Urban Legends: Hong Kong Ghost Takeout

Ghost Takeout (Traditional Chinese: 鬼叫餐) is one of the most well-known Ghost stories from Hong Kong. The origins of the story began sometime after the Second World War. Although there are variants, the basic structure of the story is as follows...

Urban Legends: Bus 375

Bus 375 is a supernatural incident that is purported to have happened in Beijing, China. The urban legend took place on the board of  Bus 375, during the midnight of November 14, 1995. It is the last bus on its route and has just pulled out of the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmin yuan) bus terminus and is heading toward Xiangshan.

Old Summer Palace is the official residence of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE) emperors prior to its destruction by British soldiers during the Second Opium War in 1860. It is not only the namesake of the bus terminus, but it apparently drove through many areas which the old palace once stood.

Landmarks: So Lo Pun

So Lo Pun (Traditional Chinese: 鎖羅盆) is a derelict village in the northeastern New Terrirotires of Hong Kong. Today, It is within the Plover Cove Country Park and a popular hiking destination. The village was once the home of generations of Hakka family with the surname of Wong and is purportedly haunted. 

Landmarks: The Olde Angel Inn

The Olde Angel Inn is a purportedly haunted Inn in Canada. Located on 224 Regent St, Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada, it was established in 1789 and is Ontario's oldest operating Inn. 

Comics Showcase: Hell Teacher Nube

Hell Teacher Nube/Aka. Jigoku Sensei Nube (Japanese: 地獄先生ぬ～べ～), created by the collaborative efforts of writer Sho Makura and artist Takeshi Okano is an occult classic and is probably successful horror shonen manga. 

Comics Showcase: Karada Sagashi

Are you into Japanese Horror flicks? If so, perhaps Karada Sasgashi カラダ探し (Re/Member) is for you. Originally a web novel by Welzard, it had since been serialized on Shonen Jump Plus by Murase Katsutoshi. It is a very typical Japanese ghost story, with a premise not much unlike most J-horrors.

Listverse: Preventive Measures against the Paranormal when staying in a Hotel

From disembodied voices to ghostly apparitions, supernatural sightings in hotels are a common theme in stories about the paranormal. Obviously, not everyone would want such experiences. 

Apparently, some believe there are preventive measures one could observe to lower one's chance in encountering the paranormal during their hotel visits. Below are some of them: 

Contraptions: Kaonashi Coin Bank

This time round, I thought I will again talk about an extremely interesting (but not so useful) contraption. For fans of Studio Ghibi, this would come familiar. Yes, this is Kaonoshi, also known as No Face, your very lovable spirit from Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated feature "Spirited Away".  Recently, Studio Ghibi released a coin bank modeled on this very character. 

Landmarks: Oiran Buchi

It was said that people can sometime hear screams of women in Oiran Buchi 花魁淵 (Prostitute Gorge). The site is off Highway 411 in 山梨県 Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. 

Urban Legends: The Nanshan Company

The story, The Headless Nanshan Company 南山連的無頭部隊, I am going to talk about today comes from Taiwan (aka. Republic of China).

It comes from Qingqi village 青岐村 in Kinmen. The village was heavily shelled by the PLA (People's Liberation Army) during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, which happened between August 23, 1958 and September 22, 1958. Today, many places in the village bored scars from the battle.  The village was also largely depopulated, as many young men and women have left the village for better opportunities in Taiwan, leaving behind the elderly. Qingqi village is truly haunted by its past. 


The best narration of this legend I found  came from a soldier who was once stationed in Kinmen. According to the soldier, his story came from an elderly store owner who ran a general store in Qingli Village. For the 60 years he lived, the old store owner stayed on Kinmen. Hence, he knew everything about Kinmen and is well versed with its many ghost stories.