How a 1985 Documentary 'Scared Us' and Sparked a Paranormal TV Craze
On a crisp winter evening in 1985, a documentary was broadcast with a preview that promised to scare viewers out of their minds. It did not disappoint. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the program's broadcast Haunted on Australian
Bailiff Brunegg: a spooky hunt through Swiss snow and sin
After taking his regime of terror too far on a stormy winter night, Bailiff Brunegg committed a sin so sedate while hunting that it sent him into a haunted afterlife. High in the Canton of Aargau, where the shadow of
Basilisk of Basel: The Beast at Gerberberglein
Once upon a time, in a cave below where the Tanner Fountain (Gerberberglein) is now located, a basilisk lived. It is said that it kills even with its poisonous breath, and today it has become a symbol of Basel. In
Daníelspyttur and the boy who drowned and haunts
The name Daníelspyttur in remote Iceland comes from a boy who once left work and drowned in the water. Since then, people have considered the place to be haunted, as well as the entire area. Below Gnúpafell Farm in Eyjafjörður
The haunting of Frick's steps: death processions in Bern and the ghosts of murderesses
There isn't a single ghost story about the Frick Stairs in Bern, there are plenty of them. It is said that for centuries there have been women walking up the stairs murdering their children and terrible funeral processions that shocked
Kindlifresserbrunnen and the ghosts of abandoned children near Bern
It is said that around the terrifying statue of Kindlifressenbrunnen devouring children, adolescent ghosts haunt like a misty night. They are said to be unwanted children taken out of the city through underground tunnels and returned to the crime scene.
The ghost of the Finnbogastaðir mounds
Buried in the mounds of the Icelandic landscape, a murdered shepherd has returned from the dead as a Draugr, or perhaps the ghost of Haugbúi, to haunt the people living on the Finnbogastaðir farm. The ghost story was published in
Munkholmen: The island of chains, prayers and the restless dead in Trondheim
There have long been many disturbing rumors about the diminutive island of Munkholmen near Trondheim, Norway. From an ancient Viking execution site to a state prison, who is still there in the afterlife? Emerging calmly from the waters of Trondheim
The restless ghost of Hans Franz Nägeli: The Fricktreppe Ghost
The aged stairs in Bern, Switzerland are said to carry an aged legend. Hans Franz Nägeli, the city's former leader, is said to haunt the Fricktreppe in the Old Town, appearing to those who call his name three times. High