Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film
There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth , a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie...
1948 “birdmen” cases revisited
You have probably read about the case before. Soon after the sightings and interest in other strange things in the sky, perhaps even thunderbirds and flying men in Washington State, the Zaikowskis were quoted as saying they had seen a “flying humanoid.”..
Orphans: how to talk to the dead
Ghost-hunting groups enjoy popularity
As midnight approached, a grassy field where the old train depot once stood pulsed with activity. Ghost-hunting groups around the country are swelling with members - their popularity fueled by ghost television, use of the Internet to find and form groups, and the increasing availability of high-tech equipment...
Ghostbusters set to hang up ectoplasm
East Anglia may be home to some spine-chilling ghost stories - but for one group of paranormal investigators the county just isn't Most Haunted enough! Suffolk's Ghostbusters ain't afraid of no ghosts - but they've blamed the closure of their enterprise on a lack of interest in the unexplained...
'Ghost' to test Wilder nightclub
There's no wilder tale in Wilder than poltergeists at Bobby Mackey's nightclub. The latest to check it out will be a crew from the Travel Channel's new "Ghost Adventures" series premiering in October. Paranormal investigator Zak Bragans and two videographers with nightvision cameras and digital records will be locked down Friday from dusk till dawn at the honky tonk club, 44 Licking Pike, in Campbell County...
(Also read: "The Ghosts of Bobby Mackey's Nightclub")
How should we interpret spiritual experiences?
Religious practices and religions involving spiritual experiences are growing in popularity around the globe. Academics too are turning their study to the practices of these religions. The interest is in understanding shamanism, trance and spirit possession from different standpoints, including, vitally, from the point of view of those taking part and from different academic disciplines...
Kids, mom lived with 90-year-old's corpse for weeks in Wisconsin
Two children and their mother lived for about two months with the decaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home's only bathroom, on the advice of a religious "superior" who claimed the corpse would come back to life, authorities said Friday...
