by mike | Jan 24, 2022 | California, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
I’ve written about ghost ships and ghost trains, but a Ghost Blimp? This true story about an incident that took place during World War II ranks way up there on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid you not. A ROUTINE MISSION The U.S. Navy commissioned a number of non-rigid...
by mike | Jan 10, 2022 | Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
“Your girlfriend lives in the corner penthouse of spook central.” Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) delivers that line to fellow Ghostbuster Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in the 1984 comedy/horror classic, one of my all-time favorite films. The building Ray is referencing...
by mike | Nov 11, 2021 | Death, Life, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Over the years I’ve written about many weird occurrences, but this particular one ranks way high on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid you not. It is called,...
by mike | Oct 18, 2021 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The Queen Anne Hotel in the City by the Bay probably didn’t ask for the notoriety that comes with being haunted. But then, it didn’t count on housing the spirit of a woman named Mary Lake. A SORDID AFFAIR The Queen Anne Hotel wasn’t always a hotel. Built in 1890, the...
by mike | Oct 7, 2021 | Movies, Myths & Legends, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Native American myths and legends abound in this fine mini-series. I first presented this post in 2018. The excellent, Emmy Award-winning 2003 film, Dreamkeeper, began life as a two-part Hallmark mini-series, which accounts for its three-hour length. But the time...
by mike | Sep 9, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
True or not, the legend of this passage to Satan’s digs in mid-America sounds pretty creepy. I first presented this post in 2017. An unincorporated community called Stull, located a short distance from larger Kansas cities Topeka and Lawrence, has the dubious...
