Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world
PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES:
Mexico admits to second Mayan 2012 end-of-world reference
While downplaying Mayan theories that 2012 will be the end of the world as we know it, Mexico's archeology institute admitted Thursday that it found another reference to the alleged 2012 apocalypse on a carved fragment found at a ruin site in southern Mexico...
GHOSTS, HAUNTED PLACES AND POLTERGEISTS:
Ohio man claims ghostly presence as trial defense
A former Ohio police officer accused of theft denied being aware of stolen property in his basement, saying he avoided the room because he believed it contained a paranormal presence...
Sodomite blames ghosts
A 22-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy sometime between 2008 and July this year stunned the court on Monday when he claimed a ghost forced him to commit the offence...
Hong Kong's hot market in "haunted" houses
For sale: Hong Kong apartment with sweeping sea views and three rooms, all signs of a recent grisly murder in the bathroom eliminated, will take offers between 15-20% below market value. In Hong Kong, where superstitions can make or break a property deal, a real estate advertisement like this is not beyond the realms of the fantastic...
I see ghosts, what do you see?
It's 3 a.m. and your bedroom is silent; slowly you hear a whisper come from the corner, and a second later another from underneath the bed. There are three now and the third is beside you. They aren't friends or family, they're people who've passed on. This may not be your typical night, but it is for Carol-Ann Matthews. On the outside, Matthews seems like a typical housewife and kind-hearted grandmother of two. But what we don't see are the things that she does. Matthews possesses the ability to see the deceased. "I believe that I see them at the age they passed," she says...
(Also read: Why Can't I See Ghosts?)
The Wooragee Ghost, the Crying Girl and the Cooeeing Woman
Have you ever been in the north east and heard the cries of a child you cannot locate or seen an unusual shadow drift in front of you? Could it be the Wooragee Ghost or the Crying Girl? Perhaps these sites and sounds can be accounted for but with the Australian Paranormal Activity Research Team in Beechworth this weekend, we are not letting science or logic get in the way of a good ghost story and 93-year-old Alan French has some tales for you...
(Also read: More Ghost Stories)
Derek Acorah plans another attempt to contact Michael Jackson
SFX interviews the TV medium in our Paranormal special, in which he drops this bombshell...
(Also read: Michael Jackson, Ghosts and the Paranormal)
PSYCHIC PHENOMENA:
Psychic's vision prompts baby Lisa search
Volunteers are organizing a search of the area around Kansas City's old Sam's Town Casino on Saturday in hopes of finding evidence in the Lisa Irwin disappearance. Dallas psychic Stephanie Almaguer said she has had visions that the baby was accidentally killed in her home and the body was dumped near the former casino near Interstate 435 and Missouri Highway 210. The site is just a couple of miles from the Irwin home...
Heather tunes in to after-life
The mere thought of paranormal activity is enough to frighten some. But for Heather Paterson, hearing, seeing and sensing the dead is all part of everyday life. A former registered nurse turned full-time psychic and clairvoyant, Heather said she had been "blessed" with the ability to communicate with the spirit world...
