Since its founding in 1963, the Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of the most celebrated universities in the country. But if you listen to the students, the campus also has a resident not there to teach or study. A woman abandoned by her beloved decades ago, left to die.

A frightening story of curiosity killing the cat, the version of the story most people are familiar with is from a terrifying I Can Read“ book aimed at children. But the tale itself has earlier origins, and a deeper thematic meaning at play.

We are thrilled to bring you a brand new episode of Haunted Places today and for the foreseeable future. We thank you for your patience during this unprecedented time. With white sand and turquoise waters, Changi Beach is a slice of paradise harboring a dark secret. During Japan's occupation of Singapore in World War II, the beach was the execution site of thousands of suspected Allied sympathizers. Their spirits are said to be trapped on its shores—damned to suffer from their horrific fate for eternity.

We are thrilled to bring you a brand new episode of Haunted Places: Urban Legends today and for the foreseeable future. We thank you for your patience during this unprecedented time. It is always unsettling to see a car driving without lights on at night. Common courtesy would dictate that you should flash your headlights at them, to let them know they‘re putting themselves, and others, in danger. But this very act may very well seal your fate.

If you enjoy the stories told in Haunted Places, check out this episode from our series Mythical Monsters: Hooded and scythe-wielding, he walks the living world collecting the souls of the recently departed. Signifying death, the Grim Reaper is one of the most recognizable mythical figures in the western world.

Members of " The 27 Club" are tied together by more than just their tragically early deaths. Legend has it that each one of them: Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison--was found with the same object lying beside them. A white BIC lighter.

On Edisto Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, there sits an imposing mausoleum with the words "J.B. Legare" over the entrance. The doorway stands open, almost inviting. Welcoming you in to meet the woman who was buried alive inside her own grave.

Taking a body part from the morgue and slipping it into someone‘s dorm room-it‘s just a harmless medical school prank, right? This urban legend shows us the dark side of practical jokes in the most gruesome way possible. After all...hazing should never involve body parts.