Boo! and Beyond
Forget CCTV, Malaysians once used rice and salt to keep spirits away
Rice at the door and salt by the gate: Malaysia’s oldest ‘security system’
Missing cash? Malaysians once had one answer: The Toyol
For centuries, the toyol has built a reputation as a supernatural thief. Then society went cashless. A toyol sneaks into a house at midnight and finds no cash, no coins, no jewellery. J
Colony review: Novel ideas hampered by weak characters
Freaking freaky fungiWhat’s goodWhat’s not so goodWorth a watch?When Train to Busan came out in 2016, it was a hit with not just South...
Of birds, beasts and belief
Across Malay, Chinese and Indian traditions, animals carry layered meanings shaped by faith, folklore and generations of cultural doctrines
Vanishing trails, unseen voices and the legend of the Orang Bunian
The Bunian are said to inhabit forests, mountains and remote landscapes, sometimes deep in untouched wilderness. Sometimes, unsettlingly, just beyond the edge of human...
Ghost stories, graveyard shifts and a ‘pukau’ robbery: One journalist’s strange journey
The truth is out there. So are a lot of nonsense. Every weekend, we sort through both so you don’t have to do it alone at 2am
