In Chinese culture, the gates of hell are said to open during the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, which permits ghosts to roam free and receive offering (food and drinks, among others) from the living.
Oh how we love scary tales. During the Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore, the spirits of the dead are said to freely roam around the land of the living. So what better time to share spooky tales than now?
The Singapore Hungry Ghost Festival falls on 22 August this year. So lo and behold, the ghost stories have slowly started circulating online. It does not matter that we are in the middle of a pandemic, horror stories provide an excellent escape from this real-life pandemic terror.
