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The Haunting Of UB65 And Ghostly Goings-On At Sea
Tales of ghosts are scary enough when on land. They are, however, perhaps even more unnerving when they take place on or below the world’s waters. One of the most intriguing of the many accounts on record is that of the apparent haunting of UB65, a German U-boat that saw action at the end of the First World War. Did the Second Officer who was killed during an accident on the submarine during training missions continue to make his presence known until its final journey…?
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Marcus Lowth
- May 23, 2021
- October 3, 2021
- 17 min read
The Best Witnessed Case Of Modern Times: The Bridgeport Poltergeist
The apparent hauntings and poltergeist activity in a small house on Lindley Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, are considered not only one of the most genuine cases of such activity, but likely one of the best-witnessed and documented of all time. The events were spread over several years, with a surge of bizarre and chilling activity occurring at the end of 1974 and into the opening weeks of 1975…
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- April 19, 2021
- October 3, 2021
- 33 min read
Bizarre And Deadly Crimes With Apparent Ghostly Perpetrators
Ghosts appearing to people is one thing. Ghosts that commit crime, even murder, is something else entirely. Although the accounts we will examine here are more complex than “just” a ghost causing death, they are all intriguing in their own unique way. And all remain mostly unsolved….
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- May 22, 2020
- October 3, 2021
- 7 min read
The St. Catharines Poltergeist – Strange Goings-On At 237 Church Street
In the opening weeks of 1970 in St. Catharines in Canada, one of the most intensive, credible, and bet-documented cases of poltergeist activity would unfold in a small family apartment. Several police officers – who were attending a separate incident – would suddenly find themselves in the middle of this bizarre case, a case that remains for the most part, unexplained over half a century later…
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- April 24, 2020
- October 3, 2021
- 7 min read
Controversial, Chilling, And Disturbingly Real – The True-Life Connecticut Haunting
The alleged paranormal activity that took place in Southington, Connecticut throughout much of 1986 remain some of the most intriguing and fascinating on record. They are also remain some of the most controversial, not least due to accusations of using artistic license in the reporting of many of the incidents, claims the witnesses and the investigators both deny…
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- October 21, 2019
- October 3, 2021
- 9 min read
Tales From The Devil’s Backbone Highway
The Lone Star State is home to a plethora of paranormal incidents, strange sightings, and unexplained events. However, a bizarre twenty mile stretch of land – known perhaps ominously as The Devil’s Backbone Highway – is without a doubt, the most haunted terrain in the whole of Texas. Tales of ghostly apparitions, shadow people, and even of being possessed by ancient native spirits, the stories are as unsettling as they are varied. And what’s more, the surge of paranormal activity continues today…
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- February 11, 2019
- October 4, 2021
- 9 min read
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The Ghosts Of Room 18 At The St. James Hotel
The St James Hotel in New Mexico is said by some to be one of the most haunted such establishments of the old Wild West. And it is easy to see why. During the height of its popularity, the hotel was one of the finest in the new lands of opportunity in the west, and as such, attracted many famous names, including Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday. Upon its reopening in the mid-1980s, one particular room was particularly active…
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- January 23, 2019
- October 4, 2021
- 6 min read
Chilling Tales Of Traveling Ghosts And Phantom Vehicles
When we hear about hauntings it is likely that most of us will imagine a creepy haunted house or a strange figure who appears in the same spot on certain nights due to some particularly nasty end there. However, there are also other hauntings that occur in the most bizarre of places and at all times of the day. Furthermore, some of these apparitions are not only of people…
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- December 6, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 9 min read
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Flight 401 And The Ghosts Of Bob Loft And Don Repo
When Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed out of the sky over the Florida Everglades in December 1972 it was without a doubt one of the worst commercial air disasters in American history, with over 100 people losing their lives. However, in the years that followed, two of the pilots on that fatal flight, Bob Loft and Don Repo, would begin appearing on other Eastern Airlines flights. Especially those that had made use of the wreckage for repairs…
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- July 5, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 6 min read
Haunted Roads And Their Paranormal Encounters: Chilling Legends From Around The World
While many hauntings occur at a very specific and isolated location, many of the world’s roads appear to be home to such manifestations of energy that their entire distance appears awash in strange sightings, and in some cases, deadly apparitions. Are these sightings a peek into the past and the many thousands, if not millions, of people who would trodden there before us…?
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- April 13, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 37 min read
The Bizarre Phantom Ghost Planes Of Derbyshire, England
In Derbyshire over the Peak District in the north of England, are regular sightings of strange “ghost planes”. Aircraft from a bygone age who are there one minute, and then gone the next. What’s more, nobody knows where these planes come from or where they go to. When we take into account the area was once a training ground during the Second World War, for exactly the same make of planes that are seen, then we have to wonder if these planes are the left over energy from their activity in the air there almost half a century ago…?
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- April 6, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 6 min read
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UFO and Alien Connections To Dark And Haunting Places
Some of the world’s darkest places, often associated with monsters and frightening activity, are also often awash with UFO sightings and encounters. Might it be that connections between the two are more intertwined than we think? Might many areas of the paranormal, for example, just be other aspects of the UFO phenomena…?
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- March 23, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 6 min read
The Chilling Account Of The Anguished Man
Most of us will be aware of the notion of cursed objects, which bring about bad luck to those who have them in their possession. Perhaps less-known, are objects that are allegedly haunted. One such objects is a bizarre painting, currently sitting in the residence of Sean Robinson, who obtained it from a family member. If the backstory to this mysterious and macabre piece of artwork is true, then the claims of ghostly apparitions and paranormal activity are perhaps understandable…
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- January 29, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 4 min read
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The Pennsylvania Rain Man – Possession By The Devil Himself?
Those who witnessed the strange events surrounding Don Decker – otherwise known as The Pennsylvania Rainman – are in no doubt whatsoever that what they witnessed was at the very least, supernatural. Those who saw the cross burst into flames as well as Decker levitate several feet in the air were convinced it was a case of outright possession, possibly by The Devil himself…
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- January 12, 2018
- October 4, 2021
- 7 min read
Did The Christchurch Earthquake Unleash Demonic Manifestations?
The earthquakes that struck New Zealand within months of each other in September 2010 and then again in February 2011 were deadly for many residents. However, if the reports are to be believed, they also unleashed several dark manifestations that would taunt and, in one case, even attack unsuspecting locals of the area. Was this apparent spike in paranormal activity during the same time as these tragic natural disasters merely coincidence…?
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- July 9, 2017
- October 4, 2021
- 4 min read
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