Who doesn’t love a good curse? Let’s explore three more creepy curses you might not have heard of. Pele’s Curse The beautiful Hawaiian Islands and their creation are intrinsically linked to the Goddess Pele, who’s ire is said to directed to anyone who takes any piece of native natural item away from Hawaii. Bad…
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Three More Mysterious Paranormal Photos – Fact or Fake?
The Cooper Family’s Unexpected Guest This image has been floating around the internet for a few years now. It features a pair of boys sitting on the laps of two women, reportedly their respective mothers. Fairly normal so far, but to the left of the image, we see the body of a faceless man, hanging…
“Cropsey” & The Crimes Of Andre Rand
Urban legends are a fascinating cultural phenomenon. They’re the the life blood of sleepovers and playground whispers, and even as we grow up, they keep a tantalising hold over our psyche, coming back to haunt us during nighttime drives or every time the lights flicker. But these are just modern day fairytales, aren’t they? They’re…
3 More Peculiar Premonitions
The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility, by Morgan Robertson Everyone knows the story of the Titanic – the so-called “unsinkable” passenger ship that struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15th April 1912. It’s sad fate has imposed itself upon the modern consciousness and has inspired everything from blockbuster films…
Even More Haunted Artworks
Who loves art? Me! Who loves haunted stuff? Also Me! Let’s explore even more haunted paintings and artwork from around the world. Mi Novia – Juan Luna Translating to “My Girlfriend” and also known as “Portrait of a Lady”, this painting by Filipino painter, Juan Luna. Legend says, this 1890’s portrait features Luna’s wife, Paz…
3 Famous UFO encounters
Are we alone in the universe? Unlikely. It’s a statistical improbability after all, but does that mean our lonely planet has been visited by those from beyond the stars? Well, that seems to depend on how you ask. We’ve yet to explore my archives for all things extraterrestrial, so I thought we should change that…
5 Spooky Superstitions & Their Origins
We’ve all grown up with our own peculiar superstitious beliefs, probably varying depending on our location and cultural background. Of course many will write these things off and “irrational” and “unfounded” and a host of other such synonyms, but how did some of these strange beliefs come to be I the first place? Let’s take…
The “Possession” of Antoine Gay
Although largely outshined by a variety of other so called “possessions”, the case of Antoine Gay is interesting enough to shine a light on. Was this man possessed? People seemed to think so. Monsieur Gay Monsieur Gay (cue juvenile snickering) was by all accounts, a rather ordinary man who was born in Lantenay, France in 1790….
Even More Paranormal Photos – Fact or Fake?
The Phantom Nurse of Waverly Hills Waverly Hills Sanatorium, as we’ve previously discussed, is a now abandoned tuberculosis hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. As is expected for any hospital, the building saw a whole lot of death, so a ghost or two isn’t out of the ordinary, if you believe in that sort of thing….
3 Creepy Premonitions
Is it possible to predict the future? History, is littered with examples of people claiming to foretell disasters – both natural and man made. Often, we only hear of these predictions in the event’s aftermath, by which time, it’s impossible to prove just when they were stated. Still, history gives us a handful of infamous…
The Hawthorn Files 