Why Can't We Talk About Amanda's Mom ID podcast hero art

If you’re a fan of cold cases with possible serial killer connections, Why Can’t We Talk About Amanda’s Mom? might be for you. ID recently released info about this forthcoming compelling new true crime podcast. The first episode debuts on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, on Apple, Spotify, and wherever elseContinue Reading

Changes coming in 2023 newspaper headline predictions

What do deceased prognosticators like Nostradamus and the mystic Baba Vanga to modern-day soothsayers working at CNN and USA Today see in this year’s future? Let’s check out their predictions for 2023 and see if there’s anything they all agree on. Nostradamus’ Predictions for 2023 In the New York Post,Continue Reading

Trollveggen Norway scenic mountain road

Do you long to travel to Norway? I sure do. For one, because I’d love to see the fjords and mountains. But also because I’m addicted to Nordic noir, a genre of true crime fiction, and I love how the country embraces and incorporates trolls into its culture. Which isContinue Reading

Jennifer Coolidge (Stifler's Mom), American Pie 4 Premiere, Paris, France

I’m going to have to go back and see if “Unpacking the Episode” is among The White Lotus season 1 extras. If it was, I missed it —and missed out on more fun. Season 2 has it, and I’m obsessed. They’re so much fun to watch. That’s where the otherContinue Reading

1974 newspaper clipping about Betz Mystery Sphere from the Miami Herald

What is the Betz Mystery Sphere? Is it alien technology left behind by extraterrestrial visitors? Or is it something manmade, and the real mystery is how it ended up on one Florida family’s property to begin with? No matter what it is, the headline-making and conspiracy theory-generating ball is partContinue Reading

Scary-looking Leopard

Let’s face it. Us humans like to think we’re top of the food chain…until we find ourselves out in the wild and we’re reminded that we’re not. The trailer for Beast starring Idris Elba reminded me of that recently. It also made me think of a couple of posts I’veContinue Reading

Ghost-like footprints in the sand

There I was, scrolling through the news on my iPhone, when a story from Smithsonian Magazine about 12,000-year-old human footprints found in Utah caught my eye. But not just any kind of ancient tracks. Ghost footprints. Say what? How had I never heard of such a thing before? Maybe ifContinue Reading

Test your psychic ability third eye

Do you ever suspect that you may be psychic? Have you ever wondered if there’s a way to test your psychic ability? The beginning of August is a great time to find out. Not because the Universe’s energy is more supercharged or anything like that. Rather, it has to doContinue Reading

Man-eater of Mfuwe

It was impossible not to think of “The Ghost” and “The Darkness,” the man-eating lions that inspired the movie of the same name, when I spotted “The Man-Eater of Mfuwe” on display in Chicago’s Field Museum. I’d never heard of the beast before then. Nor did I realize at theContinue Reading

Georgia guidestones

Did you have any idea that the Georgia Guidestones in Elberton, Georgia, was such a controversial landmark? I didn’t. Really all I knew about them was thanks to a guest post from Lewis Powell IV. Here’s what he wrote about them in part 3 of his “Haunted Georgia: A PrimerContinue Reading

Man holding dowsing rods in forest

“Water witches” have traditionally used dowsing rods to find water. The practice goes by many names, including simply “dowsing” or by more colorful monikers like “doodlebugging” or “water witching.” But water isn’t the only thing some say dowsing rods can locate. As the Farmers’ Almanac put it, “some practitioners useContinue Reading

Interpretation of Amityville and Bell Witch renderings with demonic images

Amityville. The Bell Witch. Is there anything demonic happening in either case? Or maybe both? That’s what supernatural folklorist Victoria Jaye examines in this exceptional guest post. Enjoy! Reevaluating Amityville & The Bell Witch: Demonic or Not? By Victoria Jaye I decided to examine The Bell Witch legend and TheContinue Reading