THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
My elder brother was a cynic when it came to ghost stories until one day something happened to him. He came home with a strange look on his face sometime during the Hungry Ghost Festival two years ago. I remember it quite well. There was a sort of worried frown on his face, but at …
This happened about 15 years ago. I have a very good friend and I know most of what happens in his family. One day his sister was going to work in the factory behind the Kampung where my friend lived. It was about noon. She thought she was alone, but she heard footsteps behind her …
I remember when I was in the scouts as a little boy, one day I had to come back home late by myself after scout practice. I got down at the bus stop near my place. Between the bus stop and my home, I would have had to pass by the Kampung Jeva cemetery. This …
This story took place in a small town in rural Vietnam. It was told to me by my uncle. People in that town lived in houses very near to one another. There were houses built closed together with a mere 5 feet wooden fence separating their backyards. The backyards double up as their kitchen. Back …
When death occurred in a hotel room, will the spirit of the dead haunt the room? If you had worked in the hotel industry, you would know that death in hotel rooms are common. The reason is because hotels are just like any public place where people murders or suicides can occur. According to a …
Correct me if I’m wrong but from my observation, it seems that the Chinese and Malay communities in Singapore also share a common belief or rather superstition about being wary of the presence of black cats in a funeral. Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to probe whether the reason behind this ‘wariness’ is …
I have never known myself to have a full on enconter with the spirits of the undead. Most of the stories I have read about ‘true’ encounters are truly unbelievable. Though I never bothered to go to places like Bidadari cemetery or Mount Pleasant late at night just to find out myself what kind of …
It is believed that if you hold a pencil and ask a question, the pen guardian will answer your question on a piece of paper. Something along the line like die xian or ouija board or the coin spirit game. But these games need a minimum of 2 person to play. And it can be …
Some superstitious beliefs I heard when i was younger is that when a person is about to die, he will come to this river where once you cross it, you will be officially dead as a human. The river was a pathway to heaven. For those who commited suicide will not get to cross it, …
Have you ever heard of people keeping child spirits? They are called Toyol in malay and Gumantong in thai. In Bugis, temples on waterloo street which is commonly known as Si Ma Lu guanying temples are always crowded by onlookers curious about rituals conducted for multiple statues on table. Most of these statues are accompanied …