Now here we're gonna talk about one of the famous urban legend of all time. If you're a fan of urban legends then you would have surely heard of 'Kuchisake-onna' or 'the Slit-Mouthed woman'.

As the story goes, a beautiful woman named Kuchisake was married to a man who suspected her of being unfaithful - and he was right. Kuchisake had fallen for another man, and was planning to leave her husband. Flying into a jealous rage, her husband knocked her unconscious and tied her up. When she woke, he threatened to kill her if she left him, and used a large pair of scissors to slice her face into a permanent smile. "Who will think you're pretty now?" he asked before slicing her head from her body. But when he was done, regret set in, and he stabbed himself to death.

Disfigured and murdered by her jealous husband, she's a malicious spirit returned from the dead who can appear anywhere at anytime. She's said to carry scissors and prey on unsuspecting passersby. Kuchisake-onna stories describe her horrific appearance with a jagged, bloody scar resembling a smile.

The Slit-Mouthed woman can come for you when you least expect it. Her mouth is always covered by a mask, fan, or scarf to hide her disfigurement, and she waits in the shadows as you pass by - and before you can react, she is in front of you and blocking your path. Holding a pair of large scissors, she asks, "Am I pretty?"

Before you can answer, she reveals her face: a mouth sliced into a hideous grin, exposing her teeth and tongue. "Am I pretty now?" she asks.

What will you say? If you say yes or try to scream, she will mercilessly slash your face so it looks just like hers. Running is no use, because Kuchisake-onna is eerily quick and might cut you in half out of anger. And if you say no to her question, she'll instantly cut your head off.

Kuchisake-onna was well-known in the Edo period of the 1600s, but she slowly faded into the shadows as time passed. Then, in the early 1970s, she returned to the public imagination with a vengeance. Children claimed to see her everywhere around Nagasaki, Japan.

The police began to fear there was a crazy killer on the loose, as panic grew with each new sighting. They bumped up night patrols and put out local warnings, but they could never seem to find her. And then, in 1979, the scares just stopped.

The legend of Kuchisake-onna predicts her eventual return to Japan one day, where she will continue to seek vengeance on the world. But when she returns again, she will no longer show any trace of the beautiful woman she once was. Instead, she will be the picture of death: decomposed, with half of her face eaten away by rot.

So, when the Slit-Mouthed woman reappears, looking for an answer to her age-old query, i.e. "Am I Pretty?" Be prepared to give her the right answer or pay the ultimate price. Sometimes you may outwit her through distraction.

There are a huge number of stories about her encounters. People in Japan claim to see her now and then. But stories are stories after all. They can always be someone's bitter imagination or some frightening truth.