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Last March, WF? hosted it’s very own paranormal event, the first crowd-sourced paranormal conference ever. The road to hosting our own event was a rocky one, a path that pitted us against the sabotaging efforts of angry television fan clubs, sneaky backhand dealings by jealous local psychics, lawsuit threats from the über-serious International Fortean Organization, and at times, even each other. What did we learn? Find out in part 1 of the three part piece titled “If You Want it Done Right: What We Learned from Hosting our Own Paranormal Conference.”

Guess what? WF is a year old! In honor of our birthday, we dug back through the archives, and with input from the readers, we came up with a list that we think sums up the best of WF’s first year in more ways than one.

The “Who Forted?” Collective runs into Instrumental Transdimensional Communication specialist Jeff Rezman at the 2009 Chicago Ghost Conference, and gets the inside scoop on his “Ghost Box” communication device. He tells us what his device does, who it communicates with, how it was built (including how you can build one) and even gives us a demonstration of the device’s.. err… abilities. There’s even a few guest appearances, like Paranormal State’s Lorraine Warren…

Last Monday A&E brought the world a piece of television called “Extreme Paranormal” that outraged pretty much everyone in the paranormal community, but not for the reasons that the cast and crew might have hoped for. In this special editorial, Greg Newkirk explains why everyone from ghost hunting groups, to skeptics, to the “Citizens for Community Values” are upset.. and why they’re justified.

News time again, folks! What’ve we got for you this week? Here’s a quick overview: The story of a Toronto woman’s tragic death due to “ghost hunting” has been making the rounds in paranormal circles - but the story you heard probably isn’t accurate, strange orbs fall on a house in Phuket, Mexican television’s “alien [...]