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12 tales
The Bone Box That Arrived on the Night of the Wake
JP Korean Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City
Can I tell you something? It's about Hodogaya. I just — I need someone to hear this. I didn't see any of it myself. It came from someone I k…
The Vanishing on a Rainy Day
JP Korean Honsyuku-cho, Asahi Ward, Yokohama City
In Yokohama, in a ward called Asahi-ku, there is a residential neighborhood known as Honshuku-cho. Not far from the station — an utterly ord…
The Curse of the Inokashira Park Boats
JP Korean Inokashira Onshi Park
Hey, are you listening? There's something I want to tell you — and I want to say it quietly, almost in a whisper. You know the story about t…
The White-Robed Woman of Malgogae Tunnel
KR Korean Chuncheon Malgogae Tunnel (National Route 5)
Now this is a story — well, not from long ago, really. More recent than that. I heard it from someone, so I can't swear to every detail — bu…
The Two-Top City Ruins
KR Korean A certain abandoned building in Toegye-dong, Chuncheon
Ah, this one… I don't know if I should say it. But I heard it straight from someone I actually know. In Toeye-dong, Chuncheon, there's this …
The Codex
The things behind the rumors, at a glance.
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The Haunted House of Samcheon-dong, Chuncheon
KR Korean Chuncheon Samcheon-dong (site of a former haunted house)
It's about a house that used to stand in Samcheon-dong. They say it's been demolished now, but the people who know exactly where it stood st…
The Mystery of the Fire at Seojeongdae — A Drunken Spirit's Mischief?
KR Korean Seojangdae
Now this ain't some old tale from way back, mind you. This happened just a few years ago. You know Paldal Mountain — anyone from Suwon knows…
The Fortune-Teller's Alley in Haenggung-dong, Where Lost Souls Wander
KR Korean Haenggung-dong Fortune-Teller Street (around Hwaseomun)
Ah, should I even be telling this… It didn't happen to me directly, but the story I heard was so vivid it stuck. And every time I tell it, t…
The Spirit That Guards Janganmun by Night
KR Korean Janganmun Gate
I can't say for certain it's true. It didn't come from someone who saw it firsthand — they heard it from an acquaintance of theirs. So it's …
The Dokkaebi Road in the Mountain Valley of Gyeongju
KR Korean A certain road in a mountain valley village on the outskirts of Gyeongju
Long ago, if you traveled far enough out past Gyeongju, there was a village tucked deep in a mountain valley, and through that village ran a…
The Shadow Outside the Fourth-Floor Window of the School Trip Youth Hostel
KR Korean A certain youth hostel in Gyeongju
Ah, should I even say this… it didn't actually happen to me, I just heard it from someone, but after I heard it I couldn't sleep for a while…
The Secret of the Wealthy Kim Household of Gyeongju
KR Korean The Kim family mansion in a certain village in Gyeongju
Let me share a story that drifted in from the Gyeongju area. I can't say for certain how much of it is true. It's been circulating in that v…