Strange Encounters With the Boogeyman

Brent Swancer shares some strange encounters with the boogeyman.

There is a curious and pervasive phenomenon can be seen across a wide range of cultures worldwide. From one corner of the earth to the other, there seems to have always been a mother telling her child to watch out for what lurks in the night, waiting to prey on those who have been bad or misbehaved. Such tales know no cultural boundaries, taking on myriad forms but always coming down to one basic concept- that of the foul monster in the shadows waiting to strike out at wicked children from the dimness. There is not always any consistent form that these monsters might take, but they are often called collectively the “Boogeyman,” which is derived from the word bogge, meaning “something scary” or “hobgoblin” in Middle English. Other than that, it might be the thing in your closet, hiding in the basement, or tucked away under your bed. It is a formless avatar of terror for children far and wide, depending on the culture merely scaring kids or taking them away to devour, and it can take countless physical forms, but it is always completely terrifying. Read more

The Nevada Triangle Mystery

You have probably heard of the Bermuda Triangle, but what about the equally mysterious Nevada Triangle?

MYSTERY has swirled around a vast area of the western United States that has seen thousands planes vanish for years.

The Nevada Triangle has become an aircraft graveyard in the last 60 years as hundreds of pilots who venture in never return.

A 2010 Channel 4 documentary revealed the astonishing number of crashes as up to 2,000 with many other sites backing up the claim. Read more

10 People Who Claimed to Visit Other Planets

Humans have already visited other planets - at least according to these ten people.

Over the last couple of centuries, many individuals have claimed to visit other planets through astral projection or through secret, possibly alien, technology. Since the 1970s, most alien stories have been about small gray men abducting humans but usually staying on Earth, which seems a pity. Here are 10 examples of people who claimed to explore other world  Read more

Famous Actors, Musicians, and Writers Who Strangely Vanished Without a Trace

 Brent Swancer shares several accounts of famous actors, musicians, and writers who strangely vanished without a trace.

A frighteningly common phenomenon is that of people who, for whatever reasons, have suddenly and without explanation simply vanished without a trace, never to be seen again. There are countless cases of this throughout history, and such accounts never fail to incite curiosity, speculation, and wonder. We are somewhat macabrely drawn to the idea that someone could just seemingly cease to exist, and the desire to have some closure and explanation can be alluring to the point of obsession, a gnawing need for answers that may never come. While many of these vanished people have become famous simply because they have disappeared so inexplicably, there are others that were well-known even before these incidents. Here we will look at famous actors, musicians, and writers who had promising futures, but who have mysteriously disappeared and left a legacy of both artistic endeavors and strange mysteries. Read more

The Dark Side of the Paranormal

The paranormal may seem fun and exciting at times, but it also has its dark side, as Michael Prescott reveals.

Years ago, on a whim, a friend led me into a New Age bookstore in Los Angeles. At the time I was a committed rationalist and knew nothing about paranormal phenomena except what I’d read in skeptical, debunking books. Unlike my friend, who found the bookstore’s atmosphere amusing, and who enjoyed pointing out the bizarre titles and covers, I felt distinctly ill at ease. There was something disturbing about being immersed in all that occult literature. I felt as if I’d ventured into unknown territory – dangerous territory. And I was glad to leave.

Later, as I became interested in the paranormal and began to grasp the extent of the evidence for such phenomena, I chalked up my earlier reaction to a form of culture shock. There I was, a rather repressed rationalist, coming into close contact with ideas I found threatening to my worldview. After all, there was nothing actually dangerous about that little bookstore – was there? Read more

10 Truly Creepy Demonic Hauntings

 Benjamin Welton shares ten accounts of truly creepy demonic hauntings.

Most paranormal investigators will tell you that there are several different types of hauntings. Residual hauntings tend to be benign because the ghosts in question reenact their memories from life without interacting with the world around them. Intelligent hauntings and poltergeist activity are scarier because the entities recognize and interact with the humans around them. Few of these interactions are positive.

But when it comes to hauntings, the most threatening and negative are demonic hauntings. In these cases, houses and people are tormented by nonhuman entities that seek to possess the living. Demonic hauntings tend to be mentally and spiritually draining. They also tend to last a long time because demons, which were never humans, can only be expelled through certain religious rituals. Read more

Are Ghosts Real? What Are Soundwaves?

Rae Lipscomb examines a possible explanation for ghostly phenomena.

Are ghosts real? The answer to that all comes down to the individual opinion. Some believe they are and some spend countless nights calling out to the dead into empty, dark rooms of dilapidated hospitals, abandoned jails and houses that hold horrible pasts filled with pain, grief and anger, hoping for an answer from someone in the world beyond. The fear, dread, sadness and anger that is felt as they move throughout these buildings, hoping for a glimpse of something not belonging to this world, is caused by the negative energies that ghosts put out. Other thinks it’s a bunch of hogwash and all supernatural phenomenon can be tied to real world events. These are the type of people to ensure their fellows that the creaking is just the house settling, that that bang could have been anything, from the pipes to some random outside and that if you go into a dark space, expecting to hear voices then you are going to hear voices. Read more

California Teen Has Six Doppelgängers

A California teen has discovered that she has six doppelgängers.

Throughout history, many cultures have developed folklore related to the concept of the doppelgänger – an exact lookalike of an individual. Sometimes doppelgängers take the form of a complete stranger who looks uncannily like another individual, or they can be a shadowy, ghost-like presence stalking people until they go mad. In some cultures, meeting one’s doppelgänger is a sign of impending doom, while in others the doppelgänger is a type of shadow self, following individuals everywhere they go but remaining at the edges of their own reality. Many famous figures have encountered their doppelgänger shortly before meeting some form of violent end or suffering, including Abraham Lincoln and French author Guy de Maupassant. Read more

10 Paranormal Events Witnessed by Police

Since police officers are trained to be expert witnesses, their testimony carried more weight than that of civilians. These ten paranormal events were witnessed by police, so they should be taken seriously.

Police officers mostly have a tough time of things. They witness gruesome crime scenes, have to deal with delivering bad news, and often don’t get the credit or thanks they may deserve after working long, tiring hours to solve cases. However, in some instances, police officers responding to an emergency call come across something totally different from what they usually do. Sometimes they don’t even have to leave the station to experience strange things. Read more

Is Ball Lightning a Portal to Another Universe?

Greg Taylor explores the phenomenon of ball lightning: Is it a portal to another universe?

Ball lightning is weird. Not just in the capricious way it appears unexpectedly, and thus largely remains a mysterious phenomenon, but also in other strange aspects of its behaviour. For example: Read more

Can You Talk to the Dead With a Table

Best-selling paranormal author Joni Mayhan examines the practice of table tipping to contact the dead.

When Medium Kelly Dawn Purington offered to demonstrate table tipping for me, I’ll admit, I was skeptical. How can you communicate with the dead with a table? It seemed far-fetched and outlandish…until I witnessed it for myself.

Few things in life have intrigued me more than the mystical art of table tipping. Originating during the height of the spiritual revolution in the late 1800’s, mediums have been utilizing this practice for over a century to contact the dead. Read more

The Most Shocking Paranormal Hoaxes in History

Hoaxes are the bane of serious paranormal investigation. Here are five of the most shocking paranormal hoaxes in history.

As far as we know there’re millions of supernatural occurrences out there that we cannot explain for sure (unless you’re a skeptic). Day in and day out we find something new mostly around the web or by someone claiming to have had some sort of experience. Whether it’s big foot making a comeback for the thousand time, maybe it’s aliens or anything remotely ghostly caught on tape, as much as we want to believe we don’t know for sure if it’s the real deal or someone hoaxing it in order to get their 15 minutes of fame. Some of the cases down below are notably known for fooling a lot of people, while some believers still claim that they are nothing but true. Read more

10 Placces Around the World That Are Known as the Gates of Hell

Do you live near one of these ten places around the world that are known as the Gates of Hell?

We live in a world surrounded by mystery and unexplained things the deeper we look into a certain subject the deeper we dig because we find it difficult to stop, especially when we stumble upon something enigmatic and captivating. We can all agree when I say that they’re millions of haunted places around the world ranging from haunted houses to hospitals, highways, cemeteries and the list goes on and on But did you know that among all those places they’re several particular ones around the world known as the gates of hell? Devilish places that are known to be some sort of gateway directly to hell. Let me introduce you to some of these abhorrent locations. Read more

10 Modern-Day Accounts of Animal Mutilations

These ten modern-day accounts of animal mutilations show the perplexing nature of this phenomenon.

In the 1970s, the phenomenon of cattle and animal mutilation seemed to sweep much of the United States as well as other parts of the Americas and much of Europe. Although the mutilations have never actually stopped, there appears to have been an increase in such incidents since the late 1990s and into the 2000s.

Despite numerous investigations into the phenomena, it still isn’t known who or what is responsible for these seemingly precise “medical” mutilations or why they are happening. Theories range from UFO and alien involvement to satanic cults and rituals to the acts simply being the work of sick individuals who want to inflict pain on animals. The cases are as interesting as they are perplexing. Here are ten modern incidents from around the world. Read more

10 Eerie Paranormal Stories from Ireland

Ireland is well-known for strange creatures and stranger events. Here are ten eerie paranormal stories from the Emerald Isle.

Ireland is famous for its vast mythology. From leprechauns and fairies to banshees and kelpies, the Emerald Isle has at least as many legends as it has real, recorded history. But not every Irish legend is fairy tale material. The country has plenty of paranormal myths and ghost stories that are as creepy as they are mysterious. Here are some of the strangest ones. Read more

Ghost City Spotted in Clouds

Thousands of people were left stunned after a massive ghost city appeared to form in the clouds above them.

Gawping crowds caught the bizarre natural phenomenon on camera, and watched in awe as towering skyscrapers seemed to appear in the clouds. Read more

The Top 10 Paranormal News Stories of 2015

Dr. Brian D. Parsons reveals his list of the top ten paranormal news stories of 2015.

I bring you my annual list of the top stories of the paranormal world. There is no way for me to say this is the definitive way these stories should be listed and arguments for the arrangement could be made to put any one of the top ten at number 1, but this list is essentially my opinion on the matter based on a year with few groundbreaking or long lasting viral stories. I have been doing this list since the end of the 2009 season of the Paranormal News Insider.

How is this list assembled? Read more

Mysterious Orb Spotted at Florida Space Walk of Fame

A ghost, UFO, or dust? A mysterious orb was spotted on surveillance cameras at Florida's Space Walk of Fame Museum.

Surveillance cameras at Florida's Space Walk of Fame Museum turned up something that's causing a bit of a stir -- an unidentified flying "orb."

The object in the picture above resembles a typical circular unidentified flying object as reported by so many people around the world. But don't let your eyes fool you. Read more

10 Signs That a Deceased Loved One Is Nearby

Paranormal author John Mayhan says any of these ten signs may indicate that a deceased loved one is nearby.

Several days after my grandmother passed away suddenly in her sleep, I had a dream about her. In my dream, my mother and I went to my grandmother’s house to clean out her closet so my grandfather wouldn’t have to contend with it. As we came into the house, Nanny was sitting on the couch. I was astounded because nobody else could see her. I rushed to where she sat and said, “Nanny! I thought you died.” She wrapped me in her arms and said, “I did die, but I couldn’t leave without saying goodbye to you.” I was only six years old, but the dream is as clear as it was when it happened.

Since that time, I’ve been a student of the paranormal world, learning as much as possible about what happens to us when we die. One thing I’ve discovered is that loved ones often try to contact us after death. Here are some of the ways they might reach out to you. Read more

Ghost Cities Mysteriously Appear Over China

Is there a logical explanation for the ghost cities that have mysteriously appeared over parts of  China?

Imagine looking out a window at dusk on a misty evening and seeing the ghostly skyline of a mysterious city floating in the sky above you. This actually happened in early October when residents of Foshan, China, saw a mysterious ghost city hovering over their own city. It happened again a few days later in Jiangxi. Reports of these sightings recalled a similar ghost city appearing over a river in Huanshan City in 2011. Are these mirages, apparitions of ghost cities, views into another dimension or something else? Read more