Historic house haunted?
A team of ghost-busters is investigating whether a historic house in downtown Clinton is haunted. Visitors have become convinced that the Small House, home to the Sampson County Arts Council, is haunted. The house was built around 1870 by Dr. Victor Small, and his boots are among the artifacts still on display inside. "Actually, one day we came in, and one (boot) was turned backward, and no one knows why," said Helen Kearns, marketing chairwoman for the arts council...
Sally Morgan: 'I am not mad, I am not unhinged... I talk to dead people'
Sally Morgan is a psychic to the stars whose clients have included Uma Thurman and Princess Diana. She has her own ITV show, premium-rate phone line and a waiting list of 72,000. But while many are convinced she has The Gift, others say they can do the same thing by using Google.....
Arizona man claims to have caught the chupacabra on video
An Arizona man claims he has video proof of the legendary chupacabra. Michael Ashe captured the creature on his cell phone. Ashe was traveling on a back road from Maricopa to Stanfield when he came across this animal...
SCI FI announces RelicQuest, a reality hunt for elusive artifacts
There's a whole new reality for SCI FI Channel - and its name is RelicQuest. Described as a global journey to find elusive artifacts, the network used the setting of the spooky and historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado today to make the announcement...
'I was spooked on SS Great Britain'
Strange sightings and ethereal events have been happening at the SS Great Britain since the early 1990s, the Bristol Evening Post can reveal. A member of staff 15 years ago came face to face with the figure of a broad-shouldered, middle-aged man in a white-collared shirt – the spitting image of Captain John Gray, who disappeared from the ship one night in 1872. Sonny Graffo, 33, a barber from Stockwood, was studying travel and tourism at St Brendan's College in 1993 when he did a summer placement working in the souvenir shop...
Bigfoot lore draws believers, skeptics
Eric Altman, an old hand at Bigfoot investigations, believes there is something out there, but doesn't mind if people cast a skeptical eye on stories of larger-than-human, frequently hairy creatures roaming the countryside. "I don't expect anybody to take it seriously," Altman of Jeannette said Saturday between sessions of the 2008 East Coast Bigfoot Conference, which he organized...
The lair of the beasts: monsters of the skies
Whenever the subject of monster-hunting is brought up in conversation, there’s always a tendency to think that such things solely revolve around long treks into deep woods in search of Bigfoot and other hairy man-beasts, and expeditions to the shores of places like Loch Ness on quests for long-necked water-beasts. But that’s not always the case. Sometimes, chasing monsters involves something far simpler: merely looking up. Yep: we’re talking about giant birds, rumors of still-living pterodactyls, and even sightings of creatures similar to those portrayed in Stan Lee’s Harpies...
Marjim Manor: house has history of hauntings
Throughout its history, the large, two-story Marjim Manor has seen its share of tragedy and heartache. Since buying the property in 2003, Margo Sue Bittner has looked through old newspaper articles and historical records, piecing together the history of the house. The ghost stories associated with the home all have their roots in that history, she said...
The religious pressure to not believe
Outside of the paranormal community the belief in ghosts is often a leap of faith. Many paranormal investigators have had an experience that sparks their interest, but the average American never touched by the supernatural and still believes may be more open-minded based on his religious background or upbringing...
