by mike | Dec 19, 2022 | Books, Myths & Legends, Travel, Uncategorized |
My bride and I visited Iceland during the summer many years ago. At that time of year there are more than twenty hours of sunshine each day. In December, not so much. Hardly any, in fact. Still, they have a Christmas tradition that rocks! On Christmas Eve many...
by mike | Dec 1, 2022 | Myths & Legends, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
This inexplicable mystery, now a century-and-a-half old, has yet to be solved. I first presented this post in 2019. A natural disaster? An assault by pirates? A murderous plot by the crew? An attack by a giant sea creature? Paranormal activity? All of these...
by mike | Nov 21, 2022 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
It surprised me to discover that this country harbored so many haunted roads, from East Coast to West Coast. I did write about one such road, which ran through a portion of Nebraska. (See my post, “Myths And Legends: Seven Sisters Road.”) But as many truckers can tell...
by mike | Oct 6, 2022 | Ghosts, Movies, Myths & Legends, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This is one mystery that may never be solved. I first presented the post in 2019. File this one under “unsolved mysteries,” an incident that has confounded researchers, as well as ordinary people, for over a century. How did three lighthouse keepers on Eilean Mòr,...
by mike | Aug 29, 2022 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Haunted houses. They are usually thought of as huge, brooding Victorian edifices sitting isolated amid an expansive tract of gated, weed-infested land, or on a remote hillside far from the nearest town. They aren’t old, nondescript brownstone buildings standing in the...
by mike | Jul 21, 2022 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This is one sad spirit that I’m sure many folks wish they could help move on. The post first ran in 2019. The accident that killed young Condie Cunningham over a century ago was no myth. But what followed would move the needle to the top of the “WEIRD” meter, where it...
