Many of us have heard the term “traveling pants” via the movie or novel, but maybe not the Traveling Coffin. As far as Urban Legends go, it’s more of a head scratcher than creepy pasta. And like many Urban Legends, details are sketchy and perhaps fabricated. The Facts Charles Coghlan was a popular Irish actor […] The post Coghlan’s Traveling Coffin Urban Legend appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

Who doesn’t find a good vampire urban legend intriguing? Like the Richmond Vampire Urban Legend. Even I do. Though, I prefer warm and furry werewolves stories to cold and clammy vampire legends. I grew up on old black and white Bela Lugosi vampire movies, but I was a skeptic. Werewolf legends also seemed more authentic […] The post Richmond Vampire Urban Legend appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

(ATTENTION: No harm comes to the dog or the teen in this version of Lick Lick. I love dogs and teens too much.) I totally forgot about this Urban Legend. Lick Lick is what I call it and it was one of my favorites to tell around the camp fire. Lick Lick Urban Legend Sally’s […] The post Lick Lick Urban Legend appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

I remember hearing about the High Beam Urban Legend years ago. Many years ago. I’d totally forgotten about it until we were telling scary stories around the fireplace during the Christmas holidays. My nineteen-year-old granddaughter had never heard this urban legend. She said it gave her chills. Because Zombieland Rule #10 is an excellent idea […] The post High Beam Urban Legend appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

There is nothing creepy about Thanksgiving. Unless you are a Turkey. And I’m rather partial to the creature. Thanksgiving is all about good food, family, friends, and, of course, giving thanks. However, the holiday has evolved over the years. And some things we thought were fact are not. And some are a bit creepy. Ragamuffin […] The post Thanksgiving Facts Dismantled appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

Not only is Tonopah, Nevada, home to the Clown Motel, but it also features the Mizpah Hotel. Visitors hail it as the nation’s number one haunted hotel. With just cause. Guests report ghosts roam the halls of the Mizpah. These paranormal entities move visitors’ belonging, play pranks, and giggle. The hotel was one of the […] The post The Mizpah Hotel appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

You can check-out any time you likeBut you can never leave! — Eagles, Hotel California. ‘Tis the season of monsters, ghosts, and all that’s creepy. Every Halloween, one or two trick or treaters invariably sport a clown costume. Cause clowns are just down-right creepy. Right? No doubt, as far as creepy-clown tropes go The Clown […] The post The Clown Motel appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

I entered my office, my sanctuary, to write on a totally different topic today. However, before beginning, I checked my Face Book page. My veterinary friend, Jodi, posted one of those stranger-than-fiction occurrences. My mind frantically thought of all the stories a writer could create from this one stranger than fiction nonfiction. I decided to […] The post Stranger Than Fiction appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

Mars’ freaky photos have puzzled UFO and science fiction enthusiasts for decades. Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, once wrote a letter to Corey S. Powell, editor-at-large of Discover Magazine, requesting an investigation into the forests on Mars spotted by NASA’s orbiter, Surveyor. Forests on Mars would certainly be a mind- blowing […] The post Mars’ Freaky Photos appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more

Phrogging is as much an Urban Legend horror story as it is true. For that reason, I found it hard to go forward on my investigation into the realms of Urban Legends without reporting on a couple of other Phrogging true-life cases, such as The Honolulu Horror. The Honolulu Horror In 2019, an Honolulu couple, […] The post Phrogging Case #2, The Honolulu Horror Urban Legend appeared first on Clara Bush ..read more