Many have spotted a long stream of misty shapes slowly walking in a line towards the sea. Those who know, fear it, but also bow their heads in prayer for it.
...Full StorySome legends say the yeti prey on intruders scaling the peaks. At other times, they have been known to appear out of raging blizzards and help mountaineers find their way.
...Full StoryEveryone who handled artefacts belonging to King Tut's tomb died under mysterious circumstances. The Indian Museum in Kolkata has a small Egyptian collection.
...Full StorySmearing clothes with violent colours and intoxicating oneself is believed to invoke the demons within. It is only then that they can be exorcised. And Holi thus ends peacefully with a soothing bath and pristine white.
...Full StoryFrom attracting wealth to warding off evil, ancient civilisations had many a secret that promises you all this, and more.
...Full StoryCould a mazar in the compound of 10 Janpath Road perhaps be a reason for the dark circumstances that dogged some of its inhabitants?
...Full StoryThe temple's past is steeped in blood, as it goes back to the time of the Jaintia kings, when human sacrifices were made here.
...Full StoryIf you offer your soul and speak your heart, they say the Yoginis listen.
...Full StoryThe forest is an intrinsic part of the old culture of the East Khasi Hills, and the very heart of the magic which shrouds Meghalaya.
...Full StoryBhangarh has a past, which still lives and walks side by side those who believe.
...Full StoryThere is a reason the mirror is believed to be a portal between this world and the next.
...Full StoryWhen I would visit the old hospital site sometimes, dark forms would seem to flit behind the idols.
...Full StoryPerhaps that is what Panneerselvam meant when he told the press that the dead leader communicated with him.
...Full StoryFather Rosario Stroscio of Sicily performed an exorcism on the nun with her consent.
...Full StoryDid the hunter become the hunted?
...Full StoryTogether, they seem to have an eerie, watchful atmosphere.
...Full StoryAccording to locals, in the old days, unclaimed and battered remains of the dead would sometimes be found here amongst debris and rubble.
...Full StoryWas there darkness within that form, which had been used, perhaps misused, by the powers that be?
...Full StoryYou can never really foretell when the past of a place will reach out and take life once again.
...Full Story[Book excerpt] This place which preserved the blood of two leaders, shed in such trauma and shock, seemed to have succeeded in holding back more than just the tangible.
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