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On Wings of Thunder: Thunderbirds In Illinois

January 13, 2023 Rick Hale 0

Learn about modern sightings of Thunderbirds in the American Midwest in this new article about a very old cryptid. […]

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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. […]

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. […]

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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. […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

Annie Palmer: The White Witch Of Rose Hall

August 19, 2020 0

There is a place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, that is feared by both locals and visitors alike. Those who work at the house and neighboring resort will flee as soon the sun dips below the [...]
Restless Graves Part II: Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut

October 15, 2020 0

If a cemetery should gain a reputation for being haunted, the people who operate it do everything they can to keep the stories at a minimum. Sadly, those stories do get out into the world [...]
The Return of Blood Sucking Fiends Part IV: Vampires Of The Islamic and Jewish World

October 26, 2021 0

Did you know that in Judaism, Lilith was a vampire? Or that the Ottoman Empire had a Grand Mufti that issued a centuries-long fatwa against vampires? There is a lot to explore in this article [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]