Our Strange World

There have been reports of the Hat Man all over the world, and he has been featured in numerous books, movies, and television shows. Some people believe that the Hat Man is a real entity, while others believe that he is simply a product of the imagination. People describe the Hat Man as being tall and thin, with a long, black coat. He often wears a wide-brimmed hat that covers his face. His face is often featureless, or may appear distorted. He has a menacing presence, and often inspires feelings of fear or dread. He is typically seen in bedrooms, at night, when people are falling asleep or waking up. There are a few possible explanations for the Hat Man phenomenon. One possibility is that he is a form of sleep paralysis hallucination. Sleep paralysis is a condition that occurs when a person is partially awake but still unable to move. During sleep paralysis, people often experience vivid hallucinations, and some people believe that the Hat Man is one of these hallucinations. Anot...

Annie Palmer arrived in Jamaica from England in the 18th century. She married a landowner and became the mistress of a large plantation. The reason why she became so cruel is unknown but she ruled the plantation with an iron fist, punishing her slaves with public whippings, torture in her dungeon or death.   Eventually she started to sleep with the male slaves. Her slave lovers were doomed though. When she grew bored of them she would murder them while they slept and it wasn’t long before her husband shared the same fate. Out of boredom she demanded that her slaves teach her voodoo. Annie then took to threatening them with black and sacrificing babies to use their bones for spells. The overseer of the plantation was a voodoo user himself and when Annie started sleeping with his daughter’s fiancé he started to worry for the young man’s fate. When the daughter’s fiancé was murdered the overseer decided that he had had enough and killed Annie. He placed her body in a speci...

The Northern part of Summit County in Ohio is known by its eery name, Helltown. In the 1970’s, Boston Township was the site of a government buyout and subsequent mass eviction of citizens of the area. The houses were intended to be torn down and the land used for a national park, but the plans never quite manifested. Legends spawned wildly. Driving through the dark, wooded landscape was enough to give chills even when it was populated, but now the drive is by boarded up houses standing next to the burnt out shells of others. The persistent legends of Helltown add to its scary, abandoned status. The steep Stanford Road drop off, immediately followed by a dead end, is aptly named The End of the World. If you get stuck at this dead end for too long, you may meet your end at the hands of the endless parade of freaks supposedly patrolling the woods. Satanists, Ku Klux Klan members, escaped mental patients, abnormally large snakes, and mutants caused by an alleged chemical spill ...

There are some things in this world that are simply beyond explanation. Like the fact that in the past 50 years, about 50 dogs have jumped to their deaths from the exact same spot on the 100-year-old Overtoun Bridge in Milton, near Dumbarton, Scotland. In 2005, five dogs had jumped in a span of just 6 months. The canine suicide spot is located between the last two parapets on the right-hand side of the bridge, which is where all the dogs took the fatal leap. And to add to the strangeness, almost all the incidents have taken place on clear, sunny days, the dogs always being long-nosed breeds – collies, retrievers and labs. The situation, according to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is a ‘heartbreaking mystery’. “There are lots of owners whose dogs have died and who are trying to find out why they jumped,” the Society says. One of the victims on the bridge was collie dog Ben, who leaped to his death in 1995 while taking a walk with his owner D...

The legend of the black eyed children is a modern urban legend that has been circulating online and in campfire stories for decades. The stories typically involve two or three children, who appear out of nowhere and ask to be let into a person's home. The children are described as being very pale, with black eyes that are completely devoid of any pupils or irises. They are often dressed in old-fashioned clothing, and they speak in a monotone voice. If the person refuses to let them in, the children will become increasingly insistent and threatening. They may say things like, "We just want to come in and warm up," or "We're lost and we need your help." In some cases, the children have been known to become violent if they are not let in. There are many different variations of the black eyed children legend, but the basic premise is always the same. The children are said to be dangerous, and they should not be trusted. There is no scientific evidence to suppo...

Dorney Park is a historic amusement park located in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Allentown. The park was founded in 1860 by Solomon Dorney, who built a trout hatchery and summer resort on the property. In 1870, Dorney decided to open the park to the public and added a variety of attractions, including rides, a petting zoo, and games. By 1880, Dorney Park was a popular destination for families and thrill-seekers alike. Ghostly Legends of Dorney Park Dorney Park has been a popular amusement park in Pennsylvania for over 160 years. Throughout the years, the park has been updated with new rides and attractions, but some things have remained the same. One of those things is the legend of the ghost that haunts the park. The ghost is said to be a man who was killed in a mining accident in the 1800s. His body was never found, and his spirit is said to wander the park, especially near the Dominator, a roller coaster that was built on the site of the old mine. Th...

The first of a trio of former abandoned  “insane asylums” on the list, Fairfield Hills was closed by the state in 1995, and in the ensuing years has grown into a popular destination for ghost seekers as well as urban explorers. Like many former hospitals for the mentally disturbed, tales of cruelty and abuse surround the facility, which when combined with stories of odd happenings in the network of underground tunnels here — which have since been filled in — have helped forged its reputation, which was exacerbated when an episode of MTV’s “Fear” was filmed here. Plans to demolish the buildings and develop the 700+ acres keep starting and sputtering, but eventually this hospital of horror will only be a bad memory.