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The Coolie Duppy in the Ackee Tree
On a Friday evening in Portmore, Jamaica, a crowd gathered beneath an ackee tree after reports of...
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The Three Amigos
Three friends were inseparable. Everyone knew them as the Three Amigos until one night shattered ...
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Headless Preacher of Mile Gully
In Mile Gully, Jamaica, elders whisper of the Headless Preacher, a man denied burial, whose spiri...
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The Haunted Church of Mile Gully
In Mile Gully, the name James Knight is never spoken after dark. Beheaded for preaching freedom, ...
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The Woman With No Feet
The night was quiet when they saw her standing on the road, staring up the hill. She never moved....
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The Owl on the Hill
Sent to the shop before streetlights reached his village, Glenroy met something waiting in the da...
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The Man In The Corner
A tall man with a machete stood in the corner of the room.
He crawled to the bed, stood...
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The Groaning in Higgins Land
As a barefoot boy in short trousers living at his great uncle’s house in Higgins Land, ...
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The Duppy Followed Them Home (May Pen)
They were warned never to say goodbye out loud in the dead yard. When one careless sent...
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The Deacon and the Duppies
“A friend of mine was sleeping, snoring and I saw this woman walk right up to him. I wa...
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Teeth Longer Than These???
This time, it was clear. The man’s teeth were really growing, long and unnatural. The y...
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The Duppy At Outlook, Jamaica
Seconds stretched into eternity before it let go. Tracey gasped for air, her chest risi...
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DUPPY TENANT
One night, he had a strange dream. A woman was watching him. Her face was eerie, her pr...
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AUNTY BABS DUPPY
One evening, Babs was crossing the road when a bus hit her. She got trapped under the f...
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GRANNY DUPPY CONQUEROR
Her heart pounded as she ran to the window beside her bed, hoping to see what was happe...
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THE DUPPY(GHOST) KNOCKS
She shook her head and said, “You were so deep in sleep, you didn’t even move. No one k...
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JAMAICAN DOPPELGÄNGER
Days passed, and strange things continued to happen. Finally, Granny said she had somet...
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JUNIOR AND THE DUPPY (GHOST)
There, standing in the dim light, was a man Junior recognized, a man who had died a few...
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