THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
I was sitting with my elder brother on the back porch of our semi-detached house one evening. We have a lot of banana trees in the back. There was a wind blowing and the trees were rustling very loudly. Suddenly, my brother, without looking at me, said, “K, go inside.” I was about 16 years …
Many years ago, I gave birth to my seventh child and was in the government hospital, in bed resting. One night, I was in a bed in the far corner of a room. The lights had been turned off after we had all been told to go to sleep. I was just dozing off when …
I used to live with another girl in a house in Chancery Lane. There was actually a third party living there. One that didn’t pay rent and never even showed its face. I never told my friend, and I don’t think she ever knew, which was better for her. This thing i am talking about …
When I was a small boy, so I am told, there was an incident that affected me directly. My grandmother was bringing me back home quite late at night after visiting a relative’s place, when suddenly there was a strong and unusual rustling in the branch of a tree ahead of us. No one else …
One day after driving everybody home in the company car after the night shift, I was back in the company premises and sleeping in the car quite peacefully with my shirt open because it was a warm night and I had the windows down. Suddenly, I was awakened by this leopard’s paw that just reached …
I live in a massionette in Potang Pasir. Occasionally there are strange incidents in my house. One day, early in the morning, at about 3 am I think it was, there were several loud bangs on the door to my bedroom as if someone was trying to break in. I remember I was shocked out …
When I was in primary four, one day my classmate’s elder brother rushed to the school and after asking the teacher’s permission, took my classmate straight home. He had been in such a flap when he had arrived to pick her up that naturally we were all very curious to know what had happened. She …
Have you heard about the spirit which has been going around attacking virgins? This spirit takes on the form of an old woman and is known as “Kum kum” because she cannot say the greeting “Assalamu Alaikum” and can only say “Kum kum” in short. The spirit has come over from Jakarta. They were having …
Kolam Ayer residents know this story very well. They tell of the cyclist who was returning late one night from work. He had with him some murtabak he had bought at a late night stall. He held the packet in his left hand on top of the handlebar. In those days, when Kolan Ayer existed, …
There is a house in the city area, which is famous among some Singaporeans. It is a bungalow on a hill and it is accessed by a small road. It is said that the owner of the houses hacked his family to death with an axe and killed himself. There is even a stable, which …