The Bloody Mary urban legend has no verified link to Queen Mary I. Separate mirror folklore from Tudor history and explore why it spreads. Read the evidence.
Category: Paranormal
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Japanese Urban Legends: A Mask, a Question, a Trap
Explore 10 Japanese urban legends, from Kuchisake-onna’s deadly question to Kisaragi Station. See how ordinary encounters turn into traps—read the stories.
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Urban Legends: 9 Tales Where Familiar Places Turn Dark
From Hawaii’s Night Marchers to Lake Lanier’s hauntings, these urban legends turn real places into unsettling stories. Explore the lore behind nine accounts.
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Chinese Mythology: A Giant’s Body Becomes the World
Chinese mythology turns a giant into the earth and melted stone into a repaired sky. Explore the gods, heroes, and traditions behind these stories. Read on.
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Selkie Mythology: A Stolen Sealskin Between Two Worlds
In selkie mythology, hiding a sealskin traps a seal person on land. Explore stories of stolen skins, divided families and a return to the sea. Read more.
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Kelpie Mythology: The Horse That Becomes a Drowning Trap
Kelpie mythology turns a horse by the river into a deadly trap. Learn how Scotland’s water spirit lures riders and how to recognize it. Explore the folklore.
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Hel Norse Mythology: Why Baldr Stays Among the Dead
In Hel Norse mythology, Loki’s daughter rules the dead and decides whether Baldr can return. Explore her family, realm, and limits in the medieval sources.
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“Dear Mr President, We Want the Truth About UFOs!”
The White House is hiding the truth about UFOs and contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, according to Stephen Bassett. Bassett is far from alone in this belief, but what makes him stand out is that he is determined to force a change. Bassett is the executive director of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG), established in 1996...
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Royal Status For Ghostly Greenwich
It’s amazing how you can absorb history through reading ghost stories. Admittedly, some of the finer details can sometimes be wrong (readers beware!) but the historical gist of such tales is generally accurate. Readers soon acquire a profound sense of existing within a continuum of time that wells up from the depths of the long-gone and...
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Meet The Man(n) Behind The Paranormal Database
There are certain websites you find yourself stumbling across again and again, and for me one of these is the Paranormal Database. If I’m due to take a trip somewhere, and think I might have time to visit a supposedly haunted site while I’m there, I’ll have a quick search online for local ghost stories...