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Florida's Haunted I-4: The Graves Beneath the Interstate

Thousands of drivers travel this stretch of interstate every day. According to a decades-old story, some of them are driving directly over a forgotten family cemetery.

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The Crying Boy Painting: The Curse That Survived the Flames
The Crying Boy Painting: The Curse That Survived the Flames

In 1985, a house fire in England sparked one of Britain's strangest modern curses. A painting of a crying boy had reportedly survived the flames, and firefighters claimed they had seen the same thing in dozens of other homes. Soon, frightened owners were burning their paintings, newspapers were reporting a supernatural curse, and thousands of prints were destroyed in a Halloween bonfire. But what really happened, and where did the legend begin?

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The Science Club That Secretly Fed Children Radioactive Oatmeal
The Science Club That Secretly Fed Children Radioactive Oatmeal

Beginning in the late 1940s, researchers from MIT and Harvard conducted nutrition experiments involving boys at Fernald. The research was intended to study how the human body absorbed nutrients, particularly calcium and iron.

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The Strange Legend of Beaver Dunes Park: Oklahoma’s Bermuda Triangle
The Strange Legend of Beaver Dunes Park: Oklahoma’s Bermuda Triangle

Oklahoma's Beaver Dunes Park has had disappearances since the 1500s when Spanish explorer Coranado had 3 of his men disappear right in front of his eyes... This area is now known as Oklahoma's Bermuda Triangle

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History leaves things behind. Sometimes it's a ring made from someone's hair. Sometimes it's a shoe hidden inside a wall. Sometimes it's a road people swear has been haunted for decades. Faerellia follows strange objects, unusual places and the stories that refuse to disappear.

Haunted Objects

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The Crying Boy Painting: The Curse That Survived the Flames
The Crying Boy Painting: The Curse That Survived the Flames

In 1985, a house fire in England sparked one of Britain's strangest modern curses. A painting of a crying boy had reportedly survived the flames, and firefighters claimed they had seen the same thing in dozens of other homes. Soon, frightened owners were burning their paintings, newspapers were reporting a supernatural curse, and thousands of prints were destroyed in a Halloween bonfire. But what really happened, and where did the legend begin?

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Kentucky’s Cursed Chest
Kentucky’s Cursed Chest

Somewhere in Kentucky a chest was cursed in 1830. Now it’s the Kentucky Historical Society warehouse where no one else can put their clothes in it. After 18 tragedies associated with it, who can blame them?

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Haunted Places

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The Strange Legend of Beaver Dunes Park: Oklahoma’s Bermuda Triangle
The Strange Legend of Beaver Dunes Park: Oklahoma’s Bermuda Triangle

Oklahoma's Beaver Dunes Park has had disappearances since the 1500s when Spanish explorer Coranado had 3 of his men disappear right in front of his eyes... This area is now known as Oklahoma's Bermuda Triangle

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The Haunted Retreat Where the Real Horror Wasn't a Ghost
The Haunted Retreat Where the Real Horror Wasn't a Ghost

A group of teens wanted to start halloween season off right with a trip to a haunted nunnery in the woods.. But they got more than they came for.

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The Haunted History of the Staunton Train Depot
The Haunted History of the Staunton Train Depot

If you're looking for one of the most haunted places in Virginia, let me introduce you to the Staunton Train Depot—a site of war, fire, and tragedy. Over the years, it’s been burned, destroyed, and crushed by a runaway train—and the spirits of those lost still linger.

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Ghosts & Legends

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The Science Club That Secretly Fed Children Radioactive Oatmeal
The Science Club That Secretly Fed Children Radioactive Oatmeal

Beginning in the late 1940s, researchers from MIT and Harvard conducted nutrition experiments involving boys at Fernald. The research was intended to study how the human body absorbed nutrients, particularly calcium and iron.

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Bayer’s Dark History: The Human Experiments Behind a Familiar Name
Bayer’s Dark History: The Human Experiments Behind a Familiar Name

I can't believe a company would do this and still be around today

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Cropsey: When a Staten Island Urban Legend Became Real
Cropsey: When a Staten Island Urban Legend Became Real

The legend of Cropsey is something parents tell kids to keep them out of the woods... but in the 80's a real life Cropsey was in the woods.

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