2005 Feature Articles...
12/19/05 -
Encounters with Angels
Do angels exist? Are there supernatural spirit beings that watch over us? Many
believe that angels are not only around us at all times, but that in certain
instances they can even intervene in our lives. Here are some amazing true stories.
12/12/05
- Christmas Phantoms
The festive, cheerful Christmas season, so infused with goodwill, is not immune
to the paranormal and ghosts. Just ask Ebenezer Scrooge. Weird, unexplained,
and downright eerie events take place just as often this time of year.
12/5/05
- Top 10 Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Paranormal
Looking for Christmas gifts with a decidedly paranormal twist? Here are some
suggestions for friends and family – or perhaps a treat for yourself,
including books, videos, games, equipment and more.
11/28/05
- Your Predictions for 2006
Do you have a sixth sense? Prophetic dreams? Psychic visions of the future?
Or are you just really good at guessing what’s going to happen in the
near future? Here's your chance to prove it.
11/21/05
- The Djinn of Fire
A college student encounters a mysterious stranger with a dark, dangerous power:
the ability to conjure the spirit of Islamic folklore – the djinn.
11/14/05
- Video: Experimenting with ITC
How to use your video camera and TV to experiment with instrumental transcommunication
(ITC) for the purposes of recording spirit or transdimensional images.
11/07/05
- Dowsing: Subconscious and the Paranormal
The mysterious art of dowsing has been a useful tool for finding underground
water as well as divination and fortune telling. But where are these answers
are coming from? Paranormal researcher Dwayne Claud has a theory.
10/31/05
- Scariest Shadow People Encounters
What are they? Dark ghosts? Beings from some other time or dimension? Whatever
they are, they can be terrifying to those who see them, as you’ll read
in these frightening encounters. In all of these cases – including some
in which these shadows have actually been felt – they seem to have intelligence
and may even be following some mysterious purpose.
10/24/05
- Should You Be Afraid of Ghosts?
Alone at night in a haunted house, most people would be terrified at the sight
of an apparition. But why? Have ghosts really earned the reputation of being
harmful to humans?
10/17/05
- Killer Fog
The eerie shroud of water vapor can and does kill. That’s the fog we’re
familiar with. There are also more mysterious forms of fog that materialize
from dimensions unknown.
10/10/05
- The Scariest Games
These are paranormal games that are played in the dark of night, and can have
unexpected, even terrifying results. Try “Light as a Feather, Stiff as
a Board,” the Ouija board, “Bloody Mary” and spoon bending
at your own risk.
10/03/05
- On the Trail of the Werewolf
We are all familiar with the legends and folklore of the werewolf from fiction
books and horror films. But is there any truth to the curse of the werewolf?
09/19/05
- Encounter with “Mothman”
In the mid-1960s, a mysterious creature that became known as Mothman frightened
residents around Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Sightings are claimed to this
very day. In the summer of 2005, Matt and his stepsister encountered something
unknown, and they wonder if it was the Mothman monster. This is Matt’s
story.
09/12/05
- Favorite Paranormal Movies
I’m a huge
fan of the paranormal and of the movies, so when the two combine in a great
way, I’m in heaven. Here are some of my all-time favorite films about
the unexplained.
09/05/05
- The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
The true story of
the case that inspired The Exorcism of Emily Rose. But was she really
possessed?
08/29/05
- Mysterious Tunnels
Expeditions exploring
deep, mysterious tunnels and caves in various parts of the world return with
strange tales of subterranean civilizations, cities and advanced yet ancient
technology.
08/15/05
- "Mr. Ghost"
It began as a series
of harmless if unnerving poltergeist events, then even followed Ranae C. and
her family to a new home. Was the haunting the result of a tragic suicidal death?
Whatever the cause, the frightening antics of “Mr. Ghost” continued
to plague the family, culminating in a terrifying nighttime attack. But then
something unexpected happened. This is Ranae’s true story....
08/08/05
- What Makes A Great Ghost Photo?
Really good ghost
photographs are hard to come by, simply because spirits don’t pose on
demand. Here are the elements of convincing pictures.
08/01/05
- Paranormal TV Season for 2005-06
The growing interest
in the paranormal is reflected in the 2005-2006 TV season, which offers a bumper
crop of shows, many of them new, with a paranormal or supernatural theme. Here
is a day-by-day listing of the shows as they have been announced by the various
broadcast and cable networks.
07/25/05
- The Consciousness of the World
Science is finally
catching up to the reality that the consciousness of all living things is connected,
and now you can even keep an eye on what the world is "feeling" online.
07/11/05
- Blue Beings from the Inner Earth
Cultures around the
world tell of beings that live inside the earth. Are they real or the stuff
of folklore? Zephanaiah believes he actually encountered these beings on the
island of Samoa, where he lives. This is Zephanaiah’s story.
06/27/05
- Of Ghosts, Demons and UFOs
It was the biggest
year so far for ParaCon, the annual paranormal conference sponsored by The Smoking
Gun Research Agency (SGRA), an organization dedicated to investigating ghosts,
UFOs, cryptids, government conspiracies and other “fringe” topics.
06/20/05
- The Poltergeist Levitation
Poltergeist phenomena
seem to strike families with pre-teen children. This may be the case for Kristi
and her family, who a few years ago experienced phenomena that would strike
fear in any sane person. Even moving far away did not stop the terrifying incidents.
This is Kristi's story.
06/13/05
- Strange Tales 9: Which Story Is False?
Here's the ninth
in our series of paranormal puzzlers in which you have to guess which of the
four stories presented is completely made up by your About Guide. All of the
stories are incredible, but only three of them are true. Which is the fictitious
story?
06/06/05
- Weird
Skeletons in Mankind's Closet
Giant
9-ft. skeletons... skulls with horns, way too many teeth and pointy heads...
What are we to make of these amazingly unusual specimens?
05/30/05
- Hunting
the Mongolian Death Worm
A British expedition searches for the
legendary creature that is said to spit acidic saliva and kill with jolts of
electricity.
05/16/05
- Exorcism
in Russia - Pt. 2 - The Video!
U.S. Exclusive! Video from Russian television
reporting on exorcisms in that country, including footage of actual exorcisms.
05/2/05
- 2005
Paranormal Photo Hoax Contest
WINNER!
Winner and slide show of all the entries in our second
annual Photo Hoax Contest.
04/25/05
- Walpurgis
Night - The Other Halloween
The night of April 30 is the year’s other night
of witches, spells and magic.
04/11/05
- The
Chupacabra's Laugh
Reports of a small, sharp-fanged creature have been reported
since the 1970s, and sightings intensified in the mid-'90s. Millie G. may have
had an even earlier encounter with this frightening creature – a terrifying
experience that has been burned into her memory. This is Millie's story.
04/04/05
- Ghost
Writers
Critically acclaimed books, novels and compositions of
classical music... said to be written by ghosts and other spirits. Or are they
just strangely gifted people?
03/28/05
- 2005
Paranormal Photo Hoax Contest
Put
your photo manipulation skills to the test! Here's
your chance to create a phony paranormal photo - and win a prize.
03/14/05
- Exorcism
in Russia
Listen to an extraordinary recording
of an actual exorcism involving a 16-year-old girl in a Russian Orthodox Church
and read about the eyewitness account.
03/07/05
- The
Miracle of David
The relationship between Nancy C. and
her son, David was marked by a remarkable psychic connection that bound them
throughout the tragic challenges of David's young life... and beyond. This is
their true story.
02/28/05
- Popes
and Prophecy
Being the earthly head of one of the
world’s largest religions, it’s not surprising that the Pope, and
previous Popes, have been the subjects of prophecy and even the authors of prophecies.
02/21/05
- Amazing
Messages from Beyond
Some of the most compelling anecdotal
evidence for life after death comes in the form of messages from deceased loved
ones. In the most interesting cases, those who have passed on communicate messages
that are not only highly personal, but are of particular significance, important
– even life saving. Here are some of those stories.
02/7/05
- Michael
Jackson and the Paranormal
As if he weren't weird enough, the "King
of Pop" has connections to psychic experiences and ghosts.
01/31/05
- Search
for the Lost Ark
For 800 years, the Ark of the Covenant
– the holy vessel containing the shattered remains of the original Ten
Commandments – was protected as the most sacred object in the East. Suddenly,
in 586 BC... it disappeared. Was it recently found?
01/24/05
- Superman's
Ghost and the Comic
Jeff DeHart is a comedian who has had
a life-long passion for The Adventures of Superman TV show and its star
George Reeves. Little did he know that it would lead to a series of remarkable
coincidences and supernatural events connected to Reeves – including contact
with the ghost of the Superman star himself. This is Jeff's story.
01/17/05
- Animals
Sealed in Stone
Amazing, true cases of living frogs,
toads, lizards and turtles found encased within solid rock, wood and concrete.
01/10/05
- Predictions
for 2005
Every year, we ask participants in our
Paranormal Forum to post their predictions for the coming year. Some are dire,
many are hopeful and others are just silly. Here are their predictions in several
categories.
01/03/05
- EVP:
Beyond White Noise
If electronic voice phenomena are the
voices of dead people, what are the implications of the things they are saying
– and the possible fate of some of us?
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