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Stories of the strange and unusual (theghostinmymachine.com). Also DANGEROUS GAMES TO PLAY IN THE DARK, out now from Chronicle Books.
Fun fact: Gravity hills in Korea are often referred to as dokkaebi roads. I just think that's neat! theghostinmymachine.com/2026/08/24/e...
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Dokkaebi - The Ghost In My Machine
Creatures called dokkaebi are plentiful in Korean folklore - but although they're often called goblins, they're MUCH more than just that.
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Fun fact: Gravity hills in Korea are often referred to as dokkaebi roads. I just think that's neat! theghostinmymachine.com/2026/08/24/e...
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Dokkaebi - The Ghost In My Machine
Creatures called dokkaebi are plentiful in Korean folklore - but although they're often called goblins, they're MUCH more than just that.
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Part summoning ritual and part information gathering game, the Headphones Game, or El Juego de los Auriculares, is easy to play. As always, though, “easy” doesn't mean “safe.” Here's how to play, if you dare… theghostinmymachine.com/2026/08/17/t...
The Headphones Ritual Game: Summoning A Spirit With Music
The Headphones Ritual Game claims to summon a supernatural entity through music. Here's how to play the eerie game.
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It is time. The great deities of pumpkin spice rise again. The Spicening is upon us.
The weirdest thing about the Langville, Montana mystery isn't actually the story of the supposedly disappearing town itself. It's how, when, or even where the story started in the first place… theghostinmymachine.com/2026/08/10/u...
Is Langville, Montana Missing? A Disappearing Town Legend
Supposedly, the town of Langville, Montana went missing one day, and all record of it erased. But did it ever exist in the first place?
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When your childhood home holds a secret and your memories may not tell you what you think they do... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/08/03/c...
Creepypasta Of The Week: "The Doorless Room In My Old House"
In the creepypasta "The Doorless Room In My Old House," hazy childhood memories reveal something terrible about a family home.
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Mind your toys, children. They don't like to be forgotten. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/07/27/e...
Mary-san no denwa: The Legend Of Mary's Phone Call
In the urban legend of Mary-san no denwa, a discarded doll becomes a telephone nightmare. Here's the story behind it.
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Should I be concerned about my groceries
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
Looking for a way to get something you want? Willing to resort to… otherworldly means to do it? Even if there are dangers? Consequences? Payments that must be made? Then maybe the Text Skills ritual game is for you. Emphasis on “maybe.” theghostinmymachine.com/2026/07/20/t...
The Text Skills Ritual Game: How To Make A Contract With A Ghost
The Text Skills ritual game teaches players how to make a contract with a ghost to get a wish granted. Here's how to play.
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Today, a look at one of my favorite ghost hunting found footage/mockumentary YouTube channels, 4TH WALL, including a guide to how to watch what I consider to be the series' main story, and some theories about what might be going on in it... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/07/13/t...
4TH WALL On YouTube: A Guide To The Nakata Family Haunted House Case
The YouTube channel 4TH WALL is prolific, but the main story of the Nakata family's haunted house reigns supreme. Here's how to watch it all.
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This week, a lesson in why the "report junk" button is your friend. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/07/06/c...
Creepypasta: "7:05," Or, Leave That Text Message Alone
The text message creepypasta "7:05" teaches a valuable lesson: If you receive a text from a strange number, hit "report junk" immediately.
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If you stop for two women wearing black trying to hitchhike to Wat Samian Nari, beware: They are not what they seem. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/06/29/e...
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Women In Black Of Wat Samian Nari - The Ghost In My Machine
The women in black of Wat Samian Nari are looking for a ride. But if you pick them up, you might get more than you bargained for...
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It’s said that if you press all 36 of the black keys on a piano at a certain time of day during a certain phase of the moon, then you can give yourself a glimpse of heaven or hell - and perhaps change your fortunes... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/06/22/t...
The Black Keys Piano Ritual: How To Play The Eerie Ritual Game
Press all the black keys on a piano and you might be able to change your fate. Here's how to play the Black Keys Piano Ritual game.
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Scattered across England and the UK are a series of remote paths wending their way through the countryside - paths along which the dead once walked. They're called corpse roads. Here's a look at their history and folklore. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/06/15/c...
Corpse Roads: The History & Folklore Of The Paths Of The Dead
Not for nothing are they called corpse roads; these are the roads along which the dead traveled to their final rest.
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This week's creepypasta makes automatons creepier than they already are. Uncanny valley, here we come! theghostinmymachine.com/2026/06/08/c...
"The Mechanical Cassandra," An Eerie Automaton Creepypasta
The creepypasta "The Mechanical Cassandra" makes automata creepier than they already are. Uncanny valley, here we come!
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This week, the legend of a very old tree and an exceedingly unlikely friendship... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/06/01/e...
The Demon-Sitting Oak Tree Of Onizawa: A Legend
Near Hirosaki City in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, there's an unusual oak tree. Here's why it's called the Demon-Sitting Oak Tree Of Onizawa.
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Got some questions you want answered? You could try asking Manami-sama. Just... be careful about how you go about it. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/05/25/t...
Manami-sama: The Eerie Ritual Game & How To Play It
If you've got some questions that need answering, you might try playing the Manami-sama ritual game. Just be careful what you ask...
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While you're waiting for Project DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare, check out this selection of amazing desktop-like games by @ghostmachine13.bsky.social, featuring our very own #ProjectDeepWeb #indiegames #indiedev
The Ghost In My Machine@ghostmachine13.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday, a look one of my favorite highly specific video game genres: Games that take place (almost) entirely within a computer interface, or, as I tend to think of them, UI-likes. Here are 22 interesting ones, plus a few honorable mentions. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/05/18/u...
Today, a look one of my favorite highly specific video game genres: Games that take place (almost) entirely within a computer interface, or, as I tend to think of them, UI-likes. Here are 22 interesting ones, plus a few honorable mentions. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/05/18/u...
UI-Like Video Games That Take Place Within A Computer Interface
UI-like games - that is, video games that take place within a computer interface - tend to tell effective horror stories. Here's what to play.
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Today, a look one of my favorite highly specific video game genres: Games that take place (almost) entirely within a computer interface, or, as I tend to think of them, UI-likes. Here are 22 interesting ones, plus a few honorable mentions. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/05/18/u...
UI-Like Video Games That Take Place Within A Computer Interface
UI-like games - that is, video games that take place within a computer interface - tend to tell effective horror stories. Here's what to play.
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Memoirs are tricky things. Or, perhaps more accurately, the act of writing a memoir is a tricky thing. And it becomes tricker still if you write yours with a mysterious object like this one... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/05/11/c...
"The Black Quill": A Creepypasta About The Perils Of Writing An Autobiography
The creepypasta "The Black Quill" zeroes in on the idea of what exactly makes a life well-lived. Hint: It's not selfishness.
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"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
Hungry grass, or féar gortach, appears most often to be simply an ordinary patch of grass — which, of course, is what makes it so dangerous: Those who have trod upon it will typically not know that they have done so until it's already too late... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/05/04/e...
Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Féar Gortach, The Cursed “Hungry Grass” Of Ireland - The Ghost In My Machine
It's said in Ireland that if you walk over a patch of féar gortach, or hungry grass, you'll be stricken weak with a supernatural hunger.
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If you've ever wondered, what if the Hosting Game, but a divination ritual? Well, allow me to introduce you to the Hospitality Game. Ready to be the ghost host with the most? theghostinmymachine.com/2026/04/27/t...
The Hospitality Game: How To Play The Eerie Ritual Game
Feel like hosting a metaphysical guest? This ritual game might get that done for you. Here's how to play the Hospitality Game.
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While I am holed up on my couch recovering from having my mouth ripped open and various things extracted and grafted, please enjoy the weird and possibly cursed history of Houska Castle in the Czech Republic: theghostinmymachine.com/2026/04/20/h...
Houska Castle: The History & Folklore Of The Czech Republic's Gateway To Hell
Not too far outside of Prague in The Czech Republic, there's a very odd castle. Just why is Houska Castle called the Gateway to Hell, anyway?
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You’re all wise enough not to entrust any of your valuable information to an odd and seemingly untraceable website, right?... Right??? theghostinmymachine.com/2026/04/13/c...
Creepypasta Of The Week: "One Million Viewer," An Internet Cautionary Tale
Don't be like the protagonist of the creepypasta "One Million Viewer": Don't give a random website your valuable information.
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Reason number five million not to go out after sunset or let your fingernails get too long. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/04/06/e...
The Hong Kong Ghost Granny: A Korean Urban Legend
Since the late 1980s, the Hong Kong Ghost Granny urban legend has circulated among children in South Korea. The lesson? Behave - or else.
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Part summoning ritual, part wish-granting ritual, and part piece of blood magic, this week's Most Dangerous Game sees you calling upon the titular Being From Beyond to make a request. There is, however, more to this one than meets the eye, of course... theghostinmymachine.com/2026/03/30/t...
The Being From The Beyond Ritual Game: How To Play It
Part summoning ritual, part wish granting ritual, and VERY dangerous, here's how to play the Being From Beyond ritual game. (Don't do it.)
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Wisconsin, I have learned, is full of weird things. Among them is Summerwind Mansion - or, at least, its ruins. Strap in - it's... quite a tale. theghostinmymachine.com/2026/03/23/a...
Summerwind Mansion: Wisconsin's Eeriest Abandoned Ruin
On the shores of West Bay Lake in Wisconsin lie the remains of Summerwind Mansion. Here's the story of the state's eeriest ruin.
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