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Picture generated with AI Location: St. Omer Cemetery, Illinois, United States of America Dates Active: February 26, 1882 Category: Burial Grounds, Curses, Necromancy, Omens, Witchcraft Cause: Curse, Witchcraft (Alleged) Status: Possibly Ongoing Entry ID: 013024B-00058 Summery:   A strange gravestone is the focal point of a local legend about a woman who died on a date that doesn't exist, who died in a town that also does not exist. In Depth: This story starts in small town in Illinois known as St. Omer, which was founded in 1852 and was big enough to warrant the construction of a post office, a blacksmith, and a store. According to records there were six houses in town, but 40 to 50 families lived in the area at one point. However, over time the population slowly dwindled, and St. Omer became a ghost town. Before the place was abandoned, there was a married couple Marcus and Caroline Barnes, who met and unfortunate fate. Marcus died in a sawmill accident on December 6, 1881,...

Picture generated with AI Location: St. Sennen Church Cemetery, Sennen, Penzance, United Kingdom Dates Active: Unknown Category: Burial Grounds, Mysterious Sounds, Omens Cause: Unknown Status: Possibly Ongoing Entry ID: 013024A-00057 Summery:   People visiting this graveyard have claimed to have heard bells chiming around midnight, claiming it is a bad omen. In Depth: The St. Sennen Church Cemetery supposedly has a legend that bells can sometimes be heard chiming at midnight. It is believed to be caused by the ghost of a sea captain who is in denial that his ship has sunk off the coast, and is a bad omen to those that hear it, especially sailors. Supposedly, if you hear the bells you should refrain from leaving port, as those that ignore the warning are soon lost at sea. Related Entries and Connections : Connections: Burial Grounds Connections: Mysterious Sounds Connections: Omens   Last Updated: March 23, 2024

Picture generated with AI Location: Sa Kaeo, Thailand Dates Active: February 29, 2016 Category: Evil Spirits, Possessions, Strange Crimes Cause: Phi Pob Status: Unknown Entry ID: 012924C-00056 Summery:   Cops are called on two woman and one man who were forcing neighbors and family members to strip in the street of their village, afterwards claiming to have been possessed by a spirit known as a phi pob. In Depth: Three suspects lead seven neighbors and family members at knifepoint into the street of a village and forced them to strip naked. Some of the victims were injured in the altercation when they resisted, and when the victims did as ordered the three perpetrators burned all of the clothes. Police were called onto the scene, where they immediately disarmed the suspects and brought them to the police station. They later told police that they did not remember the incident at all, claiming that they had been possessed by a ghost known as a phi pob, and that they had only be...

Picture generated with AI Location: Amnat Charoen, Thailand Dates Active: June, 2017 Category: Evil Spirits, Possessions Cause: Phi Pob Status: Unknown Entry ID: 012924B-00055 Summery:   Small town cops are asked to increase their presence in response to an evil spirit. In Depth: Frightened embers of a tiny community in rural Thailand called the police in order to help with a ghost known as a phi pob. Police stepped up patrols in the area to help reassure the local population. A phi pob is a type of evil spirit that can hold power over humans, manifesting itself from within a living person until it decides to leave, and from there it can possess another host (usually a woman.) Once in possession of a new host it acts like a parasite, eating their entrails from within while bringing sickness to others around them, killing and eating livestock, and otherwise producing bad luck for the community as a whole. External Links (Last Checked January 29, 2024): Cops Deployed to Protec...

Picture generated with AI Location: The Horse Shoe Brewery, London, England, United Kingdom Dates Active: October 17, 1814 Category: Mass Deaths, Unnatural Disasters Cause: Porter Beer Status: Closed Entry ID: 012924A-00054 Summery:   7,664 barrels of porter flooded a rookery in London, killing 8 people. In Depth: The Horse Shoe Brewery was built in 1764 at the end of Tottenham Street at the junction of Oxford Street, in London, England, the site which is currently occupied by the Dominion Theater. It wasn't the best neighborhood at the time, being smack dab in the middle of a "rookery": tightly packed slums and houses around nearby St. Giles's Church, which housed many poor families, the majority of whom were Irish immigrants. Despite it's surroundings the brewery was very well off. Though it changed ownership several times over the course of several decades, it still managed to produce over 100,000 barrels of porter in the year 1811. However,...

Picture generated with AI Location: Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1881 to Present Category: Ghost Ship, Mass Deaths Cause: Shipwreck Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 012824I-00053 Summery:   The Lupatia went down with all hands on deck in a thick fog between the Tillamook Rock Light and the shore, but has been seen during foul weather here ever since. In Depth: In 1881 during the construction of the Tillamook Rock Light a sailing ship named the Lupatia got stuck in a thick fog bank near shoreline. Workers on the lighthouse heard the panicked sailors and tried to use lanterns to signal the ship from the highest point of the tower in order to let them known where to go. It appeared that the ship was able to correct its course at first, but the next day the bodies of all 16 of the Lupatia's crew washed up onshore. There was one survivor of the wreck though, and that was the crew's dog. Ever since that day, locals in Cannon Beach have witnessed a s...

Picture generated with AI Location: Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1880 to Present Category: Burial Grounds, Curses, Haunting, Lighthouses, Mysterious Sounds Cause: Multiple deaths Status: Closed Entry ID: 012824H-00052 Summery:   From hidden caverns underneath the water to ghosts, this isolated hunk of rock has seen more than its fair share of strange stories. In Depth: The story of Tillamook Rock Light began as one of tragedy and death from pretty much the moment the first person set foot on the craggy outcropping. Or at least the third person. The construction of the lighthouse at the location required several surveys in order to determine the best way to design the light, and while attempting to make it onto the rock for a third survey a man by the name of John Trewavas, who was experienced in building lighthouses in dangerous and remote locations, was swept off the rocks and into the large swells of the water and his body was never recover...