Japanese Urban Legends

Himuro Mansion

The Himuro Mansion is one of the most strongly hunted house in Japan. The Himuro familly had a strange custom. To protect themselves from bad spirits they made sacrifices through the "Strangling ritual". The Strangling Ritual had to be performed every fifty years to prevent the bad karma from destroying the family. They would select a baby girl from within the family and raise her in secret. When the time came for the ritual to be performed, they tied ropes around her neck, her arms and her legs. Next, a team of bulls would pull the ropes in different directions, tearing the young girl's body apart. The blood-stained ropes were then placed in the house. But that one time, the girl fell in love with a boy. Being no longer pure, the ritual failed and the head of the family became cray-cray. He killed everyone and killed himself at the end. Many people died mysteriously while wandering around the house. some of them had rope marks on their arms, legs and neck.