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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

Jul 3 2009

Devil of a job, getting at the truth
You would have thought that after almost a quarter of a century, a book recounting what is claimed to be one of the most remarkable modern cases of possession would be beyond question. Yet, as we have already reported, two members of the family involved are now claiming to be suing over the account. But the author and surviving investigator stand by their story. So let’s try to get at the truth...
(Get the book: "The Devil in Connecticut")

Spawn of the Jersey Devil found in attic?
Just in time for Halloween, we present to you The Thing That Came from the Attic. The unholy demon creature was pulled out of the Crowleytown Schoolhouse in Mullica Township by Doug Laubert, who hasn't the slightest idea of what it is...

The Flatwoods Monster decoded
The date was September 12, 1952. The place, Flatwoods, West Virginia. On that crisp fall day, Kathleen May (pictured), Eugene Lemon, 17, Neal Nunley, 14, Eddie May, 13, Teddie May, 14, Ronald Shaver, 10, Teddie Neal, 10, Tommy Hyer, 10, and Lemon’s big old dog, climbed to the top of a hill and saw a “monster.” They immediately felt they had to run, as fast as they could, someplace...

The O’Hare UFO incident - one year later

Exploring metaphysics
Does the mind have the power to bend a spoon? Can a Kirleen photograph of your aura reveal the fact that you smoke or the fact that large crowds of people secretly make you nervous? Is there an angel watching over your shoulder while you read this?..

Rooting out evil
Christine Kaczynski comes from a long line of exorcists. "It's something that some people were born to do. Not everyone can do it," Kaczynski said. "It's a war between minds and spirits." Despite a family exorcism lineage that she traces back to her grandparents in Greece, Kaczynski prefers to focus her energies on house calls to investigate the paranormal. Kaczynski says she's been at it for 35 years, communicating, she contends, with spirits that don't want to be exposed, and freeing souls...
(Also read: "The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel")

Major haunting?
Ghost hunters converged onto the Major Grahams Mansion in Wythe county searching for spirit activity last month. The historical property located in Grahams Forge has many folklore stories that make it a prime spot for possible paranormal activity...

Pennsylvania's sasquatch saga continues
Some say the creature in the images is a "juvenile sasquatch." Skeptics say it's just a bear with some sort of skin infection...

Antonio Villas Boas: total abduction
Fifty years later we are reopening the investigation into the first UFO abduction case in modern history: the legendary Antonio Villas Boas incident that took place in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Hitherto unpublished photographs and interviews shed startling revelations: U.S. agents kidnapped Villas Boas and a “portal” to strange phenomena appears to exist at the site of the abduction...

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