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13 ๐ซ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐๐๐: "๐บ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐บ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐" (2019)
2026 Theme: Bibliographic Horror - Folktales & Monsters
2015, USA
Director: Andrรฉ รvredal
#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #frictionalreading #bookhorror #reading #words #language #books #Andrรฉรvredal
#scarystories #folktales #urbanmyths
โIt all started in the playground โ the word was there was a vampire and everyone was going to head out there after schoolโ
Beginning #OTD, 23 September 1954, and for three consecutive nights, over 200 children aged from 4 to 14 โ armed with knives, clubs, & even a crucifix โ hunted a 7-foot-tall vampire through Glasgowโs Southern Necropolis
#Scottish #folklore #Glasgow #Gorbals #vampires #vampire #urbanmyths #20thcentury
Folklore, Urban Myths & Other Mysteriousness
#folklore #urbanmyths #payhip #supernatural #paranormal #unexplainable
https://storyangles.gumroad.com/l/Folklore-UrbanMyths?layout=profile
Folklore, Urban Myths & Other Mysteriousness
< Available on Gumroad >
#folklore #urbanmyths #unexplainable #gumroad #ebook #supernatural #paranormal
https://medium.com/the-story-well/shadow-animals-5f3f3e7f58ae
Shadow Animals.
Creatures Made of Darkness.
#creatures #shadows #paranormal #supernatural #medium #animals #folklore #urbanmyths #mysteriouscreatures #mysterious
Die Geschichte hรคlt einer รberprรผfung wohl nicht stand:
https://uebermedien.de/118881/der-medienhype-um-eine-unbewiesene-menschenjagd/
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/07/09/decades-old-story-of-sarajevo-sniper-safari-still-in-the-realm-of-rumour/btj/
Share your favourite ghost rider story in the comments. Have you ever felt an unseen presence on the road? Letโs talk about the legends that ride beside us. #GhostRider #MotorcycleLegends #GoodOldBandit #RideForever #BikerSpirit #HauntedHighways #UrbanMyths #RiderCommunity #PhantomThrottle #RideFree
https://medium.com/@gudolbandit/ghost-rider-legends-the-phantom-flame-of-the-open-road-e3ce8ac7da2c
It's mid-October, so it's time for your annual reminder that people giving away drugs for free (like, by disguising them as Halloween candy and giving them to trick-or-treaters) are even more mythical than ghosts, vampires, and werewolves.
Drug dealers are trying to *make money* from drugs by *selling* them.
Children notoriously have very little money to spend.
#Halloween #candy #TrickOrTreat #drugs #UrbanLegends #UrbanMyths #myths #FactCheck
#wordweavers #writing 5. Share a book by an indie author that you love.
Most of what I read are translations which means they are from small press, not indie. But looking at my bookshelf and ereader there is one indie author I have tons of stuff from. Tara A. Devlin. A rich source of all things creepy and Japanese
Tara A. Devlin
Creator of the Kowabana, Reikan, Toshiden, and Reiwa Tanpen series. #CreepyPasta #UrbanMyths #Horror #Kowabana
Available through Amazon
And then there is the woman I beta read for: Jesse Sprague. #Fantasy #Horror Also available on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Kowabana-Japanese-stories-internet-Origins-ebook/dp/B07HMGVVBN
Help me out with context for a podcast story, referencing urban/Contemporary myths:
Does anyone over the age of 30 know about slenderman, enough to recognize the silhouette?
Does anyone under the age of 30 know about the Blair Witch Project, enough to recognize one of those twig figures?
(Horror isn't my thing; podcast is about wildlife)
๐ต Artist: #MarshalArts / #MarshalArtsStreetart - in City: #Hamburg Schanzenviertel, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช 05/2024 - Title: "Replicant No 3/Newromancer" - #Art #Mural #Streetart #UrbanMyths #SprayArt #StencilArt #Pasteup #Artist
๐ต Artist: #MarshalArts / #MarshalArtsStreetart - in City: #Hamburg Germany ๐ฉ๐ช 03/2024 - Title: "HipHop Kitsune" - #Art #Mural #Streetart #UrbanMyths #SprayArt #Artist #HipHop
Korean folklore says if you pull a white hair you'll grow two more on the same spot, like a hydra but with white hair
The myth about swallowing spiders while sleeping - journey down the rabbit hole
In the early days of the internet a story went round, and still does, that on average people swallow 8 spiders a year.in their sleep.
Despite this being thoroughly debunked, this still surfaces as a fact every ounce in a while.
scientificamerican.com/articleโฆ
People who have investigated where this story came from ended up with the name Lisa Birgit Holst. Lisa worked for a magazine called PC Professional as a columnist. In 1993 she wrote an article in which she mentioned this fact. She references a 1954 book "Insect Fact and Folklore" which states on page 24 that people swallow 8 spiders a year in their sleep.
However it seems that the lovely Lisa was a bit of a trickster and made up loads of nonsense to test the gullibility of readers, or because she was bored. The "Insect Fact and Folklore" book does exist, however it contains nothing about swallowing spiders.
Various articles still cite Lisa Birgit Holst as the instigator of the myth. If you are any good at anagrams have a go with "Lisa Birgit Holst".
readersdigest.co.uk/health/heaโฆ
Unfortunately it is not possible to link to this original article or a copy of it. Not because it wasn't saved for prosperity, but because neither it nor Lisa Birgit Holst (the middle name is important) existed. Also, there was no magazine called PC Professional.
How deep does this hoax go?
A myth started by a non-existent columnist in a non-existent article in a non-existent magazine.
At one time even the esteemed Snopes had been hoodwinked by "Lisa" and didn't realise the total fabrication.
Many people are still looking the source and some think it can be narrowed down to April 2001.
If you fancy a quest others are searching...
skeptics.stackexchange.com/queโฆ
How did you get on with the anagram of Lisa Birgit Holst?
Is it coincidence that one anagram is "tHis is a Big troLl" ?
Our suburbs are no longer safe from bushfires
#Environment #BushfireSafety #UrbanMyths #ClimateRisk #PreparePlan #FireDangerRating #SuburbanReality #Bushfires
https://the-14.com/our-suburbs-are-no-longer-safe-from-bushfires/
New trick or treat horror story just dropped ๐ญ
#327 Bob Rickard and Paul Sieveking (eds) - Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena, No 105. John Brown Publishing Ltd, London, December 1997. #ForteanTimes #BobRickard #PaulSieveking #Cryptozoology #UrbanMyths #BookOfTheDay
The myth about swallowing spiders while sleeping - journey down the rabbit hole
In the early days the internet a story went round, and still does, that on average people swallow 8 spiders a year.in their sleep.
Despite this being thoroughly debunked, this still surfaces as a fact every ounce in a while.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-people-swallow-8-spiders-a-year-while-they-sleep1/
People who have investigated where this story came from ended up with the name Lisa Birgit Holst. Lisa worked for a magazine called PC Professional as a columnist. In 1993 she wrote an article in which she mentioned this fact. She references a 1954 book "Insect Fact and Folklore" which states on page 24 that people swallow 8 spiders a year in their sleep.
However it seems that the lovely Lisa was a bit of a trickster and made up loads of nonsense to test the gullibility of readers, or because she was bored. The "Insect Fact and Folklore" book does exist, however it contains nothing about swallowing spiders.
Various articles still cite Lisa Birgit Holst as the instigator of the myth. If you are any good at anagrams have a go with "Lisa Birgit Holst".
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/health/health-conditions/medical-myths-we-swallow-8-spiders-a-year-in-our-sleep
Unfortunately it is not possible to link to this original article or a copy of it. Not because it wasn't saved for prosperity, but because neither it nor Lisa Birgit Holst (the middle name is important) existed. Also, there was no magazine called PC Professional.
How deep does this hoax go?
A myth started by a non-existent columnist in a non-existent article in a non-existent magazine.
At one time even the esteemed Snopes had been hoodwinked by "Lisa" and didn't realise the total fabrication.
https://www.snopes.com/lisa-birgit-holst/
Many people are still looking the source and some think it can be narrowed down to April 2001.
If you fancy a quest others are searching...
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/2094/is-a-writer-named-lisa-holst-responsible-for-the-belief-that-everyone-eats-eight
How did you get on with the anagram of Lisa Birgit Holst?
Is it coincidence that one anagram is "tHis is a Big troLl" ?
#UrbanMyths #spiders #hoax #hoaxes
Scientist Dr. Carl Hart, author of the book "Drug Use for Grown-ups," helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about drugs... Is marijuana really a gateway drug? Is the opioid crisis getting worse? Are drugs more addictive than alcohol?
(Released 08/24/2020 by #Wired )
