skynoises

It Came From Above (Or Did It?): Solving the “Sky Noise” Mystery

The world is a noisy place these days. Is it thunder, fireworks, earthquake sounds? Could it be HAARP, the magnetic poles shifting, the earth moaning cause, you know, it’s old and stuff…? Obviously, it may be horns from heaven, heralding the coming Apocalypse… Or alien spacecraft. Or Bigfoot. Or, maybe it’s just the normal noises around here..

2011yearinreview

Weird Year In Review: Trends of 2011, Best-Of the Paranormal

In terms of the fortean, the paranormal, and the just plain weird, 2011 has been a doozy of a year. We’ve had multiple failed doomsdays, a boatload of new paranormal television shows, the usual run of new cash grab inventions, public outbursts by pillars of the fringe community, and at least one unbelievable news story [...]

state-of-paranormal_520x280

State of the Supernatural: A Call to Restore Sanity

Over the past 10 or so years, ghost hunting has gone from fringe counterculture to mainstream hobby. Somehow, paranormal turned “cool” and all the stylish people started doing it; some even managed to turn it into successful television careers. But through all the hype and popularity, the new high-tech gadgets like the Ovilus and full-spectrum [...]

OrangMinyak_520x280

Greased Lightning: Malaysia Terrorized by Oily Man

It’s dark, disturbing, and greasy. No, not boiled eel. Not Severus Snape either. Meet Malaysia’s least popular legend: Orang Minyak, better known as “Oily Man”. He wants to meet you. Of course, if you believe what locals say about this monster, he more than wants to meet you. Prowling at night dressed in nothing but [...]

The MUFON UFO Files

What Can We Learn From Hypnosis of Imaginary Abductees?

The following article details an interesting experiment in which several test subjects were given artificial alien abductions via hypnosis, experiences which were then compared with “real” abductions and religious experiences. This piece, part 1 of 2, originally appeared in the November 1977 edition of the MUFON UFO Journal.


The Daily Weird

Did Lady Gaga perform a "Satanic ritual" in a London hotel?

Housekeeper Outs Lady Gaga’s “Satanic Ritual”

Every good star needs a few salacious rumors to solidify their place in the hallowed halls of the best celebrity gossip. Stevie Nicks had the cocaine up the ass thing, Led Zeppelin had that whole incident with a fish, Richard Gere had a gerbil, and to this day, some people still believe that Marilyn Manson [...]

continue reading

WF? Investigates

premierefeature

Big Shoes: The Crazy Premiere of ‘Still Searching’

What follows is a tale of missing persons, hamburger surpluses, roadside breakdowns, small town newspapers, big cable production companies, marriage proposals, drug addiction, irish hobos, mysterious semen stains, and just barely, but triumphantly, pulling off something big.

continue reading

Vintage Fringe

The MUFON UFO Files

What Can We Learn From Hypnosis of Imaginary Abductees?

The following article details an interesting experiment in which several test subjects were given artificial alien abductions via hypnosis, experiences which were then compared with “real” abductions and religious experiences. This piece, part 1 of 2, originally appeared in the November 1977 edition of the MUFON UFO Journal.

continue reading

Curious Communications

2011yearinreview

Weird Year In Review: Trends of 2011, Best-Of the Paranormal

In terms of the fortean, the paranormal, and the just plain weird, 2011 has been a doozy of a year. We’ve had multiple failed doomsdays, a boatload of new paranormal television shows, the usual run of new cash grab inventions, public outbursts by pillars of the fringe community, and at least one unbelievable news story [...]

continue reading

Recent Articles

It Came From Above (Or Did It?): Solving the “Sky Noise” Mystery

The world is a noisy place these days. Is it thunder, fireworks, earthquake sounds? Could it be HAARP, the magnetic poles shifting, the earth moaning cause, you know, it’s old and stuff…? Obviously, it may be horns from heaven, heralding the coming Apocalypse… Or alien spacecraft. Or Bigfoot. Or, maybe it’s just the normal noises around here..

read more

Housekeeper Outs Lady Gaga’s “Satanic Ritual”

Every good star needs a few salacious rumors to solidify their place in the hallowed halls of the best celebrity gossip. Stevie Nicks had the cocaine up the ass thing, Led Zeppelin had that whole incident with a fish, Richard Gere had a gerbil, and to this day, some people still believe that Marilyn Manson [...]

read more

Weird Year In Review: Trends of 2011, Best-Of the Paranormal

In terms of the fortean, the paranormal, and the just plain weird, 2011 has been a doozy of a year. We’ve had multiple failed doomsdays, a boatload of new paranormal television shows, the usual run of new cash grab inventions, public outbursts by pillars of the fringe community, and at least one unbelievable news story [...]

read more

State of the Supernatural: A Call to Restore Sanity

Over the past 10 or so years, ghost hunting has gone from fringe counterculture to mainstream hobby. Somehow, paranormal turned “cool” and all the stylish people started doing it; some even managed to turn it into successful television careers. But through all the hype and popularity, the new high-tech gadgets like the Ovilus and full-spectrum [...]

read more

Tebow Has Jesus, Brady Has.. Witchcraft?

As much as we hate to encourage anything in the vein of “Tebowing”, this story was too great to pass up. By now, everyone, including those who aren’t sports fans, are aware that Tim Tebow is the unstoppable Broncos quarterback who literally thanks God after every victory by taking a knee and praying, regardless of [...]

read more

Greased Lightning: Malaysia Terrorized by Oily Man

It’s dark, disturbing, and greasy. No, not boiled eel. Not Severus Snape either. Meet Malaysia’s least popular legend: Orang Minyak, better known as “Oily Man”. He wants to meet you. Of course, if you believe what locals say about this monster, he more than wants to meet you. Prowling at night dressed in nothing but [...]

read more

Witch Torture: Christmas Murder in London

Spending Christmas with family can be agony, but for one teenage boy it turned into torture — quite literally. 15-year-old Kristy Bamu of Paris, France, was visiting his sister in her East London apartment in Hathaway Crescent for the holiday when the festivities turned to heated argument. Kristy’s brother-in-law Eric Bikubi, 23, accused him and his [...]

read more

Paranormal Investigators Find Ghost of Racist Dog. We’re Not Kidding.

Scampton, England based ghost hunting team Paranormal Lincs believe they have been in contact with the spirit of a legendary labrador with an, uh, unfortunate name. PL recently spent two evenings investigating the Royal Air Force base in Scampton after rumors that a ghostly hound was, ahem, dogging the base staff. The phantom pooch was [...]

read more