by mike | Jan 20, 2026 | Movies, Museums, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
I came across a great new crime show from Acorn TV with the mundane title, Art Detectives. But there is nothing mundane about tackling crimes involving Vermeer paintings, 1000-year-old Viking gold, or artifacts brought up from the Titanic. A ONE-PERSON CRIME UNIT?...
by mike | Jul 21, 2025 | Ghosts, Mysteries, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Well, it happened again, and I said that I’d keep you posted. Barely a month after my other two ghostly encounters—which I wrote about earlier this month—I experienced yet another one. And in a church parking lot, no less! THE CREAKING DOOR Last week, on my usual...
by mike | Jul 7, 2025 | Aging, Ghosts, Mysteries, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
I partake of my morning walk at least 5-6 times a week, covering 2-3 miles each time. I’ve done this for many years, and I cannot recall encountering anything of a “paranormal” nature. Until recently, that is. THE VANISHING MAN I emerged from the 55+ Ocean Hills...
by mike | Apr 28, 2025 | Humor, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
The BritBox original series, McDonald and Dodds—a British crime drama whose setting is the historic city of Bath—ran for four seasons. There will not be a fifth. And that’s a bummer. To begin with, four seasons may sound significant, but they were only comprised of...
by mike | Nov 11, 2024 | Aging, Humor, Life, Mysteries, Uncategorized |
Sounds like the title of a Sherlock Holmes story, doesn’t it? But this incident was real, and I happened to have a role in it, so let me tell the tale. JUST AN ORDINARY WALK… I still do a fair amount of walking, maybe not as much as I did in the past, but at least 2-3...
by mike | Oct 21, 2024 | Ghosts, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
“Across the alley from the Alamo.” That’s the first line of an old Mills Brothers song. Actually, across the street from the Alamo in downtown San Antonio stands the Emily Morgan Hotel, renowned in paranormal circles as one of the most haunted places in America....