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31 Supremely Spooky Bits of Trivia to Hold You Over Until Halloween

A paranormal sampler of sorts

31 Supremely Spooky Bits of Trivia to Hold You Over Until Halloween

July 28, 2024

Are you grateful that you didn’t have to find these facts in a dusty old mansion atop a burial ground with a flickering flashlight? That’s where we found them, and trust us, it wasn’t a fun night.

Well, there were a few jump scares that got our blood flowing. That was exciting, but ultimately harmless — they ended up being cats. (The jump scares are always cats!)

Anyway, enjoy reading this list from the comfort of wherever you happen to be right now.

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Keddie Resort is a real-life Camp Crystal Lake. Keddie Resort was a popular tourist destination in California -until four people were violently murdered there. Yet despite the brutal crime scene, no one heard anything. Not even the children sleeping in another room. KEDDIE RESORT UNSOL VE CRACKED.COM — Source

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Someone was chasing Elisa Lam when she went missing. Lam, a Canadian student, disappeared from a Los Angeles hotel in 2013, and was found dead in the hotel's rooftop water tank weeks later. Security footage shows her hiding in an elevator and peering out, like someone was following her. The chaser remains unknown. NSOL GRACKED.COM — Source

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The Axeman of New Orleans claimed to be a jazz-loving demon from Hell Between 1918 and 1919, someone axed several people to death in New Orleans. In a letter to the police, the murderer claimed to be a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. The same letter threatened to kill anyone who wasn't listening to jazz at a specific time. UNSO CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM This photo, taken in 1919, shows an extra ghostly face behind one of the airmen. The members of this squadron recognized him as Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been killed a few days earlier and whose funeral took place on the day the photograph was shot. — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE WHITE LADY OF WORSTEAD CHURCH In 1975, Diane Berthelot's husband took a photo of her sitting in a pew at St. Mary's Church in Worstead, UK. When they developed the picture, they noticed a mysterious ghostly figure. Diane, now in her 80's, claims the White Lady healed her and has kept her healthy through the years. — Source

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A GHOST HUNTER STABBED HIMSELF IN THE AXE MURDER HOUSE. THE Villisca Ax Murder House JUNE 10 1912 The famous Villisca Axe Murder house in lowa is thought to be haunted by the family murdered there in 1912. In 2014, a group of paranormal investigators stayed at the house overnight. One of them, Robert Steven Laursen Jr., was alone in his bedroom when he started calling for help on a two-way radio. The group found him stabbed in the chest, and he was rushed to the hospital. The incident happened around 12:45 AM, the same time as the 1912 murders. — Source

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APPARENTLY THERE'S A HAUNTED FROZEN ELSA DOLL. A family in Houston who purchased a singing Elsa doll claims the thing to be haunted. It speaks on its own without being switched on, and it has never needed new batteries in the six years they've had it. They've thrown the doll out twice, but it kept ending up back at their house. The whole thing sounds like a prank, but the idea is still pretty creepy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE TWO DUTCH FRIENDS WHO WENT MISSING ON A HIKE IN PANAMA, AND THE CREEPY PICTURES ON THEIR PHONE. Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon went hiking in 2014 and disappeared. Photos of their hike suggest that they may have trailed off the path and deep into the forest. Soon they were making phone calls to the Dutch emergency line, but couldn't get through. Nine weeks later, the girls' backpack was discovered, and bone fragments were found near a river as well as a boot with a foot inside. The photos authorities recovered from the phone were super eerie, with most — Source

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The Atlas Vampire just up and vanished. In 1932, Lilly Lindeström was found murdered in her apartment in the Atlas neighborhood of Stockholm, Sweden. A gravy ladle was found at the crime scene, which had apparently been used to drink her blood. Despite their efforts, police couldn't find any leads to the vampire. LV CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM A homeless man's head was (maybe) used for magic. The headless body of Leroy Carter Jr. was found in San Francisco in 1981, with parts of a chicken stuffed into it. A police expert on occultism said that his head would be used for ritual purposes and returned 42 days later. No one took this seriously-so no officer was there when the head was returned on the 42nd day. VII UN — Source

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The Sodder children just evapora ted. Four of George and Jennie Sodder's nine children managed to get out when their house burned down in 1945. The other five were never found, either alive or dead. In 1967, the Sodders got a photo in the mail, supposedly of their now-adult son Louis-but the detective they hired to look into it disappeared himself. SOI ASD CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED JIMMY CARTER In 1976, Jimmy Carter, who would soon become President, said he saw a UFO in Leary, Georgia. Не called it the darndest thing I've ever seen and said it was very bright changing colors and about the size of the moon. — Source

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Eleanor Roosevelt

CRACKED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said she could sense Abraham Lincoln's spirit when she stayed up late working in his bedroom, which she had turned into her office. — Source

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CRACKED KURT RUSSELL Kurt Russell was the first person to tell the world about the Phoenix Lights UFO sighting in 1997--he saw the lights while he was flying his plane, and reported the sighting. It's now one of the most famous UFO stories ever. — Source

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CRACKED GEORGE V Prince George V, then serving as a midshipman on the H.M.S. Bacchante, saw the legendary ghost ship the Flying Dutchman in Australian waters back in 1881. The Dutchman is a harbinger of doom but, as it happens, the prince survived. — Source

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CRACKED GUILLERMO DEL TORO Guillermo del Toro said he had an encounter with a UFO while he was hanging out with a friend in Mexico. It was a flying saucer, so clichéd, with lights . It's so sad: I wish - - could reveal they're not what you think they are, he said. OP - Instructional Andress 20 INGMAR BER TURKISH DELIGHT HOUR TOK Going Places 'the positive 21 alamy The Seren and DAY . WE SAMUR DAY FOR NIGHT — Source

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The Hill of Crosses

Šiauliai, Lithuania THE HILL OF CROSSES The site has been bulldozed many times, and still people honor the tradition of adding thousands of crosses on this hill in remembrance, making it a place you definitely don't want to be alone at night. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Old Town, San Diego THE WHALEY HOUSE Built on the grounds of San Diego's old gallows, the Whaley House is said to be haunted with chandeliers swinging on their own and the ghosts of hanging victims walking around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kempton Park, South Africa THE HAUNTED HOSPITAL A hotspot for ghost hunters, the abandoned Kempton Park hospital has been closed since 1996, but a look inside will give you the creeps. Rumors abound of ghost babies crying in the maternity ward and a shadow of a man roaming the hallways. The fact that the hospital was shut down without any word or warning makes the place even creepier. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The City of the Dead

Buenos Aires, Argentina THE CITY OF THE DEAD La Recoleta Cemetery is as impressive as it is morbid, with a tragic legend of a woman who was buried alive and tried to claw her way out of her crypt. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE FOREST The twisted trees of the Hoia-Baciu forest makes it a unique but eerie site. It's also believed to be the most haunted forest in the world. There are tales of people disappearing, claims of alien abductions, and some believe there are ghosts wandering around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Venice, Italy THE HAUNTED ISLAND Poveglia Island is technically off limits to visitors, and the site was once a home to those quarantined and dying from the bubonic plague. Some believe that the soil is made up of 50% human remains. In 1922, a mental hospital was opened there, and horrible tales of a doctor brutally torturing his patients before jumping out of a bell tower are all part of its legend today. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Adams, Tennessee THE BELL WITCH CAVE Most caves can be pretty scary, but the legend of a dark witch who tormented the Bell family in the 19th century puts this one right up there. The witch was believed to have hidden away in the cave, making people think she left the area when she never really did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wotton-under-Edge, England THE HAUNTED INN The Ancient Ram Inn might look like a quaint and quirky little house, but it's believed to be home to everything that is macabre. The list of hauntings include an incubus, a succubus, the ghost of a witch who was burned at the stake, and children who were sacrificed in black magic rituals. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED A DISTANT STAR BEHAVING STRANGELY The star KIC 8462852, 1,480 light-years away from us, is strange because it dims by up to 20 percent at random times, and stays dark for days. This made people think that maybe the star is surrounded by an alien structure collecting energy from it. — Source

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Ancient Art

CRACKED ANCIENT ROCK ART The head of the SETI organization's Interstellar Message Composition suggested that ancient rock art could be a sign of aliens, and that scientists might have trouble recognizing signs of alien life because they could look like something natural. — Source

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CRACKED STRANGE ISLANDS IN MICRONESIA People have looked into the possibility that aliens had something to do with the strange group of islands in Micronesia called Nan Madol, because of their strong magnetic energy. — Source

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CRACKED AN ANCIENT STRUCTURE The mayor of Șanliurfa, Turkey, suggested that the 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe archaeological site might have been built by aliens. Не pointed to the purse motifs on the statues, as well as T-shaped pillars that weigh up to 20 tons, as evidence. — Source

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CRACKED 2 1 4 GT 1 1 1 1 2411 12 mz 3 1 61 3 1 2 7 1 Wow! 2 31 11 1 1 3 1 1 ULCOMO PPW 1 1 4 113 2 TH 344111 1 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 برب 1 2 1 1 11 1 AN ODD RADIO SIGNAL In 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio picked up an incredibly strong signal that has never been caught again. Called the Wow! Signal, it's one of the most mysterious things ever observed in astronomy, and some suspect it was sent by aliens. — Source

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Space

CRACKED A WEIRD SPACE ROCK MOVING THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM In 2018, two astronomers from Harvard suggested that Oumuamua, the strange, cigar-shaped object that flew through our solar system, could be an alien probe from outer space. — Source

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CRACKED A TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT In April, 2023, a group of friends in Florida were sure aliens were about to arrive after they saw a bright light moving across the sky. It turned out to be part of Taylor Swift's light show for her Eras Tour at a stadium in Tampa. — Source

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