The Darkest Song Ever Written

On should have been a regular sunny day, harvesters in the small town of Woolpit, England, made a strange discovery. In a pit made to trap wolves that would attack their livestock, they found two children: a young boy and his older sister. They would've been considered ordinary c ...  Show more

For centuries, hikers and travelers have seen strange beings at the top of the Santa Lucia Mountains.Witnesses describe them the same way: tall men, wearing capes or cloaks, with a walking stick by its side, and wide a wide-brimmed hat. In fact, the Spanish colonizers also saw th ...  Show more

Can a song kill you? In the 1930s, Gloomy Sunday was accused of doing just that — sparking a global panic and a wave of government bans on the song. But what is the truth behind the so-called Hungarian Suicide Song?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr ...  Show more

What if we told you music could kill you? Just knowing that this is a possibility, would you still be tempted to listen to that song? This is the lore and real history of the Gloomy Sunday song curse.  TW: Suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, you can fin ...  Show more

In 1933, a composer named Rezső Seress created one of the world's most infamous tunes -- a melancholy, mysterious piece known as "Gloomy Sunday." Over the following decades, this song became notorious for the sinister effects it had on anyone who listened to the song in full. Joi ...  Show more