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By Stephen Wagner, About.com Guide to Paranormal Phenomena since 1998

October Your True Tales Now Online

Sunday September 30, 2007
The October 2007 edition of Your True Tales is now available for reading. This month you'll find an autumn harvest of 25 chilling true stories from readers reporting their encounters ... Read More

News - Paranormal Challenge, Freak Turtle, Haunted Theater

Sunday September 30, 2007
Top story: "Sensing Murder" responds to $2 million paranormal challenge Plus: • Turtle power boosted by second head • Ghosts photographed in haunted theatre • Actor gets a spooky surprise at galleries • When Ouija ... Read More

The Elusive Little People

Saturday September 29, 2007
Of all paranormal phenomena, the existence of "little people" - whether they be fairies, elves or leprechauns - is among beliefs that receive little serious attention. These myths are ancient ... Read More

American Werewolf, Active Dreaming, Nostradamus Code

Friday September 28, 2007
Some interesting links I've found this week: • The Beast of Bray Road Sightings – Hunting the American Werewolf. Reported here are numerous sightings of a creature that is thought to ... Read More

EVP - Girl's Voice Cries, "Save me"

Thursday September 27, 2007
"This EVP was obtained in the Sun Prairie, Wisconsin cemetery," says Anna Reinhart, who was exploring the graveyard with her team at Anna-nomalies. "Nothing has been done to this EVP. ... Read More

News - Mystery Beasts, Ghost Video, Texas Haunting

Wednesday September 26, 2007
Top story: Mystery "dogman" beast videotaped in Michigan Plus: • Non-terrestrial craft said attacked by Israel air force • Video of ghost allegedly taped in Colombia • The merman in the Caspian Sea • Forgotten ... Read More

The Ghost of Charlie Hartwell

Tuesday September 25, 2007
"I grew up in a haunted house and still live there today in Pepperell Massachsetts," writes Char. "My house was haunted by an old man whose name was Charlie. We ... Read More

The Best Ghost Photos Ever Taken

Sunday September 23, 2007
They say seeing is believing. And while in this day of digital image manipulation that might not be as true as it once was, these photographs are considered by many ... Read More

News - Spirit Invitation, Doyle's Ghosts, Superman Sighting

Sunday September 23, 2007
Top story: Woman "invites" spirits into her St. Louis home Plus: • Spirits used Morse code to talk to Arthur Conan Doyle • Police probe "Superman" sighting in Romania • Legal battle over Dracula ... Read More

Test Your Psychic Ability

Saturday September 22, 2007
Use your powers of ESP to divine the hidden images! 12 images are hidden on these pages. From the choices provided, see if you can "see" what they are before ... Read More

Skinwalkers, Cryptomnesia, Reincarnation

Friday September 21, 2007
Some interesting links I've found this week: • Skinwalkers: What Are They? – In the religion and cultural lore of Southwestern tribes, there are witches known as skinwalkers who can alter ... Read More

Deathbed Visions

Thursday September 20, 2007
Deathbed visions are not just the stuff of stories and movies. They are, in fact, more common than you might think and are surprisingly similar across nationalities, religions and cultures. ... Read More

News - Poltergeist, Sickening Meteor, Lucid Dreams

Wednesday September 19, 2007
Top story: Sobbing child poltergeist forces family to flee home Plus: • Villagers fall ill after fireball hits Peru • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sιance diaries • Living your dreams: lucid dreaming • Ghost hunters ... Read More

Floating Figure

Tuesday September 18, 2007
"I was living in Millersburg, Michigan and was walking home on New Year's Eve at close to 9 p.m. with my cousin," writes Andrew. "After eating dinner at the Millersburg ... Read More

Monsters from the Shadows of Reality - feature article

Sunday September 16, 2007
As any reader of this website knows, people see all kinds of creatures – animal-like beings that don’t fit neatly into scientific or even cryptozoological categories. People will swear to ... Read More

News - Occult Library, Crystal Skulls, Lake Monsters

Sunday September 16, 2007
Top story: Jackie Gleason's occult library on exhibit in Miami Plus: • Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull • Flathead Lake Monster hunters • Reporter films China's own Loch Ness monster • ... Read More

12 Favorite Paranormal Movies

Saturday September 15, 2007
The paranormal is a rich and varied topic for movie scenarios, and Hollywood has delved into it deeply, even from the beginning of the art form. From monsters to UFOs ... Read More

Ghost TV, Past Lives, Peru Mysteries

Friday September 14, 2007
Some interesting links I've found this week: • Ghost Channel.TV – Dedicated to programming combining historical documentary with paranormal reality and adventure. Founded by author Mark Nesbitt and investigative medium Laine ... Read More

Video - Ghost in the Kids' Bedroom

Thursday September 13, 2007
Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video "The kids are sleeping in the bed on the right," says author MaineGhost, "when something flies out from under the covers of the bed ... Read More

News - Nostradamus, Monster Hunt, Paranormal Channel

Wednesday September 12, 2007
Top story: Lost book of Nostradamus prophecies found Plus: • Major new monster-hunting expedition announced • First paranormal channel launches on Internet • The ghost of Dugan Lane • Do you see dead people? Disclose ... Read More

The WTC Tragedy: Was It Prophesied?

Tuesday September 11, 2007
Was the unspeakable horror of September 11 foretold by prophets and psychics? While the best-known names of prophecy seem to have failed, some eerily accurate visions and predictions have come ... Read More

Fisherman's Ghost

Tuesday September 11, 2007
"My family and I moved into an old Victorian style house," Tim writes. "I was about 12 at the time, and will never forget that house. As soon as we ... Read More

How To Explore the Astral Universe - feature article

Sunday September 9, 2007
Can we leave our physical bodies and travel to other worlds, other dimensions? Those who practice astral projection say that it is not only possible, but that it can be ... Read More

News - Ghost in Nightgown, Huge Pyramid, Lake Monsters

Sunday September 9, 2007
Top story: Homeowers haunted by ghost of lady in white Plus: • Germans plan pyramid 10 times larger than Giza! • Hot on the trail of the elusive Bigfoot • Spooks spark a ghost ... Read More

Baseball Ghosts, Telepathy, Little People

Friday September 7, 2007
Some interesting links I've found this week: • Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends, and Eerie Events – Interview with authors Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon about the sport's ghosts: stories from ... Read More

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

Thursday September 6, 2007
It is clear from many fragments of evidence, traditions and lore that we have an incomplete picture of the earliest days of human civilization. It's possible that whole civilizations, some ... Read More

News - Noah's Ark, Supernatural Courses, Stonehenge

Wednesday September 5, 2007
Top story: Noah's Ark anomaly gets a new image Plus: • UFOs really do exist out there • Spirited students given course on supernatural • Secret of space visitors exists in spiritual realm? • Mysterious ... Read More

September Your True Tales Now Online

Monday September 3, 2007
The September 2007 edition of Your True Tales is now available for reading. This month we present 19 fascinating true stories from readers' of the unexplained: ghosts and ghouls, angels ... Read More

News - Imaginary Friends, DNA and Paranormal, 2012

Sunday September 2, 2007
Top story: Could a child's imaginary friend actually be a ghost? Plus: • DNA discoveries linked to paranormal? • Has chupacabras turned up in Texas? • Apollo 11 crew saw UFO • A mystery in ... Read More

Top 10 Scariest Movies

Saturday September 1, 2007
These are the movies that keep us up at night. Their images creep into our subconscious and change the way we feel about the dark corners of our lives. Everyone ... Read More

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