North Carolina has it share of ghost tales, unexplained phenomena, and tales of the supernatural. One such tale comes from Jamestown, in Guilford County. It is said that the spirit of a young woman haunts…
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Various Ghosts & Hauntings
Belchen Tunnel, Switzerland
The Belchen Tunnel is a motorway tunnel in Switzerland, and forms part of the A2 motorway from Basel to Chiasso. It links Eptingen in the canton of Basel-Country with Hägendorf in the Canton of Solothurn.…
Read More Belchen Tunnel, SwitzerlandBei Yi Highway, Taiwan
Part of Provincial highway no. 9, Bei Yi Highway connects Taipei and Yilan County. The highway used to be a fatal road in Taiwan due to bad road conditions. Lots of ghost money (joss money)…
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Annies Road is more commonly known as Riverview Drive in Totowa, NJ. Annie herself is a haunting commonly referred to as a “Woman in White”. These spirits are female ghosts reportedly seen in rural areas…
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The St. Louis Light, St. Louis Ghost Light, or St. Louis Ghost Train is a supposed paranormal phenomenon seen near St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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The Silver Arrow (Swedish: “Silverpilen”) is the nickname of a Stockholm Metro train which features in several urban legends alleging sightings of the train’s ghost.
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Ammit (/ˈæmɪt/; Ancient Egyptian: ꜥm-mwt, “devourer of the dead”; also rendered Ammut or Ahemait) was a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion with a body that was part lion, hippopotamus, and crocodile—the three largest…
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Amafufunyana is an unspecified “culture-bound” syndrome named by the traditional healers of the Xhosa people that relates to claims of demonic possession due to members of the Xhosa people exhibiting aberrant behavior and psychological concerns.…
Read More AmafufunyanaAicha Kandicha
Aicha Kandicha (Moroccan Arabic: عيشة قنديشة, romanized: ʿayša qəndiša, referred to in some works as Qandisa) is a female mythological figure in northern Moroccan folklore. One of a number of folkloric characters who are similar…
Read More Aicha KandichaFamiliar spirit
In European folklore and folk-belief of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, familiar spirits (sometimes referred to simply as “familiars” or “animal guides”) were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches and cunning…
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