By Honorary Reporter Dana Nicole Alvarez Burgos from Mexico
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October is the month of Halloween. Though Koreans do not observe the occasion, the country has ghost and spooky stories with horrifying twists.

Five such tales are briefly described below.

Mulgwishin (Water Ghost)

Water ghosts were born from the accidental deaths of people by drowning. They live in lakes, ponds and the sea, the watery places where their human lives ended. 

Cheonyeo Gwisin (Virgin Ghost)

One of the most popular Korean ghost stories is one of a young woman who failed to fulfill her Confucian responsibility of obeying her father, husband and son. Consequently, she seeks revenge from the grave.

Dalgyal Gwishin (Egg Ghost)

The face of this ghost resembles an egg, which explains the name. Some say the face is plain and others say it has undefined forms.

Such a ghost is said not to have people around when it was alive, so after death, no human essence was left.

Cheuksin (Outhouse God)

Outhouses are dark and isolated places separate from the main house. So they were considered scary sites where unusual events occurred. To explain why a certain place was haunted, people often blamed the outhouse.

Gaekgwi (Wayfarer Ghost)

This haunted spirit was of a person who tragically died far from home before he or she could live the time designated by the heavens. While these spirits are between the living and the dead, they terrorize their living family.

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