00:00Have you ever felt a chill run down your spine while walking alone at night?
00:04That feeling of being watched, even when no one is there?
00:07We often dismiss it as our imagination playing tricks on us,
00:11a byproduct of too many late night horror movies.
00:13But what if it's more than that?
00:16What if these feelings are echoes of something real?
00:19Something that lurks just beyond the veil of our understanding?
00:22Tonight, we're not just telling stories.
00:24We're venturing into the shadows where these urban legends were born.
00:28We all peel back the layers of folklore and rumor
00:31to explore the unsettling truths that hide in plain sight.
00:34These are the taillies whispered in hushed tones,
00:37the legends that have haunted communities for generations.
00:41They are born from real events, from real fears, and from very real darkness.
00:45Our first story takes us to the forgotten backroads of rural Pennsylvania,
00:49to a place known only as Seven Gates of Hell.
00:52Legend says that deep within these woods, a series of seven gate stands,
00:56each one a barrier to a darker, more sinister realm.
01:00The story originates from the tragic history of a secluded asylum
01:04that once stood on the property.
01:06It's said that a fire in the late 1800s claimed the lives of many patients,
01:11their tormented souls forever trapped within the grounds.
01:14Locals claim that anyone brave or foolish enough to pass through all seven gates
01:18will be transported directly to hell.
01:20Of course, most people only ever find one or two gates.
01:23The path is confusing, disorienting.
01:27Trees seem to shift and the air grows heavy and cold.
01:30But some claim to have found more.
01:32One group of college students in the early 2000s documented their journey.
01:36Their footage, though grainy and chaotic,
01:38shows them passing through what they claim is the fifth gate.
01:42After that, the recording cuts out abruptly.
01:44They were found the next day, miles from where they started,
01:47with no memory of the past 12 hours.
01:49They spoke of suffocating darkness and whispers that seemed to come from inside their own heads.
01:55The legend says only the first gate is visible to the naked eye.
01:58The others only appear to those who are truly lost.
02:02From the dark forest, we now travel to the bustling heart of Tokyo,
02:05a city that never sleeps.
02:07But even in the metropolis of millions,
02:09some shadows refuse to be banished by the neon glow.
02:12We're talking about the legend of the Tick-Tick.
02:14This story warns of the vengeful spirit of a young woman who met a tragic end on the railway tracks.
02:22Cut in half by a train, her ghost now roams the urban landscape,
02:26dragging her upper torso with her hands,
02:27making a chilling Tick-Tick sound as she moves.
02:31The story is more than just a campfire tale.
02:33In the 1970s, reports began to surface around certain train stations in Tokyo.
02:38People described seeing a figure crawling at an unnatural speed,
02:42its movements sharp and insect-like.
02:44One eyewitness, a late-night office worker,
02:47swore he saw something moving along the platform.
02:50Something that wasn't whole.
02:51He hid, listening to the scraping sound getting closer and closer
02:54until it suddenly stopped right outside his hiding spot.
02:58He didn't dare to look.
03:00When dawn broke, he found long, deep scratch marks on the concrete where the sound had stopped.
03:05The Tick-Tick is said to be looking for her legs,
03:07or perhaps, for someone to share her fate.
03:10If she catches you, the legend says she will slice you in half with a scythe,
03:14making you just like her.
03:16Now, let's journey across the ocean to the sun-drenched deserts of the American Southwest.
03:21Here, amidst the cacti and canyons,
03:23wanders a figure of profound sorrow and terror,
03:26La Llorona, the weeping woman.
03:28Her tale is one of the most enduring legends in Hispanic culture.
03:32A heartbreaking story of a beautiful woman named Maria,
03:35who, in a fit of rage and despair after being scorned by her lover,
03:40drowned her own children in a river.
03:42Realizing what she had done, she was consumed by guilt and took her own life.
03:46Now, her spirit is cursed to wander the riverbanks for eternity,
03:50weeping and searching for her lost children.
03:53Hey, Miss He-Hose.
03:54Oh, my children.
03:56Is her mournful cry that echoes through the night.
03:58But this is no mere ghost story.
04:01People who live near rivers and lakes in the region
04:03have reported hearing the unmistakable sound of a woman,
04:06as whale, carried on the wind,
04:08even when no one is around.
04:10Some have seen a spectral figure in a white gown drifting near the water's edge.
04:15She is often seen as a cautionary tale,
04:17a warning to children to stay away from the water after dark.
04:20But for those who have heard her cry,
04:22it is a chilling reminder that some sorrows are so deep.
04:25They can stay in a place forever,
04:27replaying a tragedy night after night.
04:29Our final destination is the cold, desolate expanse of the digital world.
04:34In the early days of the internet,
04:36a new kind of urban legend emerged,
04:38one that didn't need a dark forest or a haunted house to thrive.
04:41It needed only a connection.
04:43This is the story of Smile Dog.
04:46The legend began with a single,
04:48cursed image file known as Smile.
04:50JPG.
04:51The image is said to depict a Siberian husky with an unsettlingly wide,
04:55human-like grin set against a dark, bloody background.
04:59According to the lore,
05:00anyone who views this image will be driven to madness.
05:04The creature in the picture will begin to appear in the victim's peripheral vision,
05:08haunting their dreams in waking moments,
05:10whispering to them,
05:11demanding they spread the word.
05:14The only way to stop the torment is to share the image with someone else,
05:17passing the curse along.
05:19While the original image is considered lost,
05:21countless fakes have circulated,
05:23each one playing on our deep-seated fear of the unknown lurking within our screens.
05:27This legend taps into the viral nature of the internet,
05:31showing how a terrifying idea,
05:32a digital ghost,
05:33can replicate and spread,
05:35infecting minds just as a computer virus infects a system.
05:39It's a modern-day curse,
05:41a ghost in the machine that reminds us that not all monsters have claws and fangs.
05:45Some have pixels and code.
05:47From haunted gates and vengeful spirits,
05:49to weeping mothers and cursed images,
05:52these legends persist for a reason.
05:54They are not just stories.
05:56They are manifestations of our collective anxieties,
05:58our fears of loss, betrayal, and the unknown.
06:02They latch onto real places,
06:04real tragedies, and real emotions,
06:06giving them a form we can almost understand.
06:09The line between reality and folklore is often blurred,
06:12a glitch in our perception.
06:14Perhaps these taillies are just that taillies.
06:17But the next time you feel that unexplainable chill
06:19or hear a strange noise in the dead of night,
06:22you might wonder if a legend is closer than you think.
06:25Thanks for joining us in the shadows.
06:27If you want to explore more dark legends and unsettling truths,
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06:33Stay safe, and whatever you do, don't look behind you.
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