# urban legend (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover urban legend. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Month of Ghosts](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/08/19/monthofghosts/) _2026-08-19 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ From August the 12th / 13th until September the 10th this year, it's Ghost Month or Hungry Ghost Month in China, with the Hungry Ghost Festival on August the 26th / 27th. But what does this all involve, and what led to its customs and traditions? ## [A Grisly History of Ghouls](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/08/05/ghouls/) _2026-08-05 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ One of the earliest appearances of ghouls is in The Arabian Nights, or One Thousand and One Nights, portrayed as dangerous, flesh-eating demons. But how have they changed over time? ## [Strange Signals](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/29/strange-signals/) _2026-07-29 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ Throughout the world there have been reports of people hearing bizarre frequencies, some of them still unexplained. Is it the Om Buddhists believe in? Is it cosmic microwave background radiation? Or something else? ## [Gor Blimey, it’s the Gorbals Vampire and a Writing Update](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/22/gorblimey-gorbals-vampire/) _2026-07-22 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ A rumour circulated in 1954 in Gorbals, Glasgow that a vampire haunted the old Southern Necropolis. It took a group of feisty kids and a newspaper story to defeat it. However, there are still whispers of its existence in the city... ## [The Haunting of Hannath Hall](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/16/hannath-hall/) _2026-07-16 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ On a stormy night in 1957, newspaper journalist Mr A. Wilmot from Peterborough had his car break down close to Hannath Hall in the fens of Cambridgeshire. Unfortunately the couple in the building were suffering from a ghostly infestation... ## [Dolls and the Paranormal](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/07/08/paranormal-dolls/) _2026-07-08 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ This week we're diving into humanoid objects, their bizarre powers, and why humans are so fascinated with them. ## [A Lost Haunted House](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/06/24/borley-rectory/) _2026-06-24 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ Paranormal enthusiasts will likely have heard of Borley Rectory, one of the most haunted old buildings in Essex, England. However, very little remains of it today. What was its story, and whatever happened to it? Read on to find out. ## [The Magic of Magpies](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/05/20/the-magic-of-magpies/) _2026-05-20 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ The original rhyme for what number of magpies you see and what "results" from that was published in 1780. The rhyme has its roots in ornithomancy, or bird divination (which was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans). ## [Time Can Be Slippery…](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/05/13/time-can-be-slippery/) _2026-05-13 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ In the middle of Liverpool in the UK, there is a seemingly normal street of shops known as Bold Street. But over the years, people who walked down it noticed time doing peculiar things... ## [Demons in Reality](https://nightwalks.co.uk/2026/05/07/demons-in-reality/) _2026-05-06 · Han Adcock (author) · Nightwalks_ It so happens that "demons" are a nickname gifted to certain thought experiments in physics, philosophy, computer science, and other areas. Here are some of them. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Pd0aQepCcLiI) _2026-05-06 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Top deck watchers 👀](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2026/04/top-deck-watchers.html) _2026-04-07 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ ## [Wild man Kyle Pidduck](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2026/02/wild-man-kyle-pidduck.html) _2026-02-01 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ Kyle Pidduck documents his life living wild around the uk with his two dogs. There's quite a lot of 'outdoor living' Youtubers out there. Some more interesting than others. I first found his channel while he was walking and sleeping along the coastal path up to Scotland . After many months he decided to cross back over the border and settle down for the winter in a small cabin he built illegally… ## [Omenana 34: The Niger Delta Issue](https://omenana.com/2025/12/23/omenana-34-the-niger-delta-issue/) _2025-12-23 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Hey there! It is always exciting to bring you a themed edition, mainly because it is such a joy to sit back and see the robust interpretations that the imaginations of our writers cook up. We asked for Niger Delta–focused science… ## [The Last Fisher of Oporoza | Tomilola Adejumo](https://omenana.com/2025/12/23/the-last-fisher-of-oporoza-by-tomilola-adejumo/) _2025-12-23 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Halfway to the horizon, the light changes. Not the slow gold of evening, but a sharp, surgical shift. Shadows bend in the wrong direction. The air smells of metal instead of salt. And ahead, where the rig should be squatting on the… ## [GbeneBeka: The Gospel According to Wiayor | Seun Lari-Williams](https://omenana.com/2025/12/23/gbenebeka-the-gospel-according-to-wiayor-seun-lari-williams/) _2025-12-23 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. GbeneBeka. She came down with the rain, stepping lightly onto the highest branch of the iroko. She was taller than any mortal. Her skin was marked with patterns like the veins of leaves. Her eyes shone gold-white in the darkness.… ## [The Smuggler of Wet Gene | Khayelihle Benghu](https://omenana.com/2025/12/23/the-smuggler-of-wet-gene-khayelihle-benghu/) _2025-12-23 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. By day, she gathered algae for chemical processing. By night, she traded in contraband, bio-codes suspended in liquid-genes that rewrite forgotten ancestry, and restore what contamination had erased in many children. The post The… ## [A Time Like This | Ini Okaka](https://omenana.com/2025/12/23/a-time-like-this-ini-okaka/) _2025-12-23 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. In a world like this, where everything is grown and cultured and controlled in labs, where labels were the norm and everyone is concerned with who produced what and how it was produced, where everything is lifeless and has a dull… ## [Waterbringer | Ikechukwu Henry](https://omenana.com/2025/12/23/waterbringer-ikechukwu-henry/) _2025-12-23 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. The Archivist stands behind a counter, his hands folded loosely. His uniform is the same clean white as the walls, though the fabric is softer, almost luminous under the overhead lights. His hair is thin and neatly combed, his eyes… ## [Common Crown](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-crown-of-crows.html) _2025-10-13 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ Made this little intervention the other day up on Whitefield’s mount, which is the name given to the island of scrub growing wild on Blackheath. It is named after the 18th century Anglican preacher who would deliver sermons from it to audiences of thousands. Before this though, for centuries the patch was known as ‘Wat Tyler’s Mound’. Apparently speeches were made up here to the rebel encampments… ## [Wild corners connected](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2025/09/wild-corners-connect.html) _2025-09-29 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ This guy sets himself the challenge to cross Greater London without using any roads. Some of these Youtuber geo adventures can seem a little gimmicky at times but what is created here is fascinating. He maps a route using larger green spaces and in between these he navigates, trespasses an internal network of edges, alleys and water ways through the city and suburbs. See him passing through… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/25HzvVAYvPeU) _2025-09-29 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [The Swamp \[Vol 1\]](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-swamp-vol-1.html) _2025-09-01 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ Here is the full length version of my film The Swamp. A poetic documentary about my favourite wild corner, hidden on a secluded train embankment close to my childhood home. It is the place I was first told about the legend of the Lewisham Natureman and shown his scratched crown tag. The film is made from a collage of footage I filmed there over the last 20 + years. It is the first of a series… ## [Malcom Appleby's studio](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2025/09/malcom-applebys-studio.html) _2025-09-01 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ One of many gems from BBC Archive's Youtube account. Lovely footage of Malcom Appleby's home and studio built in a derelict train station on a long discontinued line. ## [Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine, Issue 33](https://omenana.com/2025/07/31/omenana-speculative-fiction-magazine-issue-33/) _2025-07-31 · Admin · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Omenana magazine issue 33. With every issue, we recommit ourselves to the task of holding space for African imaginations that bend time, twist memory, and summon futures. The post Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine, Issue 33… ## [The Return | Jen Thorpe](https://omenana.com/2025/07/31/the-return-jen-thorpe/) _2025-07-31 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Once they hit the market everyone wanted one, and I mean everyone. It had been decades since anyone had a real one, so the idea that we could all have a try and see what it had been like in the old days was The post The Return | Jen… ## [Metempsukhōsis | Chiemeka Akaigwe](https://omenana.com/2025/07/31/metempsukhosis-chiemeka-akaigwe/) _2025-07-31 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. He kisses her forehead. At once, a feeling of calm enters her. She is being ridiculous; how can she be in danger from the man who saved her life? He has the scars on his chest to prove it. The post Metempsukhōsis | Chiemeka Akaigwe… ## [Gecko Girl | Hussani Abdulrahim](https://omenana.com/2025/07/31/gecko-girl-hussani-abdulrahim/) _2025-07-31 · admin2 admin 2 · omenana.com_ Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and the African Diaspora. Habiba is submerged in an ocean of geckos. She is drowning. She can’t breathe. She opens her mouth for air but geckos wrestle into the new space. When she finally bobs up, she sucks in an atmosphere of geckos and their green slime.… ## [Devils Steps Portal](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2025/04/devils-steps-portal.html) _2025-04-28 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ Proper original Lewisham Wildcornerz stuff ... A post on Facebook that caught my eye recently. Devil's steps was an access point for local children to climb onto the railway which led to a huge disused gravel pit a little way along the tracks. This is obviously where the road name Granville Park came from. 'A paradise for adventurers'. An old Lewisham Natureman white stag can sill be seen behind… ## [Pirate Radio Pirate](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2024/11/pirate-of-pirate-radio.html) _2024-11-20 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ More UK pirate interviews. This time with Killer, former owner of Y2K Essex. He features in an episode of the now informous BBC mini series 'Tower Block Dreams' in 2003. Elements of this episode were directly parodied in early episodes of the comedy 'People Just do Nothing'. After this period he became better known within pirate radio circles as a prolific rig thief and racketeer, preying on… ## [Brains of the top Pirate](https://wildcornerz.blogspot.com/2024/10/brains-of-top-pirate.html) _2024-10-25 · Wildcornerz · wildcornerz_ Eastman, head honcho of London's top pirate Kool FM. Great documentation of 'the complicated life' of a great London character. He shares memories with his old friend Dj Ron of growing up in 1970's Hackney and Sound system culture. Its interesting hearing about some of the trials and struggles of running such a successful pirate station in London and how they overcame them and flourished. He is a…