Urban Legends

40 Dead Children

Origin: Pakistan

40 Dead Children is a scary urban legend from Pakistan about the tallest peak in the Chiltan range of Balochistan that is rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of 40 children.

According to the urban legend, there was a poor couple who couldn't have children, so they sought the help of many clerics and healers. One such cleric's son said he would be able to help them even though many couldn't. He spent many nights praying and the couple was not only blessed with one but 40 children.

Yet, due to poverty, the couple was unable to take care of 40 children, so the husband decided to leave them on the mountain top to fend for themselves. 

People have claimed that if you go to this peak at night, you can hear children crying out in sadness and begging you to climb up the mountain and rescue them.