark Side of Christmas2015Everyone is familiar with the joys of the holiday season, the decorations, the Christmas lights, the tree, the shopping frenzy, the family dinners, the idyllic Christmas movies and Mariah Carey's festive hit All I Want for Christmas. At first it looks like the merry end to the calendar year has no room or possibility to be frightening and to be fertile ground for the horror genre. However, European folklore has several antagonists of the holiday season, the best known being not an enemy but a companion of Saint Nicholas. Nicholas was a 4th century Christian saint and a bishop of Myra (modern day Turkey) who had many miracles attributed to him. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving. The best known legend of his life tells of a poor man who had three daughters... Read More |