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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 […]

Haunted Stays V: Sagamore Hotel in Bolton Landon, New York

January 4, 2021 0

Most paranormal investigators agree locations such as prisons, hospitals and schools are places of high emotion. Due to this, they are more likely to retain some tragic memory that replays as a haunting. There is [...]
The Dark Abbey

September 20, 2020 0

Italy’s Lucedio Abbey, while beautiful to behold, has a twisted history that has haunted the once great home for men of god for eight centuries. In the mid 12th century, Renier, Marquess of Monferatto donated [...]
Tarot Cards and Their Pictorial Interpretations Part II: Art or Esoterica?

September 13, 2021 0

Learn a brief history of when the Tarot deck became recognized, who created it, and its use as an ars memorativa for esoteric teaching. […]
Quantum Physics: The Physics of Dreaming

April 13, 2019 0

This article, edited for brevity, contains key excerpts from a much larger essay penned by Paul Levy. You can find the entire article at his Awaken in the Dream website. These excerpts focus upon quantum [...]
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 […]