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Body snatching is theft of human corpses for various reasons, such as selling body parts, doing medical research, ghost marriage, blackmail, revenge, and making ritual items

The Krasue is a nocturnal female spirit of Southeast Asian folklore. It manifests as the floating, disembodied head of a woman, usually young and beautiful, with her internal organs still attached and trailing down from the neck.

David Glenn Lewis was a lawyer from Texas. In 1993, for reasons still unknown, he left his workplace and travelled to Washington, more than 1,600 miles away, where he was killed by a car on a highway. His body stayed unidentified for 11 years.

Superman Curse

"...immense columns of flame appeared... all animals and vermin fled the city... The city sank into the earth... All the inhabitants perished without a trace"

"The team found further artifacts, a frozen human arm protruding from the snow, and finally De Long's journal. From this they learned the story of the party's final days."

Mariam Soulakiotis was an Orthodox nun and a serial killer who made wealthy people join her convent, extorted their money and then imprisoned and/or killed them

Mystery of Celtic Wood is the apparent disappearance of 71 men during a WWI battle, variously explained by a covered-up massacre, destruction of remains by shelling, misreporting/clerical errors or supernatural causes

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Curry Shop Shimizu - A curry restaurant owned by a Japanese Porn Star who 'loves Poo', that served feces flavored curry.

“The two women were crawling across the railway tracks that run past the temple, their bodies drenched in blood and severed in half, dragging themselves forward in a dreadful and anguished manner.”

Christa Pike carved a pentagram on her victim, then smashed her skull; took a souvenir

The Schuylkill Notes: "The majority of the notes were reportedly discovered within the packaging of food products purchased from grocery stores in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,"

On May 1, 2011, the body of Kim Jun-bong, a 58-year-old South Korean taxi driver, was discovered crucified in an abandoned stone quarry in Mungyeong city, North Gyeongsang Province. After extensive investigation, the death was ruled a suicide accomplished without outside assistance.

“The discovery of Diao's remains in the winter of January 1996 was first reported by a sanitary worker who found meat in a bag. Initially thought to be pork, the worker brought it home for food. While preparing the meat, three human fingers were found.”

In 1972, a plane crashed in Florida. In the aftermath, chilling reports emerged of crew members' ghosts appearing aboard other aircraft built with parts salvaged from the wreck.

The From Hell letter was a letter sent with half of a preserved human kidney to George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, in October 1888.

John Brennan Crutchley was an American convicted kidnapper and rapist. A possible serial killer, he was suspected of murdering up to thirty women. He was called the Vampire Rapist because he drained the blood of his one confirmed victim almost to the point of death.

The website Character.ai once had a chatbot based on Jennifer Ann Crecente, a person who had been murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2006. There were also chatbots based on Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old transgender girl murdered in 2023, and Molly Russell, a 14-year-old suicide victim.

In the 4th century there was supposedly a man named Peter who, before being stoned for blasphemy, promised to rise from the grave in the shape of a wolf. Later, his followers were accused of holding orgies, and then ritualistically cannibalizing children born from these acts in a parody of baptism.

The Demon Cat (also referred to as the D.C.) is a ghost cat who is purported to haunt the government buildings of Washington, D.C. Its primary haunts are the White House and the United States Capitol.

Hedviga Golik, a Croatian nurse, died alone in her apartment in 1966. Her body remained undiscovered for 42 years until found in 2008 during renovations. Neighbors never reported her missing, and her electricity was paid by the building’s architect until shortly before her body was found.