Las 7 leyendas urbanas más aterradoras de todos los tiempos - Summary

Summary

The narrator discusses seven terrifying urban legends, counting down from number 7 to number 1.

7. A university student murders her roommate, leaving a message on the wall in blood saying, "You're glad you didn't turn on the light."

6. A child eats Halloween candy in bed, then discovers he has cockroach eggs in his body.

5. Carmen Winstead, a girl who died after being bullied, haunts people who don't forward emails about her story.

4. A man has his kidney stolen after being drugged by a stranger at a bar.

3. A teenager in South Korea discovers cockroach eggs in her tampons.

2. A couple finds a corpse hidden in their hotel bed.

1. People are mistakenly declared dead and buried alive due to a misdiagnosis of a sleep disorder called primary hypersomnia.

Facts

1. Urban legends often borrow from each other, and horror stories on the internet have borrowed from urban legends.
2. There is an urban legend about two university students who share a bunk bed, and one of them is murdered while the other is out partying.
3. In the legend, the murdered student is found with her stomach open and her throat cut.
4. The legend claims that the killer left a message on the wall in the student's blood, saying "You are not glad that you did not turn on the light."
5. There is an urban legend about a child who eats candy in bed on Halloween and wakes up the next morning with a strange feeling in his face.
6. The child is taken to the doctor, who discovers that the child's body has been infested with cockroach eggs.
7. The legend of Carmen Winstead is an urban legend that originated on the internet and claims that a girl named Carmen was pushed to her death and now haunts people who don't forward emails about her.
8. There is an urban legend about a man who is drugged and wakes up to find that one of his kidneys has been stolen.
9. The legend claims that the man's drink was adulterated by a stranger who invited him to a bar.
10. There is an urban legend from South Korea about a teenager who is hospitalized with intense pain and is found to have a box of tampons infested with cockroach eggs.
11. There is an urban legend about a couple who stay in a hotel room in Las Vegas and discover a corpse hidden in the bed base.
12. The legend claims that the couple reported the incident to the manager, who helped them discover the source of the strange smell.
13. Primary hypersomnia is a severe sleep disorder that can cause a person to fall into a deep sleep from which they cannot be woken.
14. In the 19th century, people with primary hypersomnia were often misdiagnosed as dead and buried alive.
15. The urban legend of being buried alive is based on real-life events where people have been misdiagnosed and buried alive.