Guy Fawkes Was Not A Revolutionary! He Was An Instrument of the State!
We think we know our heroes. We think we can recognize the good guys from the bad guys. In old movies, such as westerns, good guys wore white and bad guys wore black. Today's society is a far more complicated matter.
Mitt Romney, Nice Guy
It's rare enough to read a forwarded email with anything nice to say about a politician; even rarer to find one that actually gets most of the facts straight. A viral missive circulating since the beginning of the year recounts the well-documented story of how Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney shut down his company and martialed its employees to help find the missing daughter of business partner Robert Gay in 1996. "That's just how he's wired," the email says of Mr. Romney's character. Read more... Mitt Romney, Nice Guy originally appeared on About.com Urban Legends on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at 13:26:20. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Rolling Hills Asylum Shadowman
This amazing picture was sent in by Sharon Coyle, owner of the famously haunted Rolling Hills Asylum in East Bethany, New York. I have personally investigated this place and can attest to its creepiness and its reputation as one of the world's most haunted places.
See the photo in the Gallery and read the details of when and how Sharon photographed this shadowman. Rolling Hills Asylum Shadowman originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 22:12:53. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Can the Dead Talk to Us?
 People have always wanted to communicate with the dead. We miss the company and the relationships we had with them when they were alive. We want to know that they're okay wherever they are; that they are happy and no longer burdened by the trials of earthly life.
Yes, we can reach out to those who have passed, but can they talk back? We have developed various methods and rituals in hopes of making two-way contact - most recently, several technology-based methods. But are they effective? We seem to be getting responses... but can they be trusted? Are they truly responses from the dead?
Here's a review of the most common methods could be channels through which the dead communicate. Read more. Can the Dead Talk to Us? originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Sunday, May 13th, 2012 at 17:15:36. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Neanderthals out-competed by dogs
Early man used dogs to help them compete with the Neanderthals as far back as 32,000 years ago. Is it believed that the domestication of dogs and the ...
Book Review: The Ancient Alien Question
The Ancient Alien Question is a new book by Philip Coppens, published by New Page Books, which details the newest thoughts surrounding the ancient alien controversy. Coppens is an investigative journalist and regular contributor to Atlantis Rising and NEXUS magazine, and is one of the leading contributors to the History Channel's well-known series Ancient Aliens.
Book Review: Chopin and Beyond
Chopin and Beyond -- My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal, is an autobiography detailing the rich life of the pianist Byron Janis. Published by John Wiley & Sons and written together with his wife Maria Cooper Janis--an active board member of the American Society for Psychical Research--the work eloquently conveys the history of a unique musical career interspersed with frequent inexplicable events including such things as self-materializing objects, synchronicity, past lives, soul mates, ghostly apparitions, and precognition.
Man dies in rare case of secondary drowning
Tommy Mollo narrowly escaped drowning only to succumb to secondary drowing just hours later. After falling off a friend's boat in to Long Island Sound...
Book Review: The Trickster and the Paranormal
If you are a paranormal enthusiast with an acute interest in philosophical works influencing some of the subject's greatest thinkers, The Trickster and the Paranormal written by George P. Hansen is a book not to be missed. It discusses the concept of the "trickster" and his unspoken and often ignored relationship with supernatural phenomena and societal change. Whereas western Aristotelian logic sets up the law of the excluded middle in which something either is or is not, trickster concepts reside at the crossroads of these two opposing worlds. The subjects of the paranormal thrive here--between heaven and earth reside the UFOs; between life and death reside the spirit world; between truth and fiction reside the manifestation of reality itself--these convoluted crossroads are all trickster territory.
Walmart Gift Card Scam
 If you get a text message saying you've been selected to receive a free $1,000 Walmart gift card, don't respond or click on links within the message, the company warns. Walmart didn't send or authorize the text. It's a phishing scam designed to trick you into revealing personal information.
Read more about it:
• Walmart Warns of Text Scam
• Text Scam Promises $1000 Walmart Gift Card
• Walmart Fraud Alerts
See also:
• Starbucks Gift Card Scam
• Costco Gift Card Scam Walmart Gift Card Scam originally appeared on About.com Urban Legends on Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 11:45:39. Permalink | Comment | Email this
2012 Paranormal Photo Hoax Contest
Last year's winner:
Midnight UFO by Kate DaviesREMINDER: It's contest time, and the deadline is nearing! Have you always wanted to capture an image of a ghost, a crypto creature, or a UFO, but just weren't lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time? No problem. Just make one. Not for the purposes of fooling anyone, just for the purposes of our contest. Yes, it's time for our annual Paranormal Photo Hoax contest! Put your best photo editing skills to work and create a phony picture of ghosts, monsters, UFOs or some other weirdness your brain can concoct. You have until May 15 to create your masterpiece. Get the details. 2012 Paranormal Photo Hoax Contest originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Friday, May 11th, 2012 at 12:01:03. Permalink | Comment | Email this
What Did President Obama Do to Air Force One?
 Answer: nothing. Viral messages condemning President Obama for replacing an image of the American flag on Air Force One with his own logo and campaign slogan are false.
Learn more... What Did President Obama Do to Air Force One? originally appeared on About.com Urban Legends on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 at 17:00:32. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Is there a hidden planet in our solar system?
An undiscovered planet four times larger than the Earth could be lurking in the outer solar system. Astronomer Rodney Gomes of the National Observator...
Questions and Answers on Area 51, Roswell
As you know, I get occasional requests for various interviews and I always respond to the best of my knowledge. Just recently, I was contacted by a group in Phoenix, Arizona about a project on Area 51.
The questions were very intelligent, and they even gave their own opinion, and as you will see, I did strongly disagree with one of them. You can see my responses at Questions and Answers on Area 51, and see if you agree with my answers. Questions and Answers on Area 51, Roswell originally appeared on About.com UFOs / Aliens on Friday, May 18th, 2012 at 02:00:57. Permalink | Comment | Email this
'Vengeful Dentist' Tale Exposed as Hoax
Come to find out, that news story circulating for the past two weeks about a Polish dentist pulling out every one of her ex-boyfriend's teeth because he jilted her is one hundred percent bunk. Police in Wroclaw, Poland, where the incident purportedly took place, say they have no record of it. Polish journalists have tried, in vain, to locate the alleged dentist, Dr. Anna Mackowiak, and her alleged victim, Marek Olszewski. Quite simply, it never happened. ... 'Vengeful Dentist' Tale Exposed as Hoax originally appeared on About.com Urban Legends on Friday, May 11th, 2012 at 14:42:00. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Star Trek fan plans to build the Enterprise
A systems engineer has developed plans to build an actual 'working' version of the USS Enterprise. The man behind all this, known only as 'Dan', isn't...
Scientists generate electricity with viruses
Scientists have developed a means with which to use viruses to power small electrical devices. In the ever-expanding world of nanotechnology, scientis...
Missing Earring Dream
"This incident took place in May of 2007," reports Janet. "I just got home from work and went to my bedroom to change into something more comfortable. I was taking off my earring and I dropped one on the floor. I looked everywhere for it and even used a flashlight.
"I went to bed that night and had a dream that I got down on my knees and saw the missing earring under my dresser against the wall. When I woke up the next morning, I remembered the dream from the night before. I got down on my knees and looked under the dresser -- and there was my missing earring. Call it a premonition or ESP, but I thought that was the neatest thing. I have never had an experience like that before."
That is a neat report, Janet. So was it a premonition dream, or is it an indication that our consciousness extends outside the body and the brain, capable of discovering knowledge previously unknown? There have been many, many cases in which people have been able to work out problems in their dreams that they were unable to do when awake.
Here are more stories of phenomena and dreams:
Missing Earring Dream originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Monday, May 14th, 2012 at 19:34:43. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Lost Age of Supermen
The physical evidence of precisely cut and finely trimmed megaliths, massive statues, obelisks and pyramids from prehistoric times tells us of a lost age; an age of supermen and superwomen far beyond Star Wars and Star Trek.
Most haunted: The Sallie House
The latest addition to our gallery of the most haunted places in the world is the infamous Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas. Once featured on the Sightings TV show, the house quickly gained a reputation for negative and sometimes violent paranormal activity, including residents being scratched and burned. The apprarition of a little girl, possibly Sallie, has been seen there. Read more.
- In the Comments link below, tell me which places you think deserve to be included in our "World's Most Haunted Places" gallery.
Most haunted: The Sallie House originally appeared on About.com Paranormal Phenomena on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 at 21:23:14. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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