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 […]

Chicago’s Cursed Club: The Liar’s Club, 1665 W. Fullerton Ave.

November 27, 2020 0

Taken from my book, Bullets, Booze and Babes: The Haunted History of Chicago and Illinois In order for a curse to work, the intended victim must not only believe in the power of the curse. [...]
5 Haunted National Parks in the United States

August 21, 2021 0

The USA has over 400 National Parks to preserve the country’s natural beauty. In addition to preserved land, something more sinister is preserved: ghosts. […]
Blood Sucking Fiends Part 5: The Second Death of Petre Toma

September 11, 2020 0

Imagine if you can, it is a dark moonless night in the rural countryside of Romania. An angry group of people from a village gather at the gates of a nearby cemetery filled with the [...]
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. [...]
Recent Investigations Into Fraudulent Psychics

February 27, 2019 0

Author’s Note: the term psychic is not interchangeable with medium. Mediumship is the ability for a sitter to become a conduit between the living and the dead via trances, clairvoyance, clairaudience, cartomancy, et cetera. A [...]