Piloting the astral plane: Was Amelia Earhart's last message a psychic SOS?
For more than 70 years, the greatest mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance has been why she was never found. In June, TIGHAR the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, will set forth on their eighth expedition to the tiny island of Nikumaroro to find DNA and/or other conclusive proof of their theory that Earhart and her navigator crashed and later died there...
Voices in graveyard mention Billy the Kid; ghost hunter investigates
The news came by e-mail: "Hi Mathias. I may have an interesting story brewing for you," Jordan resident Kathy Machowski, a ghost hunter a founding member of Beyond the Veil, wrote earlier this fall. "I was in a graveyard not to far from Jordan, and I was doing my ghostie thing. Well, I got an EVP of a man saying, 'William Bonney.'" Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are sound recordings believed to be the voice of a spirit. Often, EVP's are not heard at first, but after an investigation, ghost hunters analyze recordings to catch signs of a ghost. Cemeteries are very active with EVP's, Machowski said...
Sting spooked by ghosts
Sting has seen his share of things. The Police frontman claims to have seen the apparition of a woman, witnessed flying objects and heard strange voices at a home he once lived in with wife Trudie Styler. One night, the terrified 58-year-old singer - who sang "Spirits in the Material World" in the 80s - awoke to see a ghostly mother holding a baby in the corner of the room...
Haunted hotels to keep you awake
Suicide, murder, untimely deaths, all set the grisly stage for macabre stories of hauntings and other ghostly tales drawing visitors to supposedly haunted hotels around the world ahead of Halloween. Travel Web site ProfessionalTravelGuide.com has come up with a list of 9 haunted hotels (http://www.professionaltravelguide.com/Haunted-Hotels-2008) for thrill-seekers who like hearing things go bump in the night...
Are you ready for Paranormal Effect?
Don't act too surprised... Simius Films has released details for their first production Paranormal Effect, the supernatural feature film about one of the most famous Japanese curses. Visiting her native Japan with her American boyfriend Darren, Reiko is disappointed to see him spend most of his time filming local stereotypes. Already upset, Reiko draws the line when Darren walks into a forbidden cave, which, according to local beliefs, enshrines shinto gods since the dawn of time. From then, Reiko and Darren start witnessing strange things happening around them, some of which they manage to catch on camera. Will they have time to understand what is upon them before it is too late?..
Series of miracles may have saved out of state woman's life
There was a pretty amazing story that came through theHerald this week about how Monica Andrews, a dispatcher in the Tecumseh PoliceDepartment, followed up on some 911 "hangup" calls that the Lenawee CountySheriff Department had reported. The calls originated from an address on UnionStreet. When the Sheriff Department answered, they could hear someone screamingin another language...
Movie has 2012 wrong, says Canadian archaeologist
Kenneth Turan reviews "2012," the latest disaster movie portraying the end of the world. The movie is directed by Roland Emmerich, who seems to be stuck on the same theme, after movies like "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Independence Day." "2012" is based on a premise apparently laid out in an ancient carved monument found in the Mayan region, which covers the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and parts of Central America. The region has been home to the indigenous Maya people since 900 BC...
