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The "Old Hag" Syndrome
You wake up unable to move, barely able to breathe... you feel an oppressive weight on your chest... and you sense some evil presence in the room... The old hag strikes!

Phantom Hitchhikers
Some of the most enduring - and unnerving - ghost stories are of hitchhikers who vanish into thin air.

Phantom Phone Calls 3
Can the dead manipulate our telephones? These stories suggest that the dead can reach back through the fabric of time and space, from wherever they are, to leave one last message... to say one last goodbye.

Presidents and the Paranormal
The paranormal has even surrounded the highest office in the U.S. - the presidency. From Washington to Lincoln to Kennedy, Reagan and Clinton, the unexplained has taken its place in the lives and fates of these powerful men.

Ramic - The Horned Entity
For this normal family, the sightings of a strange creature began as mere shadows, then became a threatening playmate for their children - culminating in a bizarre confrontation with a thing not of this world.

Real House of Horrors
Knock on the door of this haunted house to find out about some truly scary places and events.

Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
If a person can say he or she does not believe in ghosts after reading Brad Steiger's Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, he or she is in serious denial. It is the best, most complete collection of believable evidence for the reality of these phenomena.

The REAL Monsters of Halloween
Few really believe in vampires, monsters and witches, but these enduring characters of Halloween and the movies have a basis in real life that is often more interesting than the fantasy.

The Scariest Hauntings of All Time
Halloween can be a time of fun frights... but those ghost costumes are a feeble mockery of the real thing. Here are some true and terrifying ghost stories that will leave you shaking in your bed sheet.

Shadow People
Did you see that dark, fleeting shape out of the corner of your eye? Perhaps you caught a glimpse of a strange entity that is being seen with greater regularity around the world.

Strange Tales 1: Which One is False?
Four stories of the unexplained... but only three of them are true. See if you can figure out which one of the four is complete fiction.

Strange Tales 2: Which Story is False?
Is truth stranger than fiction? Read these four accounts of the unexplained, then see if you can guess which one is completely made up.

Strange Tales 3: Which Story is False?
How good are you at knowing when someone is telling you a tall tale? When it comes to the paranormal, it's not always easy. Here's another in our series of "spot the false story" games!

Strange Tales 4: Which Story is False?
Here's the fourth in our series of paranormal puzzlers in which you have to guess which of the four stories presented is completely made up by your About Guide. All of the stories are incredible, but only three of them are true. Which is the fictitious story?

Strange Tales 5: Which Story is False?
Here is installment 5 in our popular series of paranormal games. Guess which of the 4 stories presented is false. All of the tales are amazing, but only three of them are true. Which is the fictitious story? Read them all, then cast your vote for the phony story. See if you can spot a tall tale when you see it.

Strange Tales 6: Which Story is False?
Presented here and on following pages are four stories of the unexplained. But only three of them are true; one was invented by your About.com Guide. Your job is to read all four of the stories and then vote for the one you think is false.

The Terrifying Amherst Poltergeist
For months it tormented a 19-year-old girl and her family with deafening noises, horrifying threats and unspeakable violence in one of the most famous poltergeist cases in Canadian history.

19th Century Foundations of American Spiritualism
In the 1840s, talking to ghosts first became a huge phenomenon with the rappings heard by the Fox sisters and attributed to spirits.

Animal Ghosts
Do animals survive death as well? Here you'll find a few interesting anecdotes about encounters with ghosts of pets and other animals.

Amityville: The Horror of It All
Joe Nickel of the Skeptical Inquirer remains unconvinced about the "Amityville Horror" and explains why.

Archive X Ghost Stories
A long, long list of true ghost stories as told by the people who experienced them.

The Bell Witch
This sinister case involved spectral creatures, disembodied voices, poltergeist activity and even resulted in the death of John Bell... all at the hands of the infamous Bell Witch.

The Bell Witch
One of the most famous true American ghost stories of all time. Here's the story behind the legend.

BSPR Stories
The Bermuda Society for Paranormal Research presents a selection of true ghost stories from contributors from around the world.

The Canvas Children
A strange painting found abandoned in a warehouse unnerves a young couple, whose young daughter begins to complain about the "noisy, fighting children" on its canvas. Is it really haunted?

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