38 Terrifying Trivia Tidbits That Were Whispered to Us By An Ice Cold Wind

A fact for your brain, and a chill for your spine
38 Terrifying Trivia Tidbits That Were Whispered to Us By An Ice Cold Wind

Each of these facts is pulling double-duty today, and they’re not happy about it. We’re all doing a little extra around here lately, okay? Do you think we want to find facts and try to spice them up with a little humor? No, but here we are. 

So if we can do that, then these paranormal tidbits can inform you while frightening you at the same time. Be a team player, paranormal tidbits!

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38 Terrifying Trivia Tidbits That Were Whispered to Us By An Ice Cold Wind

Haunted Painting

This painting was sold on eBay. The seller claimed it was haunted. The listing told a story about how the boy and the doll in the painting (called The Hands Resist Him) would fight at night, and described catching the doll threatening the boy with a gun on video. And some of the prospective buyers reported supernatural experiences just from viewing the listing. CRACKED COM http //www bbc CO uk/derby/unexplained/2002/haunted_

The Innkeepers

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2011 THE INNKEEPERS The movie is based on a haunted hotel Ti West where and his crew stayed while shooting The House of the Devil. During production, they witnessed flickering lights, slamming doors, and according to West, actress Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her. CRACKED.COM

Voodoo Museum

The New Orleans Voodoo Museum. Many Voodoo tours offer walks through cemeteries, ghost stories, potions, Tarot cards, and authentic Voodoo dolls. The museum itself has objects from Voodoo's most famous practitioner Marie Laveau, and is called one of the creepiest places on Earth. CRACKED

Munger Road

... TELL US NOW. MUNGER ROAD BARTLETT, ILLINOIS SCHOOL BUS Tom I. shares, According to legend, a school bus full of children was hit by a train on Munger Road. Now if you leave your car on the tracks, the ghosts of these children will push your car to safety like a spooky towing service. CRACKED.COM

The Voices in Your Head

A WOMAN'S BRAIN TUMOR WAS DISCOVERED BECAUSE THE VOICES IN HER HEAD TOLD HER TO GET A BRAIN SCAN. The woman, called Patient AB, hallucinated the voices during a time when she showed no other symptoms of a tumor. When the voices wouldn't stop nagging her, she convinced a doctor to have her tested. Once she'd had surgery to remove the tumor, she says the voices thanked her for listening, then said goodbye. CRACKED.COM

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The Bell Witch

The Bell Witch Cave in Adams, TN is said to be haunted by the legendary Bell Witch. A long string of people have claimed to have had supernatural expe

The Number of Haunted Houses in Operation

There are more haunted houses in the U.S. than Targets. ©TARGET CRACKED.COM The Haunted House Association estimates that there are more than 2,700 haunted houses in operation in the United States, compared to 1,956 Targets.

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The World’s Most Haunted House

TELL US NOW. LOCATION: Bridgeport, Connecticut Jesse L. lives near The World's Most Haunted House. THE WORLD'S MOST HAUINTED HOUSE Tu BKIURPOR THK L
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The Ghost of Goodnight Lane

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2014 GHOST OF GOODNIGHT LANE A movie about a haunted set filmed at said haunted set... had a haunted set. Before production, a specialized team considered Media World Studios actually haunted. Then, while doing the movie, lights flickered, things would move around, and disembodied voices could be heard. People felt slapped by invisible forces, and even reported visions of unknown figures. CRACKED.COM

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The Ghost Detector

Ghost Detector APPLE JACKS CRACKED.COM Apple Jacks went dark with this one. In 1989, you knew that if this Ghost Detector you found in a cereal box moved around in your hand, there was definitely a ghost in your room!

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Kelpie

Kelpie is a shapeshifting creature in Scottish mythology that lures people to watery deaths. It usually takes the form of a horse to lure exhausted tr

The Goddess of the Dead

GRACKED.COM Mesopotamians believed the dead lived under the earth, drinking from muddy puddles and eating dust In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal was the goddess of the dead who made sure no living soul found out about the gloomy underworld.

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The Soul Jar

A lich's phylactery, or soul jar, has roots in Russian folklore. In Russian mythology, Koshchei the Immortal was a powerful wizard who attempted etern

Greek Sirens

The sirens from Greek mythology were never said to be beautiful, or even mermaids. CRACKED.COM Instead, they were strange, human-faced bird creatures who lured men to their deaths by promising them wisdom and knowledge of the fu- ture.

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Jack-o’-Lanterns

CRACKED.COM Traditional Irish jack o' lanterns were meant to ward off a folk spirit named Jack, who wanders by the light of an ember given to him by the Devil. In legend, Jack houses his ember in a carved out turnip, which the Irish used for jack o' lanterns until Irish-American immigrants switched to the local pumpkins.

Day of the Dead

During Mexico's Day of the Dead, women often dress up as a skeletal figure dressed in Western attire. It is known as 'La Catrina', and it originated from a caricature made by Jose Guadalupe Posadas in 1910 to mock rich Mexican people who ditch their Mexican culture in favor of Western culture. CRACKED.COM

Halloween Costumes

Halloween costumes were meant to be scary enough to frighten ghosts. In the ancient Celtic precursor of modern Halloween, people dressed as witches, ghosts, and goblins to avoid being possessed by them. However, shortly after Irish immigrants brought Halloween to America, efforts to remove frightening or grotesque elements from Halloween made costumes less scary and more festive. CRACKED.COM

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