Ghoulish tales of ghost month

Taoist devotees offering prayers near their homes in Macallum Street Ghaut in Penang during the month-long Hungry Ghost Festival.

THE driver travelling on a long and winding road at night noticed every car from the opposite side flashing the high beam at him.

He wondered what was wrong and if he had stopped and got out of this car to check, he might have had the living daylights scared out of him.