It was about 20 years ago that I was formally introduced to or indoctrinated into what you might today call the ‘Helltown Experience’. One cool,...
In a recent lecture at Cheltenham Science Festival, the cantankerous curmudgeon Richard Dawkins pushed past his usual one-man crusade against all religion and voiced his...
What began as a story of an adolescent found stabbed and her two friends gone missing quickly turned into one of the most bizarre attempted...
You might say that the Devil himself is changing his opinion of gay marriage. Or at least that might be how some people interpret today’s...
Earlier this month, what has been called the worst flooding in more than a century struck parts of Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia. More than 150,000...
Like a good spooky strange story? If you’re in Toronto this weekend, you have the perfect opportunity to check out any one of the 155...
Have you ever encountered a large owl? No, I’m not talking about the kind that Walt Disney beat to death with a stick.* I’m...
One of the most perplexing events of the 20th Century did not involve flying saucers, conspiracy theories, a criminal act, or even strange creature sightings....
Forget that annoying monotonous Flappy Bird or the pointlessly addictive Candy Crush Saga. If you want some spooky fun for your phone or iPad, Atari...
Are alien encounters real? What’s really happening at Area 51? Do such things as ghosts, faeries, and Orgone exist? Are powerful people trying to poison...
On March 10, 1970, the impossible happened. Tucked away in a lab in Leningrad, a frog’s heart floated in a solution beating quite normally. The...
It seems as if werewolves were an epidemic in Europe during the Middle Ages. So may horrible murders were committed by people accused of shapeshifting...
If you’re a fan of The X Files, you’ve seen Grouse Mountain–possibly without knowing it. In ‘Ascension’ (Season 2 Episode 6), Dana Scully is kidnapped...
For people who love the unexplained, The X Files was—and is—a memorable sci-fi television series full of monsters, aliens, conspiracies, and dark humor. From 1993...
Cleveland is known for some pretty weird things. The city is the home of the Torso Murders, investigated by Elliot Ness himself, and just north...
Have you ever heard of the Welles House in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania? Neither have I. And judging by its ghetto-esque, sad-looking exterior, you wouldn’t jump to...
Being openly gay in certain parts of the United States has always been dangerous. And for two men living in rural Georgia, this was proven...
Overshadowed and forgotten by the more disastrous Johnstown Flood of 1889, the Austin Dam Flood—dubbed the “Austin Horror” in newspapers—was a great tragedy which cost...
Whether you’re a passionate admirer of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or a fan of BBC’s hit series Sherlock, it’s difficult not to let your mind...
In 1883, future president Theodore Roosevelt went on a buffalo hunting expedition to the Badlands of Montana. After his wife Alice passed away, he returned...
It’s been nearly five years now since I wrote my last book, Queer Hauntings: True Tales of Gay and Lesbian Ghosts. And to be honest,...
If you ever find yourself in Seattle, leave your umbrella at the hotel. Only tourists think they need an umbrella to withstand a little drizzle...
The world wide web has been abuzz lately with discussion of the million-dollar reward offered by Olympia Beer for the safe capture of a Bigfoot....
Back in 1877, a publication known as the Religio-Philosophical Journal kept an eye on all things Spiritualism. With around 10,000 subscribers, the weekly periodical was...
Northeast Ohio is rife with urban legends and spooky stories. I already touched briefly on the “CryBaby Bridges” in an article here quite some time...
By now, it’s a well-accepted fact that the Vikings beat Columbus to the New World (i.e. North America) by a couple hundred years. Settlements have...
In 1860, a Scottish apocalyptic prophet by the name of Reverend John Cumming declared, “The forthcoming end of the world will be hastened by the...