2022 – Paranormal Study

Gloomy Sunday: Song With A Body Count

November 25, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The song “The End of the World” by Rezso Seress was written during the Great Depression and may be have at least twenty suicides attached to it. […]

Wolf werewolf at the old cemetery in the Night Time

The Beast of Bray Road

November 25, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Then Beast of Bray road is an American Werewolf of Wisconsin. Rick Hale explores the mystery of this compelling case in this article. […]

American Leprechaun and Other Little People

November 25, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Author Rick Hale retells a story past down from his grandfather about an encounter with a Leprechaun, and then explores other legends of little people. […]

Landscape view of Lincoln Park Zoo showing black-eyed Susan flowers and tall grasses next to pretty pond, bridge, trees and Chicago skyline in back and reflecting in water.

Haunts at the Lincoln Park Zoo

October 20, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the United States is a treasured animal sanctuary, and not only animals and staff walk its grounds. […]

America’s New Age Mecca: Sedona, Arizona

September 8, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Sedona is a place filled with beauty and spirituality. Learn about some of the places and what to look for on your next visit to one of nature’s miracles. […]

A dark scary concept. Of a mysterious bigfoot figure, walking through a forest. Silhouetted against trees in a forest. With a grunge, textured edit.

The Monster of Salt Creek

June 21, 2022 Rick Hale 0

In 1970, the people of Farmer City witnessed a large bipedal hairy beast that has become known as the Monster of Salt Creek. […]

The Taking Of Betty: An Alien Abduction Case

May 13, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Abduction lore is pretty rote and predictable. But not in the case of Betty Andreasson-Luca because she met a divine being during an abduction. […]

The teeth of the black dog baring its fangs.

Hell Hounds On The Prowl: Black Dogs in England

May 4, 2022 Rick Hale 0

The lore of giant black dogs have been a part of England for centuries, but did you know that there is physical evidence of their encounters? […]

Windy City Spooks: The Neighborhood of Terror

April 28, 2022 Rick Hale 0

Dunning, on Chicago’s NW side, has been the sight of a poor house, a mental asylum, a mass unmarked grave and many ghosts. […]

Windy City Spooks: Steak and Spirits

April 25, 2022 Rick Hale 0

That Steak Joint, formerly located at 1610 N Wells St, was a place where spirits were behind the bar in more ways than one […]

Windy City Spooks: James M. Nederlander Theater

March 18, 2022 0

The Iroquois Theater (now the James M. Nederlander Theater) had a horrific fire that killed hundreds of theater attendees…and their ghosts remain. […]
Windy City Spooks: The Curse, and Ghosts, of Wrigley Field

March 22, 2022 0

Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is a ballpark that carried a curse resulting from a goat, but is also haunted by three well-known phantoms […]
Not All Ghosts Are Made The Same

September 26, 2020 0

Since the very beginning of organized psychical research, the one question that has dominated the field is “What is a ghost?” Are they really human consciousness that survived the death of the body? Or, are [...]
Haunted Chicago Bar Crawl

September 17, 2020 0

In my 20s, I would often make the trip to Chicago and hangout in the various bars and clubs that populate my beloved Windy City. A particular favorite of mine was Exit on North Avenue. [...]
Hauntings at the Galleries Of Justice

November 28, 2020 0

For well over six centuries, Nottingham, England’s the Galleries of Justice, was used to judge and jail criminals of every sort. First, used by the Normans in 1375 CE as a headquarters for the Sheriff [...]