Chapter 1
Haunted hallways and bathroom terrors
Chapter 2
Highway horrors and urban encounters
Chapter 3
Cursed technology and digital dread
Chapter 4
Folklore roots and modern metamorphoses
YOUR GOAL
Master of Spooky schoolrooms and cursed screens of Korea and Japan
Ch 2 · Highway horrors and urban encounters
choko The legendary Kuchisake-onna stalks dark Japanese streets while hiding a massive pair of sharp shears under her coat.
mankai The spirit Teke Teke haunts train stations, getting her name from the clicking sound of her high-speed, torso-dragging
BETA
mankai Sort spooky street spirits to discover the cultural origins of Korean and Japanese urban legends.
Fun Fact
Slit-mouthed woman panic: In 1979, Japanese schools actually held group walks home chaperoned by teachers due to fear of Kuchisake-onna.
Glossary
hitchhiker (noun)
A person who travels by soliciting free rides from passing vehicles. South Korea's Jayu-ro motorway is famously haunted by a ghostly passenger who vanishes near the Han River.
A person who travels by soliciting free rides from passing vehicles. South Korea's Jayu-ro motorway is famously haunted by a ghostly passenger who vanishes near the Han River.
Quiz
What did witness reports say the Jayu-ro highway ghost was wearing on her face that turned out to be hollow sockets?
Quiz
Which South Korean highway, connecting Seoul and Paju, is famous for sightings of a hollow-eyed ghost?
mankai The Japanese urban legend of Kuchisake-onna features a terrifying slit-mouthed woman
Quiz
How did South Korean school children adapt the Japanese 'slit-mouthed woman' legend in the 2000s?
Quiz
What weapon is the Japanese urban legend Kuchisake-onna most famously said to carry?
Quiz
What is the trick to surviving an encounter with Kuchisake-onna when she asks if she is beautiful?