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Fiction

Made openly as fiction. If people later believed it, the entry tells that story; the label stays.

4 entries
Fiction
Ghostwatch, the BBC Halloween broadcast
On 31 October 1992 the BBC aired Ghostwatch, a staged programme presented as a live investigation of a haunted house in Northolt. Many viewers took it for real, according to a crew member.
Something SeenObscurity 1 of 7
Fiction
Hasshaku-sama
A very tall woman from a ghost story posted anonymously on the Japanese message board 2channel on 26 August 2008. Nippon.com lists her among internet horror tales that have reached a wide public.
Something ToldObscurity 3 of 7
Fiction
Hill House
The fictional house in Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, later the basis of a 2018 Netflix series.
Something ToldObscurity 2 of 7
Fiction
Himuro Mansion (Fatal Frame)
The haunted house in Tecmo's video game Fatal Frame, which Tecmo marketed in North America in 2002 as drawn from a true story.
Something ToldObscurity 4 of 7