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 [...]
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 [...]
Humankind has a tendency to think of itself as superior to other animals, far more intelligent and sophisticated. Watch just one episode of Jersey Shore and you might want to rethink that. But science really does keep showing that we aren’t all that different in so many ways… even how we think. An example of [...]
Early last week, the folks from Sanger Paranormal, a California based paranormal investigation group, made waves in the cryptozoology world by declaring possession of what they have been calling “the best evidence of bigfoot since the Patterson film in 1967″. They announced a press conference to display their evidence to the media, evidence that they [...]
“My boyfriend and I actually met over a case of demonic infestation, so go figure.” Ah, romance. From the depths of the internet (kudos to the keen-eyed Tony-Hart Wilden) comes a guest advice column that is almost too good to be true: “Dating Advice from Paranormal Investigators.” Written in early 2008, the column features advice [...]
It’s hard to believe, but as of this past October, “Who Forted?” is a year old. Since that time, we’ve gone from a quaint little blog started out of frustration, to a viable paranormal ‘zine full of original content from the best and the brightest in the wide world of the weird. Things don’t show [...]
One time, about eight years ago, Nick Foust wrote an article about snack foods for the Ghost Hunters, Incorporated website. It soon became infamous, and it was the very last semi-serious article that he ever wrote for an online presence… until now. Almost a decade later, Nick got so fed up with the paranormal community, that he just had to sit down and write something about it. You want to read this, believe us. They come around as often as hale-bop.
As the dust finally begins to settle on the TAPS “collargate” scandal, Dana Matthews looks back and asks, “what did we learn from all this?” She finds the answer in a place that she least expected: a short video posted to YouTube by three young ‘Ghost Hunters’ fans…
