Ikebukuro Shimento Pagoda in Tokyo, Japan

Dedicated to the victims of a phantom slasher, this memorial is claimed by some to be the source of a deadly curse.#cursedplaces #crime #pagodas #memorials #section-Atlas
Ikebukuro Shimento Pagoda

Ikebukuro Shimento Pagoda

Dedicated to the victims of a phantom slasher, this memorial is claimed by some to be the source of a deadly curse.

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Grave of Princess Centipede in Morioka, Japan

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.#samurai #legends #cursedplaces #spiders #insects #royalty #graves #section-Atlas
Grave of Princess Centipede

Grave of Princess Centipede

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.

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I feel like this should be in #cursedPlaces - it's on #marinHeadlands and Smiley street does not seem right to me.

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Jinde in Kamakura, Japan

A mysterious, perhaps haunted plot of land, untouched by modern development.#cursedplaces #pagodas #monuments #militaryhistory #haunted #section-Atlas
Jinde

Jinde

A mysterious, perhaps haunted plot of land, untouched by modern development.

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Families hire a bone collector in Taiwan to fix problematic tombs—and sometimes deal with ghosts.#aoloveshalloween #q&a #fengshui #cursedplaces #bones #graves #tombs #section-Articles
Meet the Man Who Digs Up Graves to Lift Curses
Meet the Man Who Digs Up Graves to Lift Curses

Families hire a bone collector in Taiwan to fix problematic tombs—and sometimes deal with ghosts.

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Kota Mahsuri in Langkawi, Malaysia

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.
Kota Mahsuri
Kota Mahsuri

Local history holds that a young woman, killed for a crime she did not commit, cursed this island.

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