by mike | Feb 17, 2022 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Why was this film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, much maligned? This post first ran in 2018. Through the years, it seems as if many of my Guilty Pleasures—films that bombed at the box office and/or with the reviewers—involve Nicolas Cage. The same is true of the...
by mike | Feb 3, 2022 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
I had no idea that I’d come to one of the most haunted places in the country when I visited Alcatraz many years ago. This post first ran in 2018. If you’ve been to San Francisco (who hasn’t), you probably rode the ferry across the bay to Alcatraz Island. You took the...
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 | Sep 23, 2021 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Paranormal, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Don’t look into the evil mirror! You might not like what you see. This post first ran in 2018. Big things often begin as something much smaller. Case in point: the 2013 supernatural thriller, Oculus, a critically acclaimed—and profitable—movie that started out as a...
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...
by mike | Aug 19, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, Iowa. This week, The Bronx. I first presented this post in 2017. The 2014 supernatural horror movie, Deliver Us from Evil, is “inspired by” the actual experiences of a New York City cop named Ralph Sarchie. I like to think that “inspired by” gives the...
