Coe College founded in 1851 is haunted by the spirit of a young woman who succumbed to the influenza epidemic of 1918.

A businessman traveling through the little town of Loveland, Ohio on a morning in May of 1955, witnessed three humanoid/reptilian creatures by the road. He pulled over and watched, until one of the odd beasts started waving something around in the air that looked like a Fourth-of-July sparkler.

In 2005, a remake of The Amityville Horror starring Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George was released. Melissa George played the character of Kathy Lutz. Recently on Celebrity Ghost Stories, she talked about her frightening experiences during the filming of the movie in Salem, Wisconsin.

On April 14 of 1755 little four-year-old Lucy Keyes disappeared in the woods of Wachusett Mountain and was never seen again.

Japanese River Imps also called kappa are amphibious cryptids often mistaken for six and seven-year-old children.

In the folklore of the Filipino culture, the Aswang/Asuwang/Asuang is not only a generic term for all types of mythological creatures including werewolves, ghosts, witches and vampires, but also a kind of ghoul that feeds on the entrails of the dead.