Strange tales

When I was 14 I took the garbage out after dark.. it was 7:30pm.. I had literally just checked the clock before I went outside and when I got back inside it was 10pm. I lost 2.5 hours without notic…

What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you? Cult of Weird readers share their creepiest unexplained moments.

When you move into a new home, it’s expected that there will be one or two unpleasant surprises. Maybe the plumbing isn’t all that it should be, or the neighbors throw a lot of noisy parties, or, oops, your couch won’t fit through the front door. What you don’t expect to deal with are a bunch of corpses in the backyard that hold a grudge against you. But, as you will see, such things sometimes happen. In the early 1980s, developers completed a housing subdivision in Newport, just outside of…

"New York Daily News," November 25, 1956, via Newspapers.com There are a number of tragic cases where people lose all memory of who t...

If you thought you and your family had skeletons in your closet, wait until you read these 25 shocking, scary, and salacious tales compiled from a Reddit ...

What's the weirdest fact you know of? We bet it's not as strange as any of these! So, check out this list of 100 strange but true facts that will shock you!

I’m starting to have that feeling that I shouldn’t spend so much time on the Internet because I find out stuff like this — things that are so crazy I can’t believe they actu…

Often, it's movies or page-turning novels that provide our fix for epic and unbelievable stories. Other times, real life delivers an even wilder ride than the imagination. These true historic events sound like urban legends, bad TV movies, or the convoluted tall tales your weird uncle makes up. But whether strange, silly, tragic, or all of the above, the one thing they ha... #unbelievablehistory #truetales #historicmysteries #strangeevents #epicrealities #oddhistory #factorfiction…

Robert Stack has heard it all. When he called a Mystery “unbelievable and compelling,” you better listen up.

Mother Nature has an awesome reputation. Depending on who you talk to, she’s either wonderful, cruel, awe-inspiring, or horrendously evil. We have a different theory: She’s a practical joker. A veritable flood of stories have recently featured nature doing stuff that has left our heads spinning. While none of these reports are mysteries, and all

1. There is a rare mental disease called the "Rapunzel Syndrome" named after long-haired Rapunzel from the Grimm's fairy tales. The disorder causes a patient to develop an irresistible urge to pull out their own hair, and sometimes eat it. #wtffact #strange #history #weird #strange

1. In the original German ending of the fairy tale "Snow White," the evil queen is compelled to wear red-hot iron shoes and dance until she succumbs to death.

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I have always been fascinated with the idea of ghost stories, legends and tales of haunted places. The idea of hauntings and ghosts, the good and the bad, real-life experiences and sightings – I could spend hours watching every documentary and show out there. Nearly every area has, at some point, some sort of local legend or ghost tale. Here are just a few of the many Windsor/Essex ghost stories… #YQG #WindsorON #ghoststories #ghoststory #hauntedhouse #hauntedhouses #haunting #ghosthunter

Well, damn. We lost another one of the Greats - not just a great comic creator, but hermit, too. Steve Ditko died on Friday, the 29th of June. He was discovered on July 1st, but word of his death was only released a week later. I won't try to summarize Ditko's impact on the world of comics. Spider-Man and Doctor Strange by themselves give testament to his works, and they are but the tip of the iceberg. Ditko stood apart from the crowd - in nearly every way. While Steve Ditko may not have…

“I did not even hesitate; I jumped out my window, and the moment I was out I heard the door to my room slam open and heard what I can only describe as a whispered scream of rage.”

LORD of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson’s Beatles epic has been split into three parts to be shown on Disney+. Each two-hour episode features restored footage of the Fab Four. The series casts a new light on their break-up and has the backing of Sir Paul McCartney, 78, and Sir Ringo Starr, 80, plus John […]

Harry Anderson | Strange Tales #28 | Atlas | 1954

We asked our readers "What's Your True, Unexplained Story of Being in a Place That Shouldn't Exist?" We received 34 responses to this question. We have selected the 30 best responses from them and have presented in this article.

01. Mark Antony's wife, Fulvia, stabbed Cicero's tongue, after his decapitation, with hairpins before displaying his head on the Rostra. Supposedly this was to damn his power of speech.