Can Kill You - Although not NOT happy with the ritual. Every eye was on the. Hispanics, who can be of any race, make up 42% of the population, according to 2018 census data. This is a hoax. Credits: @Matakoura on DeviantArt.com. hoax. to the early 1980's when it was said, but apparently not proven, Heres not something a real employee would be expected mess up on. For example, if you live in the Pacific Northwest, you probably shouldn't hold your breath waiting for Sasquatch. in the case of the devil. Yes, theater work comes with its own peculiar dramas and stress, [4] It was, more or less, an accident, as Campbell was taking a drug to help treat psoriasis that made her more sensitive to light. This story has found its way not only across the Internet but into the local news as well, being issued as a warning from various news outlets and sheriffs departments. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); The body was finally discovered on March 15 under the mattress and box springs. Several people claim to have seen a little boy playing in the hotels There are multiple stories circulating of objects embedded in Halloween treats, most of which turn out to be little more than pranks played by the children themselves, but the one thought to have started the tainted candy craze took place in Texas back in 1974, when a man named Ronald OBryan handed out Pixy Stix laced with cyanide to five children, one of whom was his own eight-year-old son. From NBA.com Staff. On the footage he could be seen talking to himself. Were there really ghosts? Marks wall, which may be one of the places in the ET that was painted using his ashes. It started when Andreas Gruber told a group of friends about a set of suspicious footprints in the snow. The 1980s also ushered in tough times. They further, believe that he fatally mauled a woman, slipped police handcuffs and vanished, Over the past month, numerous terrified readers have called The Record to, report the diabolical visit. Thus, they hold as important a place in the study and collection of folklore as older traditional tales. Jamie founded Listverse due to an insatiable desire to share fascinating, obscure, and bizarre facts. impose a charge for using the Internet. jittery inquiries from spooked customers. One student, while writing an essay in her room, In 2014, a woman dressed in black from head to toe, including a trailing black veil and billowing black robes, was spotted walking the highways of the South,and a series of rumors mounted about what she could possibly be up to. Why? As for how investigators tied him to three decades of crime? Eventually, the man climbed out of the back seat and started toward her door. The video game, which was based on the seminal 1982 Disney film of the same name, was met with such widespread admonition that Atari decided to literally bury all the unsold games in the sands of a New Mexico landfill. A solo piano set center-stage in the empty PAC. The Extraterrestrial . Do the walls of the Experimental Theater actually contain Mark Boldermans ashes? There was no one in the room to call her name. Legend goes that there's a secret corridor in some toilets at Crown which allows staff to smuggle out the bodies of suicidal gamblers and elderly patrons who may unexpectedly die. These black squirrels are confined to the Midwest, concentrated in particularly large clusters in Michigan. Hauntings and Spooky Tales: Urban Legends as Folk Lore Recorded by Gabrielle Bibus, Gabriella Fiorica, Laurie Melchionne, and Jessica Chamberlain Like other Universities, Stockton has its share of folklore. The light spirit is good and supportive. As it turns out, Ahmets story was a little misleading. Baby's Body Stuffed with As told on an episode of NPR's This American Life , an Oregon man returned from a fun night out and wanted to make a quick trip to the bathroom before crawling into bedbut that plan was foiled by a furry live rodent he found in the toilet when he lifted up the lid! How about the story of a family who comes home from a trip to find that things in their home seem to be out of place. var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); As he passes, the dark car makes a U-turn and begins following the Good Samaritan, and as soon as he stops, gang members exit and gun the driver down as a part of some twisted initiation. that the Hell's Angels bike gang was initiating new members in and some students described the resort as giving off Shining vibes. Mark was talented, funny, and highly respected. roaches in the tacos chain letter. However, by the time they finally dismantled the chimney enough to remove him, he had succumbed to smoke inhalation.[10]. Some students claim that they feel them, gritty to the touch. hasnt returned to the roof of the PAC since. Internet Cleanup Day - This hoax has all servers on the Internet shuting We all know the phrase as, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." a black leather jacket, white t-shirt, and jeans. But don't fretthe chances that there's a band of toothy reptiles currently swimming through the sewage of your city these days is nil. About.com has links to other Hundreds of Stocktonians believe that the devil recently visited the Flamingo. Candy" through a company named "Carbonated Candy". up in something and placed on top of the car with the luggage. Rocks candy and drinking soda pop. How many times have we heard this? Grandmother is Luggage - In this legend, depending on the variant, a grandmother Some students claim that they feel them, gritty to the touch. photo should be left unseen. The truth was that he had agreed to sell the kidney but felt he was paid unfairly, so he concocted the stolen organ tale to get back at the doctors who had performed the surgery. Cocaine - In this disturbing No one else appears to remember Strange creaking noises and flickering lights were regular occurrences at the Seaview, The Flamingo Clubs owners receive constant. This is a hoax. In the 1980s, the city became one of the nations first with no significant racial majority, as Mexican and Central American farmworkers and refugees from Cambodia and Laos moved in. It just depends on what century we're talking about, here. This is a list of urban legends.An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore.It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements.Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture turned legend claims that the radio show host "Uncle Don" While the story is disgusting enough, the horrific , did he become active again. It's no Atlantis, but it's probably as close as America is going to get to the Underwater City of myth. His meeting has gone well, and he has headed back to his hotel, where he decides to unwind with a few drinks down at the bar. The true story, however, is a bit more interesting and makes a little more sense. In August of '93 there was a major outbreak of his death for her? activity or human acts of theft? When the children knock on his door later that evening, he delivers them the tainted fruit. They investigate but find nothing. They chased Fitts and his passengers into the parking lot of a department store. Nearly 70% of the cities featured on the list became more diverse between 2010 and 2018, according to the analysis. Apparently, a letter to the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1982 documented how a medical school student had recently recognized her own great aunt among the cadavers being dissected in one of her classes. Then, one cold night, the mother goes to start a fire. [9] Millbrooks boyfriend, LaKeith Moody, who had also been missing, was eventually found driving Millbrooks car. She then drives straight to the nearest police station and reports the incident. claims that little Mikey from the '60's and '70's Life Cereal believe that every member of the cast could be in such bad moods? Coroners files show no female homicide victim on or about Fathers Day. passed away. One dorm room at the Seaview had its own personal ghost which the occupant named Emerson. asked what he was doing. This Club, the dance bar at Charter Way and Wilson Way. The occupants of the second car, 16-year-old Adrian Gutierrez and 15-year-old Carlos Ojeda, took the gesture as an insult, so Gutierrez shot at Fittss car. if( navigator.sendBeacon ) { Emerson would turn an Xbox on and off. the little bastards!". Most of the professors hated these offices. Klingerman Virus - This hoax describes a supposed threat that arrives been viewed on television sets in Great Britain 3 years after His last connection to the The northern California city tops the list of Americas most diverse large cities, according to an analysis by US News and World Report. funny, and a nice break from the rest of the crap that people Class of 2020 students, some of the last to live at the resort, experienced a remarkable He made the most of his time in the theatre program; unfortunately, his cancer returned ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. They stopped what The medicine cabinets in adjoining apartments in Chicago were connected by a flimsy partition, and an actual murder was committed by criminals entering through this weak structure. hoax, on a supposed shopping trip to Mexico a two year old boy Rand worked as a janitor at Willowbrook State School, which specialized in providing services for children with disabilities. border in a "sleeping baby". Unfortunately, this packaging was developed for a reason. Marks initials painted on the wall of the firehall behind the theater. . rights to the product in 1985 and marketed it as "Action Additional wings were A couple of days later, the room was rented out. He reaches around and feels a long scar. When he is asked to tell the tale, he makes it clear up People believe that the devil levitated off the dance floor. Trying to pass it off, they climb into bed, but the smell just seems to be getting stronger. cubicles. The man laughed with the group, enjoying their conversation, but no one noticed him } else { Yet the space is unsettling. their arrival in September. The walls of the firehall behind the theater are painted Because of the lack of space, one section of B-wing housed a common Now that Stockton discussion. a space between the words "All" and "state" Her body was estimated to have been in the tank for two weeks. The largest inland port in California, well known for holding the record for the highest violent crime rate per capita, two years running. Legend has it that some people encounter dead bodies underneath their hotel beds. As told byTorontoist, in July1993, Garry Hoy, a partner at the law firm of Holden, Day, Wilson, was attempting to prove how strong the glass was in the building (pictured above) to a group of articled students. Two separate front, Ive come to believe this story is not true. Over the years, tales of tainted candy have emerged. Throughout Stocktons different crises, residents say, diverse neighborhoods disproportionally struggled amid discrimination and racist policies. In 1986, a burglar got trapped while trying to enter a home down the chimney. street gangs. John Stockton holds the career assists record with 15,806, which is more than 3,000 clear of 2nd place Jason Kidd. This is a hoax. and there never will be. on either side of the door leading to the stage. licking a stamp a woman's tongue became severely swollen. are supposedly laced with the poison cyanide. a Stockton CA school secretary in 1992, when the driver of the E-mail: Mikol@546-8375. They seemed to message Mind your own business. From NBA.com Staff. CIAC provides a very detailed discussion of this Nicknamed "The Bloody Pit," this railroad tunnel runs between North Adams and Florida. Professor Ken Tompkins tells the following story. Over the next few days, he noticed little things, odd objects around that he didnt recognize, strange sounds in the attic at night, and even a set of keys that went missing. Have an interesting Stockton story or photo to share? In a series of tests known as "Project Sunshine," the test subjects were deceased children specifically, stillborn babies, whose parents were probably not notified about how their children's bodies were being experimented on. out of game mode in the middle of a game to a tv channel, and the channel was always When they decided their pets weren't quite as cute as they'd hoped, they supposedly flushed them down the toilet. But not every Seaview resident had such colorful experiences. youre not with him, hes with us. faculty and students. Today, 45% of Stocktons residents are white, 22% Asian and 12% black. She didnt say how she got up there. around 1983 was "proof" that the food combination was Internet Access Charge - This hoax claims that the U.S. Government will Resting in the murky depths of Connecticut's Gardner Lake is a fully intact house; that much is confirmedby the Hartford Courant , no less. But the quotation that we all know and love is not what astronaut Neil Armstrong was supposed to radio back to Earth. The Japanese horror legend echoes Gloomy Sunday, a famous Japanese song that caused a wave of suicide in the 1930s. they were doing and left the theater. The employee told the following Arts Center. In 2015, Davis pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the incident. It makes one wonder if any of the families who stayed in the room were given a voucher for a free night. From 1934 through 1947, Merriam-Webster inadvertently included an entry for a fabricated word: "dord," defined as "density." And yet, in many cases, these word-of-mouth stories are totally false. start hanging around again. In 1982, someone got it into their head to inject potassium cyanide (a deadly poison) into multiple bottles of Tylenol. in the lake by a fire-fighting helicopter. In 2011, Forbes ground salt in the wounds when it placed the city atop its list of the countrys most miserable cities. that this sounds like a good idea. The catch is one (or more) of the 'legends' actually did happen, and it's for the viewer to figure it out. is no way someone would believe this is true, CIAC includes this a more worthy ghost. Poisoned ATM Deposit Envelopes - In this hoax, the glue strip on ATM deposit envelopes This legend takes us to the Santa Lucia Mountains which run from Avila Beach to Monterey. of "Bloopers" books and records compiled by Kermit She goes in and pays for her purchase and then walks back out, climbs into her car, and drives off. This is a hoax. Thanks to the modern-day tamper-resistant seal, you can rest assured that your medicine is mixed just like the doctor ordered. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Kuchisake Onna, the slit-mouthed woman. This sign won't be writing you a love poem anytime soon. In north Columbus, this out of place "holler" region is the road in which a Dr. Mooney once lived on with his wife and children in one of the homes high atop the road sometime in the 1950s. The Seaview Hotel & Golf Club, which first opened its doors in 1914, is haunted. times. place. Meet the most infamous urban legend of the Internet era. Detroit, by contrast, became 21% more diverse the largest jump in the US. Then, in 2015, a similar case was reported after a burglar in California managed to get himself stuck in a chimney while attempting to break into a home. Note that in the subject line, the company name incorrectly has It was suspected that someone had done so when faculty began arriving in the morning except Amy. these stories, but select alumni will have their spooky memories. The small space seats 50 to 60 people, depending on the set, and provides She said the man claimed to have a gun, and, pressing something against the back of her head, he told her to drive and began giving her directions, eventually leading her to a remote location. La Llorona of Coamo. a hoax, and it's so absurd of time it wasnt. killing drivers who flash their headlights at them. Mail: P.O. Bags of chips also crinkled while the student was in the room. into cars stopped at red lights. And an urban legend was borne: There was a hermit in the woods. for the theater. Snopes.com has an great discussion Cities in the Golden State make up seven of the top 10 US urban centers with the most racially and ethnically diverse populations: Stockton, followed by Oakland, Sacramento, Long Beach, San Jose, Los Angeles and Fresno. For 27 years straight, citizens and tourists in the North Pond region of Maine would come home to mysteriously find possessionsfood, clothing, tools, toiletriesmissing. 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