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An Encounter with the Hat Man

Rebecca was six years old in 1978 when something terrifying walked into her life. “When I was a child I saw what I now know is called the Hat Man,” Rebecca said. “The Hat Man I saw spoke to me.” Although she now lives in Florida, Rebecca…
From Man To Animal

As readers of Mysterious Universe will know, I have a particular fascination with the legendary tales of blazing-eyed, supernatural black hounds roaming the British countryside in times both past and present. And, as I have noted, some of the reports suggest the beasts are kind of like…
Figures in Black: Heavy Metal and the Haunted Sabbath

Doom, gloom, and masterfully monstrous guitar riffs are among the hallmarks that heralded the coming of the Sabbath in Birmingham, England in 1969. The bleak, industrial grounds of the English town had proven fertile soil for the formation of a musical genre that would later become known…
An Ode to Terror: The Steiger Effect

It always happens around this time each year: I’ll receive an email in my inbox that features either a story or article that just gives me the creeps , or maybe a clever video with a goblin that jumps out toward the end and reminds me of…
Grasping the Paranormal… Is it a Matter of Time?

Could seemingly disparate paranormal phenomena from UFOs to ghosts, psychic intuition, prophecies and visions to reincarnation, life after death, and even episodes of high strangeness, all be explained in common terms with a similar origin? Perhaps the key to unlocking these and many other mysteries is all…
Fade to Brown: The Curious History of a Famous Phantom Photo

Is it possible to see spirits of the deceased? It has long been claimed, after all, that a disembodied spirit–a ghost, in essence–can manifest as an apparition that moves about largely unnoticed, save only for when it becomes visible and frightens any nearby onlookers who happen to…
The World of the Hell-Hound

If you’re into some of the more Fortean aspects of Cryptozoology, you won’t want to miss this! Legendary Ufologist Tim Beckley has just published a new book titled Hounds of the Baskervilles. It’s basically a combination of (A) the original Sherlock Holmes novel, The Hound of the…
Voices From Nowhere: Strange Disembodied Utterances?

“Don’t move.” The sound of the woman’s voice was plain and audible, whispered quietly from directly behind him. Nick had just gotten out of bed, and standing beside the door leading into the hallway, he did the first thing that came to mind: he answered her. “Okay,”…
When the Waters Run Together: Ghost Stories vs Urban Legend

It’s summertime here in the American South, and like many of us, I occasionally have the time to break away from the keyboard that accompanies this one-eyed, retina-burning monster that is my laptop, and head into to the forest. Last night was particularly interesting, as I found…
In Search of Real Wolfmen

If I was to ask you what two words are most relevant to the phenomenon of werewolves and lycanthropes you might well say “Full” and “Moon.” Or, “Silver” and “Bullet.” Well, you’re definitely on the right track, but I say those two words are “Linda” and “Godfrey”!…
The Psi Session: Modern Seance or Psychology of Spirit?

Long before weekend warriors began to hunt lonely graveyards and haunted homes by night, sporting the titles of “ghost hunters” and “paranormal investigators,” and even before there were the parapsychologists of yesteryear hunting ESP and PK in the laboratory, there were the spiritualists. Especially toward the end…
Cryptids or Ghosts?

When, with my teenage years looming, I became seriously fascinated by the subject of cryptozoology—the search for and study of mysterious, undocumented creatures such as Sasquatch, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster—everything for me was very much black-and-white: Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman were giant, as-yet-unclassified…