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Japan's Haunted Round Schoolhouse: The Ghosts of Numahigashi Elementary
Of the dozens of haunted sites in Japan, a land that by no means has a shortage of ghostly legend, there is no more tragic history than that of the Round Schoolhouse—Numahigashi Elementary School. It's not a tale of a sudden massacre or an ancient evil curse, but a slow-motion, strangling tragedy born of war, a tale that has soaked into the very concrete of its symbolic round walls.
By Kyrol Mojikal4 months ago in Horror
The House My Father Forbade Me to Enter
When I was a child, my father made one rule that stood above all others: “Never go near the red house at the edge of the field.”
By Azlan shah4 months ago in Horror
The Missing Girl in Apartment 304
No one in the building had seen her leave. Apartment 304 had been quiet for weeks, but now something felt off. The neighbors whispered about the girl who lived there, a young woman named Ayesha, who had moved in six months ago. She kept to herself, mostly staying inside, and people had grown curious but never intrusive.
By Alpha Man4 months ago in Horror
5 Reality-Based Ways to Start a Zombie Apocalypse
Have you ever watched a zombie movie where the outbreak's cause just seemed... unrealistic? Personally, I like apocalyptic movies to be (loosely) inspired by science... so here are 5 reality-based ways to start a zombie apocalypse, such as:
By Bob4 months ago in Horror
The Call That Never Ended. AI-Generated.
It was a quiet Thursday evening. The kind of evening where everything feels still… almost too still. I was lying on my couch, phone in hand, scrolling aimlessly. Then — a sound that made me sit up straight. My old landline rang.
By jukar4 months ago in Horror
The Terrible Tale of Thornhill Thrash
This is the tale of Thornhill🖤 Thrash, born a ward of the S_t_a_t_e. His mother killed his father,
By Lightning Bolt ⚡4 months ago in Horror
I Looked Through My Doorbell Camera—And He Looked Back.
I Looked Through My Doorbell Camera—And He Looked Back Some things aren’t meant to be seen in the middle of the night. Leah woke to the soft buzz of her phone, a pulse of blue light against the dark.
By Muhammad Ilyas4 months ago in Horror
The Door That Knocked Back
The Door That Knocked Back Blurb When a lonely man begins hearing knocks from a sealed door in his apartment, he thinks it's a prank — until he realizes the knocking matches his own heartbeat.
By Wings of Time 4 months ago in Horror
From the terror of before to the scares of now
When we think of horror, almost all of us imagine the typical ghost movie that makes us doubt whether what we're seeing is real or just imagining it. If we go back a little, we discover that horror is a very subtle art when done properly.
By Marcela marin4 months ago in Horror
Steve Jobs Death: The Shocking 2011 Passing of Apple's Visionary CEO at Age 56
Steve Jobs Death: The Shocking 2011 Passing of Apple's Visionary CEO at Age 56 On October 5, 2011, the world stopped for a moment. Steve Jobs, the brilliant mind behind Apple, passed away at 56 from respiratory arrest tied to his long fight with cancer. News hit like a thunderbolt, shocking fans, leaders, and tech lovers everywhere. His death marked the end of a key figure in modern tech, but it also sparked talks about his huge role in shaping gadgets we use daily.
By Story silver book 4 months ago in Horror
Voices in the Abandoned Hospital
Voices in the Abandoned Hospital Some places don’t stay silent… even after everyone’s gone. The rain fell relentlessly over the cracked windows of St. Mary’s Hospital a place that hadn’t seen a patient in over twenty years. The building stood like a wounded beast, covered in moss and graffiti, its corridors swallowed by darkness and silence. Or so people believed.
By Farooq Hashmi4 months ago in Horror
The Last Godfather: The Untold Story of Vito Rizzuto. AI-Generated.
When people think of the Mafia, images of New York or Sicily often come to mind. But one of the most powerful and feared Mafia bosses of modern times operated far from those legendary strongholds. His name was Vito Rizzuto, the so-called “Canadian Godfather,” who turned Montreal into a hub of international organized crime. His story is one of ambition, betrayal, and the heavy cost of power.
By shakir hamid4 months ago in Horror