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The Reed Case: Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind
The peculiar, harrowing case of the Reed family remains one of the most baffling instances of a Close Encounter of the 4th Kind, which was described by eminent UFOlogist Jacques Vallee as an event in...
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The Legend of Old Rip, The Hibernating Horny Toad
In 1897, the town of Eastland in Eastland Co., Texas began construction on a new courthouse. As it was being built, officials decided a time capsule should be placed within the building's cornerstone....
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THE MYTH OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS PANIC
This past Halloween marked the 80th anniversary of Orson Welles' production of H. G. Wells'"War of the Worlds" for The Mercury Theatre radio program. If you aren't familiar with the tale of Martians...
View ArticlePotpourri of the Peculiar
The oddly named Quackers (a Russian onomatopoeia for the sound of frogs) are strange, croaking noises reported by Russian submariners. Most of these reports came out of the North Atlantic and Arctic...
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More Paranormal Potpourri
In 1978 Soviet geologists prospecting by helicopter in remote regions of Siberia discovered a family of six in the forest. The group, which had been living in a primitive dugout with a sagging timber...
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Johnny Frank Garret's Curse
Johnny Frank Garret, a mentally handicapped man from Amarillo, was executed by the State of Texas for the rape and murder of Sister Tadea Benz, a Catholic nun at St. Francis Convent, on the morning of...
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WITCH BOTTLES
Witch bottles date back to at least the 17th century and were used as a protection against witches. The tradition comes from England, but examples have been found during the excavation of colonial...
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Toprakkale Shuttle
An artifact from near Toprakkale, Turkey near Syria has been a favorite among ancient astronaut theorists for years. Some claim it to be over 2000 years old; others believe its a complete hoax....
View ArticleTHE VANISHING OF GERRY IRWIN
On February 28, 1959, US Army Private Gerry Irwin, a Nike missile technician, had been driving back to El Paso's Ft. Bliss from leave in Nampa, Idaho when he spotted a bright object streak across the...
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The Specters of the Shanley
The historic, and reputedly haunted, Shanley Inn 2.5 hours north of New York City has wealth of paranormal happenings. The 35 room Inn, which has been featured on episodes of Ghost lab and Ghost...
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Paranormal on the Potomoc: Ghosts of Washington DC
Officially established in July 1790, Washington D.C. (The District of Columbia) has served as the heart of the United States of America, home to the nation's movers and shakers. However, the city isn't...
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Glasgow's Vampire Hunting Kids
One dismal night in 1954, hundreds of Scottish school children--armed with wooden stakes and other weapons--swarmed Glasgow's Southern Necropolis cemetery to slay a vampire. The creature dubbed the...
View ArticleArizona's Haunted Brunckow Cabin
Southwest of Tombstone, AZ lies the blood soaked ruins of the Brunckow Cabin. At least 21 people were killed here by various persons between 1860 and 1890. Many of these were buried on the property....
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The Mysterious Power of Maria de Agreda
According to legend, in the 1620s, a Spanish nun by the name of Maria de Agreda claimed she would enter a trance while praying and bilocate (a psychic or metaphysical state where a person or object...
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Happy Face Haunting
On the Happy Face podcast, Melissa Moore, daughter of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, recounts a sleepless night in the room of their home where her father killed a woman, although she didn't...
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Blue Man of the Ozarks
From the dark forests and hills of the Ozarks comes an old legend of a hirsute figure that stands in testament to the longevity of Bigfoot sightings in the region. In contrast to the assertion that...
View ArticlePHONE CALLS FROM THE DEAD
On 9/20/1988 bestselling writer Dean Koontz received a strange call at his unlisted number. The woman's voice sounded distant and it faded further each time she repeated her urent message: "Please, be...
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Strange Travels: Jamaica. The Roehampton Poltergeist.
While visiting the Island of Jamaica this week, I decided to dig into its dark past to bring you tales that might provide a bit of a chill on these hot Summer days. Enjoy!The Caribbean island of...
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La Malacosa -- A Texas Legend of High Strangeness
The journey of Cabeza de VacaTexas weirdness stretches from the latest UFO sighting to the most ancient of enigmas. One obscure account in particular, from nearly five centuries ago, still causes heads...
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WEIRD BLOBS AND SKY FOAM
One night in September 1950, two Philadelphia police officers spotted a glittering disc as it descended from the sky. The pair assumed it was an errant parachute. However, when it landed the officers...
View ArticleJOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE OZARKS: THE CARTHAGE UNDERGROUND
The Carthage Underground, near Carthage, MO, is a vast, chilly expanse of marble quarries mostly owned by Americold and used for food production and storage. More than 43 million square feet of...
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