Syed Wilson is a Singaporean artist who is better known for drawing caricatures and comics by day. By night, Syed unleashes his darker side as he re-imagines and illustrates the confessions he receives. 
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Changi Beach Incident

I received this story via FB messenger from a mutual friend. She requested that I should not reveal her identity so we shall call her 'Sherry'

After a nice dinner with her husband at Changi Village,they decided to chill out for a while before heading home. Her husband suggested to go to Changi Beach as it was nearer. They parked the car at carpark (she did'nt mention which one in particular) and proceeded to the beach. According to her it was around 11pm. She described the surrounding as peaceful that night. They stayed for about half and hour so..chatting while enjoying the view.
Then it was time to go home. As they were walking to their car,she told her husband to go ahead as she needs to go to the nearby public toilet. Sherry entered the toilet and noticed one of the cubicles was occupied. Not giving any thoughts she went to the available cubicle and went about her 'business'. Whilst inside the cubicle she began to realise something odd...there were no one else at the beach with them. It was just her and her husband. Suddenly she heard the door of the occupied cubicle opened...but no footsteps were heard. Sherry cleaned herself and told herself..whatever it is..by hook or by crook she has to leave the toilet.

As she was opened the door..she saw a woman standing near the entrance of the toilet! She described the woman as pale looking,long hair...she has no expression on her face. Her eyes gave a kind of a blank stare. Sherry mentioned that there was a stench that surrounds her. The smell was like the sea itself! (thats what she described though). Sherry felt like she was about to pass out..her legs felt like jelly and she started 'seeing stars'...then everything went black. When she regained consiousness she was already in the car. Her husband was concerned and asked her what happened? He insisted to take her to the hospital but she declined...she insisted on going home.
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The face of that woman still haunts her till this day. When I drew the picture of what she described and showed it to her via messenger...she was taken aback.She said.... "Thats exactly how she looked like!"

The princess

Tonight I'm going to share with you a personal experience which happened last year in April. I was doing caricatures for an event at a hotel ballroom in Orchard Road. It was an Annual D&D and I was one of the fringe activities there.

I started drawing at 6pm. The guests starts coming in and a queue buit up at my booth. As always I would chat with them just to break the ice and make them feel comfortable. Then it was this lady's turn to have her caricature drawn. "Please be nice...and make me look awesome" she said with a smile. As I was sketching her we starting a conversation. She was a Malay lady in her early 30s. I moticed one thing though...the was she talk was a bit different. She was eloquent and her mannerism was how should I put it...regal.
Then as I was about to finish she asked if I had noticed anything about her? I told her that there was a kind of vibe that she's giving out when I was drawing her...as if she was a princess or something like that. She smiled and said that I almost got it right. "I have a guardian that has been a part of me ever since I was a teenager. It was handed down to me from my mum before she passed away. And YES she is a princess." she said. She smiled and thanked me for the artwork.
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I understood what she mean't when she said 'guardian'. After the event I head home. Throughout the journey I kept having this vision of a lady with long flowing hair and she was wearing a javanese costume...minus the headgear. Once I reached home I took my drawing materials and started sketching the 'princess'.

UMMU Sibyan

Based on real supernatural encounters.
This incident happened when 'Dahlia' had her first baby in 1982. It was a healthy baby boy and it was her bundle of joy. 'Dahlia' was staying in Queenstown with her husband. At that time her husband works night shifts as a security guard.
One night her baby was crying non stop. She and tried various methods to calm the baby but whatever she tried... failed. She was feeling helpless. She then went over to her next door neighbor, Mak Mah for help. As her neighbor entered the house she was set aback. She told 'Dahlia' to recite some prayers and verses from the Holy Quran. Mak Mah then took the baby to her house and asked her husband, Pak Taib to assist her. When Pak Taib went over to her house. He immediatly recite the 'Azan' (prayer call) in while facing the bedroom.

'You can bring the baby back in now,its gone...' he said. 'Dahlia' was puzzled but relieved. What was in her house that caused her child to cry badly?
The next day Mak Mah dropped by to check on her and her baby. She asked Mak Mah what actually happened? Mak Mah said that her house was visited by an entity called 'Ummu Sibyan'.
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UMMU SIBYAN is a female djinn who loves to prey on newborn babies. It resembles an old woman, white hair,fearsome look and sharp teeth. It will disturb the baby...it cause ill effects to the baby. "The moment I entered your house I saw a it squatting next to your baby. That is why I quickly took your child and brought him out of the house." said Mak Mah.

Kampong Spirit

This story was submitted to me through Facebook messenger. The sender wished her identity to by anonymous so I shall just name her 'Julia'.
It was the school holidays and for the first time in her life, Julia is about to visit her grandmother who is staying in Terengganu. It was 1989 and she was just 15 years old.

Julia,her elder brother and her parents had breakfast at Old Woodlands Central before starting their journey. It was going to be a long trip...luckily Julia brought her walkman to get her mind off the tedious trip.

They reached their destination around midnight. Upon reaching the house they were greeted by her grandmother and her uncle. Since it was close to 1pm, Julia's grandmother advised them to settle down and call it the night. That night she was awakened by her sister.
"I need you to accompany me please...the toilet is damn scary and its behind the house!"

Julia was reluctant at first but eventually gave in after much persuasion by her sister. They went to kitchen which has a back door that leads to the toilet outside the house. It was quite dark so Julia lit up a kerosene lamp. Just as they were about to open the door, they saw a shadow that looks like a head hovering near the toilet. Sunddenly the shadow moved towards them...sending them screaming hysterically! Her grandmother and their parents came to their aid. Her uncle recited some prayers and advised them to go back to sleep. Julia and her sister were too terrified to sleep by themselves that they had no choice but to sleep with their parents.

The next morning during breakfast she told everyone what happened...and her grandmother said that it was a normal thing!

"You see..a few meters away just behind this house is another house but was long abandoned. It used to belong to Makcik Kiah. Makcik Kiah was a loner. She never socialise with anyone. There were rumors that she dabbles in black magic. I don't know if its true or not but there have been some disturbances around the neighborhood...flying head..Penanggal! Luckily your uncle managed to 'fence' the house so that nothing can enter or disturb us here. The house is now abandoned..some said she moved out...some said she died..oh well.."
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Julia and her sister just kept quite...what did they saw last night? Was it a Penanggal?

House on the hill

Based on a true life accounts. Thank you Syak and Dewi Angriani for sharing this story

For Syak and his friends...this was a night they will never forget. That night they decided to visit an abandoned mansion at Hillview. Once they reached,upon seeing the steps that lead to the house...one of their friend said that she has a bad feeling about this and she was hesitant to continue. Eventually they decided to go on with their adventure. The house has a sinister aura to it.

There was a door that somehow attracted Syak's attention. As he was going halfway up the steps he noticed a figure was peeking through the door. As they were looking at the door they were contemplating whether to enter the house. Syak gathered enough courage and decided to enter...

As he was about to enter her saw a figure that looks like a thin lady with messy hair and she has empty eye sockets but she was somehow staring at him !

Suddenly a gust of cold wind brushed through him.That was the last straw.! They decided to leave the area and stopped at the nearest petrol station. Syak was beginning to feel differrent..feeling weird and disturbed.Syak went to the toilet to wash his face. As he was washing his hair he found a long strand of black thread within his hair. It really spooked him. Throughout his journey home he kept reciting prayers hoping that nothing had followed him home. Fortunately every thing was ok the moment he reached his house.

Evening Guest

Based on true life supernatural encounters.

This story was shared by my neighbor who stays on the upper floor. She wished her name to be anonymous so lets call her Ana. I shall not disclose the exact block (as it is my block as well 😊) All I can say that it is in Bukit Batok.

It happened one evening when she was home with her 7 year old daughter. At that moment she was cleaning the bedroom while her daughter was in the living room. According to her it was around 6plus when it happened. As she was cleaning she heard a faint giggle in the living room. The voice was not her daughter's. Then she heard her daughter calling 'Auntie! Auntie!'. Feeling something was amiss,she went to the living room to find her daughter standing at the door. The door was open except for the gate. Her daughter kept calling 'Auntie' but there was no one there standing outside her house!

Ana decided to close the door and told her daughter to come to her. Suddenly her daughter pointed at the top of fridge and said, "Mama,auntie sitting on the fridge...smiling at YOU!" Ana immediatly swiched on all the lights in the house. Terrified,she called her neighbor to come over and accompany her.

I had the opportunity to talk to her and asked her daughter what did she saw that evening.

She described the entity as having thick long hair,bloodied face,piercing eyes and it had a long tongue potruding out.

When I drew the entity and showed it to her, she immediately recognised it an xconfirned that it resembles the one that she saw. The disturbance continued even till now and recently another neighbor of ours saw the same thing peering through the window. Could my block be haunted or 'dirty'? So far I did not encounter that entity personally...Below is the picure that I drew.

Seeing Red

Based on true life accounts of supernatural encounters.

Ruby's prefers to go jogging at night instead of doing it in the morning. Whenever she has the chance she would jog around her favorite place...Bedok Resevoir Park. It was an incident back in August of 2012 that made her change her habit. And that is to jog in the morning instead. This is what went down on that fateful night.

It was a perfect night. Ruby decided to jog around Bedok Resevoir Park. At about 10pm she left home..did some warm ups at the void deck and began jogging. As she reached Bedok Resevoir Park she was greeted with a putrid stench. Dismissing it as probably some dead animal nearby,she continued her laps. Strangely the smell was still lingering. Ruby began to get goosebumps and as she passed a few trees she felt like someone was standing between the trees. She stopped to take a clearer look at her surroundings. The area was quite dimly lit and quiet..no sound of crickets at all.

As she looked closely at the trees she saw something that made her froze with fear. Standing near one of the trees was a figure with long,thick hair..wearing what looks like a flowing red robe. What's more frightening is that thing's face..it does not have a lower jaw!
Ruby recited some prayers..hoping to gain enough strenght for her to get out of that place! Meanwhile the thing was still standing there..it's red glowing fixed on to Ruby!

Thats was enough for her! She managed to ran off...ran as quick as she could. As she was running she can still smell the foul stench as if it was following her! She finally reached the main road..feeling relieved to see the passing cars, the passer-bys and the bright street lights. The stench strangely disappeared as she reached the main road.
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Ruby was badly shaken by her ordeal even till today. She still jogs though..but only in the morning.

The gift

Mdm Rugayah (not her real name) was only 14 years old when she received a special gift from her grandmother. A gift she never wanted in the first place. She remembered that evening when the family was gathering at her aunt's home where her late grandmother resides. Her grandmother was writhing in pain...groaning. Her 'time' is near and condition was really severe.

When Mdm Rugayah and her family arrived, her aunt greeted them. She told Mdm Rugayah to go into the room...alone. The moment she went in she was shocked and saddened upon looking at her most beloved grandmother. She was frail and in pain. She sat next to her grandmother and held her frail hand. Her grandmother smiled and gestured Rugayah to come closer.

" I have a gift for you that I have been keeping for a long time. Will you accept it? " she whispered.

"Yes of course nenek (grandma)" said Rugayah without hesitation.

Suddenly she felt like a cold draft entering her body and she blacked out. By the time she regained consciousness her grandmother had already passed away.

After the passing of her grandmother,Rugayah was constantly disturbed by visions of a hideous woman in white with long hair and a long tongue! She kept having these visions till she reached adulthood where she finally decided to seek help from a bomoh (shaman).
The shaman said she has a guardian..a 'Saka' which was given to her by her grandmother. The Saka has been in her family for ages and now it has been passed down to her. Its task is to look after and protect her. If anyone have any bad intentions toward her then they will face the Saka's wrath!

Mdm Rugayah is now 50 years old...has 3 children and a grandchild. She has grown accustomed to the Saka's presence. The question now is who will be the next recipient of her 'gift'?

The Dream Demon

This story was shared to me via messenger on Facebook. As requested by the sender I will not reveal his name. Lets just call him 'Rudy'

As a child,Rudy (not his real name) was always fascinated with the art of kuda kepang after seeing the amazing feats by the performers such as chewing on pieces of glass while being in a trance. At the age of 18 he joined a local kuda kepang group.

In his story that was shared to me, he did not revealed much about his group or how he went through his initiation process but instead he told me that eversince his first 'trance' session he was often haunted by a demonic creature with thick fur,big glaring eyes and extended fangs. I drew the creature and showed it to him. He repeatedly asked me how did I know how the creature looked like?! Call ot coincidence...call it chance...but it was SPOT ON! Eventually Rudy left the group and it took him a few months to recover. After that there were no more visions of the horrific demon.

aNKLE cHAIN

This story was sent to me via email which I receive 2 days ago. Thank you to Mr Francis for sharing his experience. His story takes place 15 years ago when his family moved in to their 2 storey bungalow.
Their first night was a night they will never forget. It was about 3am.... their eldest daughter who was still awake heard the sound of someone wearing an ankle chain walking around her room. It went on for about 5 to 8 minutes then it finally stopped...stricken with fear she cried out for her parents. Francis who was half asleep was startled by the cries from his daughter's room and rushed to her aid. After telling him what happened, Francis assured her that it could be their family cat that happens to wear a collar with bells but his daughter was still insisting that it was'nt the cat.
Eventually he has no choice but to get her to sleepnin her younger sister's room. But things got even worse...this time around both daughters heard the sound of the ankle chains followed by a 'licking sound'! To their horror they saw an apparition of what seems to be a silver haired indian lady with a long tongue sitting in the middle of the room staring at them! The girls screamed with sheer terror which sent Francis and his wife running to their room. The youngest daughter was delirious while her sister was paralyzed with fear. They decided to leave the house and spent the night at a relative's house.
Francis eventually sought the help of a Taoist monk to bless and clease the house. The apparition was never to be seen again.

Sneak peek

Jay likes to sleep in the living room even though he has his own bedroom. The reason is that the living room is much more cosier. Well..it took one scary incident to change his mind...

That fateful night Jay was lying down on his comfortable sofa,watching his favorite sitcom. The lights were dimmed....got his favorite beverage and everything was good. Then it got weird...Jay was having an uneasy feeling that someone or something was watching him. As he looked at the window above the television set he saw what seems to be an a pair of eyes minus it's pupils peering through the window looking at him. He could also see top half of the head belonging to WHATEVER that thing was.

Shocked and terrified of what he saw Jay managed to garner enough courage and ran to his room. He hid under his covers and recite his prayers.
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Nowadays he would choose to sleep in his 'cosy' room with the cutians closed and a night light for good measures.

NIghtshift

​Mr Samad works as a security personnel in a hospital here in Singapore. He has been working for almost a year and so far he has yet to experience anything out the ordinary. Even though he heard some stories from his colleagues and the staff, being a sceptic he would brush it off. But all that was about to change.

It was about 2am and Mr Samad was doing his rounds. As he was walking along the corridor he entered the toilet to relieve himself. As he was in cubicle he could hear the door of the cubicle next to him being closed. The strange thing is he did'nt hear any foot steps. Suddenly he heard the sound of a lady sobbing coming from the cubicle! That was enough for him. He dashed out of the cubicle and out of the toilet. As he was running to the lift he turn around to see if he could catch a glimpse of what was behind him. And what he saw was terrifying!

It was an apparition of an old lady in a patient's gown. Her hair was grey and messy. Her face was wrinkled and she has a pair of white eyes!
The lift reached his floor just in the nick of time! Inside the lift he realised that all the while he was in basement 1...thats where the mortuary is situated!

Who goes there?

Based on real life experience.

This drawing is based on a story that was shared to me by a friend of mine. The incident happend 2 years ago. Lisa (not her real name) was at home waiting for her husband to return from work. At the time she was 8 months pregnant. Her husband would usually reach home at about 9pm and they would have dinner together.

To her that night was like any other night but what she does'nt that it was a night she will never forget. While waiting for her husband she was going through her phone when all of a sudden she heard someone knocking on the door. She got up and looked through the peep hole...there was a lady wearing a black 'hijab' (scarf) with her back facing the door. "Who are you and what do you want?" she asked but the lady did'nt reply nor turned to face the door. Feeling uneasy, Lisa walked away from the door but not without hearing a much louder and more agressive knock on the door.

This time around Lisa was really annoyed. She shouted, "Eh! $!@L! I'm calling the police right now!" When she went to look through the peep hole again...to her shock the lady was facing the door! Lisa described to me that it was an elderly lady with empty eye sockets and small jagged teeth (see the drawing). Upon seeing what was standing at her door she ran to her room and called her husband,begging him to come home at once! This incident happened only once and she prayed it will never happen again! At times she does wonder if her neighbors even experienced the same thing or was she the only one who was lucky enough to receive the sinister looking visitor that night...

Hantu Penanggal

The penanggal or penanggalan is a nocturnal vampiric entity of Malay ghost myths. Its name comes from the word tanggal meaning to remove or take off, because its form is that of a floating disembodied woman's head with its trailing organs still attached. From afar, it twinkles like a ball of flame, providing an explanation for the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon.

The penanggalan exists by different names in every country of Southeast Asia. It is known as Balan-balan in Sabah, Leyak in Bali, Kuyang in Kalimantan, palasik in West Sumatra, Kra-sue in Thailand, Kasu in Laos, Ap in Cambodia, and Manananggal in the Philippines.

Though commonly referred to in its native languages as a ghost, the penanggalan cannot be readily classified as a classical undead being. Rather, it is a witch that developed the ability to take such a form through meditation in a vat of vinegar. The creature is, for all intents and purposes, a living human being during daytime (much like the Japanese Nukekubi) or at any time when it does not detach itself from its body.
- Wikipedia

The Crying WOman

The entity from The Crying Woman as how I envisioned it. I showed it to the eyewitness and she confirmed that the drawing is spot on.