It all began like a fairy tale. Anna and Dmitry had been planning their wedding for over two years. Time, energy, savings — everything was poured into the idea of a perfect day. The dress was flown in from Italy. The cake was crafted by a renowned pastry chef. Invitations were printed on hand-pressed designer paper. Every detail was obsessively curated.

No one could have imagined that the event they dreamed of would spiral into a series of strange occurrences, coincidences, and something much darker. Just two hours into the celebration, guests would be seen fleeing the venue in panic — and by the next morning, one of the bridesmaids would be named in a police report.

A Broken Locket and the First Omen
The first sign of trouble came quietly. An hour before leaving for the ceremony, Anna’s childhood locket — a gift from her late grandmother — slipped from her neck and shattered on the floor. The stylist on site said Anna turned pale and clenched her fists. “It’s a sign,” she whispered.

The mood was shrugged off. Music played, the makeup artist cheered her up, the photographer asked for a smile. But a strange sense of unease lingered in the air — and some guests felt it too.

The Mirrors That Fogged from the Inside
The wedding took place in a restored 19th-century mansion outside of Saint Petersburg — elegant, historic, and known for its acoustics. But one hall in the estate had a reputation that the venue management tried to keep quiet. Staff refused to work there. Equipment broke inexplicably. Yet Anna and Dmitry insisted on that very room — drawn to the grand stained-glass windows and vaulted ceiling.

Shortly after guests arrived, some began to notice an odd detail: the mirrors on the walls were fogging. But not from the outside — from within the glass. One bridesmaid joked that “the spirits of their ancestors came to witness the union.” Everyone laughed.

But no one would be laughing later.

The Waiter Who Vanished
Things took a disturbing turn when one of the waiters disappeared. He left to retrieve a tray of glasses and never came back. Surveillance cameras never caught him exiting the hallway. His phone and coat remained in the locker room. The manager quickly sent for a backup server, but whispers had already begun to circulate among the guests.

Two days later, the waiter was found in a nearby forest — dirty, dehydrated, and silent. He had no memory of how he got there. When he finally did speak, all he said was one word: “mirror.”

The Toast That Broke the Night
The breaking point came when Anna’s uncle — a university philosophy professor known for his calm and reason — stood to give his toast. Mid-sentence, he froze. His gaze locked onto something in the far corner of the hall. His face drained of color.

He turned to the newlyweds and whispered, “You weren’t supposed… to be here.”

Then he sat down without another word.

At that very moment, the power cut out. Not for a second or two — but for five whole minutes. Music stopped. The room fell into total silence. Outside, wind began to howl, though weather services had predicted clear skies.

When the lights returned, Anna was found sitting on the floor, crying. And one guest — a friend of Dmitry’s from Moscow — was gone.

They found him the next morning, locked in a supply closet, bloodied and disoriented. No one could explain how he got there. None of the security cameras were working during the blackout.

Was the Wedding Cursed?
Within days of the event, Dmitry’s mother suffered a sudden stroke. The best man began having night terrors and started therapy. Dmitry canceled their honeymoon, quit his job, and vanished from social media.

Whispers turned into rumors. Some said the antique mirror in the ballroom — discovered in the mansion’s basement and restored for decorative purposes — was the cause. According to old property records, a daughter of the original estate owner vanished on her wedding day in 1923. In that very room.

Others claimed Anna had visited an astrologer weeks before the wedding, who warned her not to marry on that specific date. July 7th — 07/07. Too “perfect.” Too symbolic. But Anna insisted.

Then there’s a darker theory. A guest anonymously posted on a local forum that a week before the wedding, he saw Anna burning papers in the fireplace, crying. Love letters? A prophecy? No one knows.

Where Are They Now?
Three months have passed. Anna and Dmitry are living apart. Officially, they’re “on a break.” Unofficially, both are in therapy. They haven’t spoken publicly. Their wedding photos are gone. Only one shaky video remains — taken by a wedding vlogger filming for YouTube.

In the final seconds of the video, as the camera pans across the room, a strange whisper is heard: