The Black-Eyed Children

In 1996 the Texas journalist Brian Bethel posted an account to an internet mailing list about two teenagers who knocked on his car window in an Abilene car park. They asked for a lift, spoke too smoothly, and kept insisting they would not get in without being invited. When he looked up, both had completely black eyes. That one text created a genre: black-eyed children have been reported across the English-speaking world ever since, and nearly every version keeps the detail about the invitation — borrowed straight from vampire folklore.

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Casa Winchester

Una mansión victoriana enorme en California, ampliada sin descanso durante décadas por la convicción de su dueña, Sarah Winchester, de que las obras mantenían a raya a los espíritus de quienes murieron por los rifles Winchester. Hay escaleras que llevan al techo y puertas que se abren a un muro.