Secondhand Stories

This is a collection of some of the most unsettling urban legends from around the world. Best experienced with the lights off.

Sometimes hell isn't beneath our feet. Sometimes, it's several thousand meters above sea level. These are the ghosts of high mountains.

Sergei Krikalev was in space when his country ceased to exist. The question was who would bring him home? And what was home anymore?

A man who was declared dead 18 years ago, comes back to life making ethnobotanist Wade Davis travel to Haiti in search of real-life zombies.

The story is about a cyber scam - one that you’ve probably heard about and wondered who falls for this - but as the story progresses you’ll probably be surprised by the depths to which it goes.

Natwarlal wasn't a conman, he was THE conman. A man who's name became synonymous with cheating. Here's his incredible story.

He was marked for murder but it would take something special to undo the Unkillable Mike Malloy. You have to hear it to believe it.

This is a story about love, power, and conspiracy. It is about the scary lengths a king would go to take revenge on a lover who dared reject him.

It's a story that almost sounds made up. In 1984, terror struck Japanese companies as they were targeted by a mysterious bunch of criminals called the Monster with 21 Faces.

Dig to this delicious selection of scary stories sourced from around the world. This week's stories take us to Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Ukraine. Enjoyed best with the lights out.