In 1985 a commercial went out in Japan that quickly elicited panicked calls from the public. Rumors of a curse spread, claiming those who watched would meet a terrible fate. But just how real was this curse?

At the Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, Iowa you’ll find an 8-and-a-half-foot tall angel towering over a grave. But according to the legends this statue is responsible for several deaths.

Music can cause you to feel all types of different emotions, it can motivate you, make you happy, and depress you. But if you believe the legends there’s a song, “Gloomy Sunday”, that is responsible for making hundreds take their own lives.

At the Higher Chilton Farmhouse in Somerset, England, you’ll find a skull on display missing its lower jaw but otherwise completely intact and harmless. That is, until you try to move the skull which calls upon its ghostly owner from the grave

In the mid-20th century, St. Mary’s church burned down in Swansea, Wales to everyone’s surprise except for those who heard the story of the Swansea Devil.

In the 15th century a bride in Italy received an unimpressive silver vase as a gift. Later she was dead and the curse of the Basano Vase was born.

At Thirsk Museum in North Yorkshire, England you’ll find a chair hanging from the wall but it’s not meant as décor, instead it’s meant to save lives as the chair itself is said to be cursed.

In 1972 artist Bill Stoneham painted “The Hands Resist Him”, decades later it appeared on Ebay by a seller claiming it to be haunted. But why do we believe in these ghost stories?

The statue of the woman in grief was said to come alive at night at Druid Ridge Cemetery looking for victims that lost their way. Known as the Black Aggie Statue many legends quickly spread instilling fear in all those who looked too closely at her.

Myths of witches and magic users throughout history using mirrors as a way to peer into the future are commonplace. But there is an incantation that allows you to summon spirits for your own bidding. This is exactly what Steven Zellner did and soon after he would pay the price.

In 1986 the Tallman family moved into a new home, one they considered their dream home but it would only take a few months for the spirit of a witch to begin terrorizing the home.

What brought the spirit into their home? Was it a bunk bed they purchased from a second-hand shop or had the spirit been in the home all along?

In the early 13th century a monk transcribed all of the world's knowledge in one giant book in order to save his own life. The catch? He did it in one night... with the help of the Devil himself.