MAY 2008
GOD, SCIENCE AND THE CREATION DEBATE
(31 MAY 08)
That most ancient of debates, God versus science, has been raging in academic circles, popular culture and in the media with increasing ferocity since the fundamentalist religion-inspired attacks of 9-11. A poll in the magazine, Scientific American, in 1999, showed that up to 90 per cent of the general North America population professed some belief in a God, while only about 40 per cent of scientists at the time said they did.
SON POSSESSD BY DEMONS RULED INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL FOR HIS MOTHER’S DEATH
(31 MAY 08)
In the days before her death in November 2006, Dimitra Mantas feared her son was possessed by demons and took him to receive prayers of exorcism at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension in Oakland.
UK COUPLE EXORCISES ITS GHOSTS
(31 MAY 08)
Dawn and Kevin Warren, of South Derbyshire, England, say their home is no longer haunted after an exorcism was carried out. The Warren’s claim they have been living with the ghost of Louisa Hart, who died in 1890, who is said to have made numerous appearances over the years, in several rooms in the house.
GHOST HUNTERS RATE HAUNTED PLACES ON SCALE OF 1 TO 5
(30 MAY 08)
The East Valley Paranormal Society classifies the places it investigates from 1 to 5. A 1 is a place with no interaction, and a 5 is interaction with spirits by several witnesses. After their initial visit to the Second Pinal County Courthouse in Florence Arizona (USA), they classified the old courthouse as a 3.
THE TALE OF LANCASHIRE’S WALTON-LE-DALE CORPSE
(30 MAY 08)
Legend has it that Edward Kelley visited Lancashire in the 16th Century to raise a corpse at St Leonard's Church to discover the location of hidden treasure. A convicted criminal and self-declared spirit medium, Kelley, died aged 42, after a life trying to contact angels and convincing influential people he could produce gold.
RENOWNED MEDIUM’S AMERICAN SPEAKING TOUR
(30 MAY 08)
Acclaimed American medium, Rebecca Rosen, will make an appearance in Austin, Texas on Friday, June 20, 2008 during her seven-city tour in the U.S. Rosen, 31, first discovered her psychic ability when she was 20 years old and a sophomore at the University of Florida.
GHOST HUNTING GROUPS ON THE RISE IN AMERICA
(29 MAY 08)
Ghost-hunting groups around the U.S. are swelling with members, their popularity fueled by television shows, the internet and the increasing availability of high-tech equipment. "Ghost reality shows have really opened the door for people to get involved themselves," said James Willis, founder of The Ghosts of Ohio
PHYSICIST REVEALS EVIDENCE FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH
(29 MAY 08)
What happens after we die is a question that human beings have asked since time immemorial, especially during the past two centuries, with in-depth investigations having taken place throughout the world. In his book, Life after Death: Some of the Best Evidence, author Jan Vandersande, Ph.D., is one of a growing number of scientists who has witnessed hard evidence of life after death.
ENGLAND'S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PSYCHIC
(28 MAY 08)
Tony Stockwell, England’s most illustrious medium, says that he is “like a transmitter, the link between two worlds, I filter through thoughts and feelings, inspiration and information from those who have passed over.” Next month, Stockwell will be hosting an evening of clairvoyance and psychic mediumship at the Nantwich Civic Hall, Nantwich where he will be communicating messages from loved ones who have passed over.
THE MEANING OF LIFE WHEN A LOVED ONE DIES
(28 MAY 08)
Director Jeshua DeHorta, of Evening Star production company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has just finished his new film The Moment Hereafter. It tells the story of a workaholic doctor who finds out the meaning of life after his wife dies. "The film began as a dream that I had," said DeHorta. "It's a modern day version of A Christmas Carol or It's A Wonderful Life," in which viewers will come away from the film with a better understanding how they should live their lives.
GHOST HUNTERS STAKE OUT FORMER BRITSH POLICE STATION
(28 MAY 08)
Eighteen ghost-hunters recently spent the night at the old Bridewell police station, searching for spooky goings on. Most of the activity they found was in the old cells, where some of the visitors experienced stone throwing and the feeling of being touched. One woman felt as though her necklace was being lifted but was too frightened to say anything at the time and kept a protective hand over it. Others reported seeing flickering lights.
ARE UFO’S TO BLAME FOR UNEXPLAINED ANIMAL DEATHS IN CANADA?
(27 MAY 08)
The founder of the Saskatchewan Provincial Paranormal Research Centre Inc. (SPPRC) and a contributor on UFO Connection Radio, Barb Campbell, is investigating unexplained animal deaths in Lloydminster, Canada, for possible paranormal connections.
HAUNTED CANADIAN MUSEUM TO BE INVESTIGATED
(27 MAY 08)
Officials and staff at Owen Sound's Billy Bishop Heritage Museum are finally going to investigate unexplained occurrences, including two encounters with ghosts. A group of paranormal experts are going to camp out in the Museum overnight at the end of the Month to find out if in fact the home of the World War 1 flying ace and Victoria Cross Winner could be haunted.
‘GHOSTS’ IN A BOTTLE FOR SALE
(26 MAY 08)
Florida man John Deese, has been selling ‘ghosts’ in a bottle with the help of a team of ghost catchers who find the ghosts in "haunted establishments, cars, hotels, maybe even graveyards."
ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAS HAD THREE UFO SIGHTINGS
(26 MAY 08)
British pop star, Robbie Williams, claims that he has seen three different UFOs in his life. His third UFO sighting was when he was standing on the balcony of his bedroom, having just finished writing a song about meeting aliens, and, right at that moment “This big ball of gold light turned up,” said Williams.
GHOST HUNTERS INVESTIGATE HAUNTED MEDICINE PARK, OKLAHOMA
(26 MAY 08)
Members from the Southwest Oklahoma Ghost Chasers and the Native American Ghost Society recently conducted a 13 hour investigation of the Old Plantation restaurant in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, which is said to house the ghosts of past residents who loved the place so much they did not want to leave.
EXORCIST CLAIMS THAT YOGA CAN LEAD A PATH TO THE DEVIL
(25 MAY 08)
Father Jeremy Davies, exorcist for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the leader of Catholics in England and Wales, says that activities such as yoga, massage therapy, reiki or even reading horoscopes could put people at risk from evil spirits.
BURIALS IN CHINA ARE NOT WHAT MANY DECEASED WOULD WANT FOR A SAFE JOURNEY TO THE AFTERLIFE
(25 MAY 08)
Unknown Chinese are being quickly buried in unmarked graves, following the recent devastating earthquakes in China. There are thousands or tens of thousands of them across quake-ravaged Sichuan province, and it may be months or years before family members discover their fate, if they ever do. Yet many Chinese, of the majority Han ethnicity, insist on cremating family members to ensure a smooth passage to the afterlife.
BURIALS TRACING ONE’S FAMILY HISTORY FOR A BETTER AFTERLIFE
(25 MAY 08)
FamilySearch.org, is one of the largest genealogical web sites in the world for those wanting to trace their genealogical. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as Mormons, who believe they will be one day reunited in the afterlife with family members, consider it a religious obligation to trace their family history.
THE MOST HAUNTED PLACE IN AUSTRALIA
(24 MAY 08)
The one-time quarantine station on Sydney's North Head is said to be the most haunted place in Australia. “A few years ago a woman was supposed to stay here overnight for a TV show but after two or three hours she demanded to get out." "She said she felt a little girl's hands on her neck. She wasn't strangling her, just touching her," said Simon McArthur, the general manager of Q Station.
WOMAN WAKES AFTER BEING DEAD SO LONG RIGOR MORTIS HAD SET IN
(24 MAY 08)
West Virginia: 59-year-old Charleston resident Val Thomas is alive after being dead so long she began to succumb to rigor mortis. Her son Jim said: "Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled. Death had set in."
INDIA’S GHOSTLY RESTAURANT
(24 MAY 08)
The famous Gulati Restaurant, a five decade-old eating joint is the most popular of all the restaurants of Pandara Road, New Delhi. It is said the Gulati food is so irresistible that once a person from Delhi's Shalimar Bagh choked and died on his food plate while trying to stuff his mouth with a big lump of chicken. The soul remained in this place and it is rumored that his ghost materialises in the form a huge pool of grease on his death anniversary.
DOCTOR DEATH
(23 MAY 08)
Tony Walter is the world's only professor of death studies. The sociologist, based at the University of Bath, has spent two decades probing public attitudes to death, the afterlife and funeral practises.
SUPERNATURAL POWERS LURING PSYCHICS BACK TO VEGAS
(23 MAY 08)
Mind readers and psychics, who claim power to communicate with the dead and then sell that as entertainment, are heading back to Las Vegas in droves. The ticket prices for the top entertainers in the supernatural circuit beat out even most of the top ticket prices of Cirque's five shows on the strip.
MANKIND’S NEVER ENDING FASCINATION FOR UFO’S
(23 MAY 08)
Little has changed from those first “flying saucer” sightings in June 1947 made by pilot Kenneth Arnold from the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. After 1950, such objects came to be called UFOs (unidentified flying objects).
ITALIAN PRIEST UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FAKE EXORCISMS
(22 MAY 08)
Italian prosecutors are investigating Father Francesco Saverio Bazzoffi, a priest in Florence who allegedly amassed £3 million from performing fake exorcisms.
GERMANS LIVING IN FEAR OF THE DEVIL
(22 MAY 08)
According to an extraordinary radio documentary that has stirred an awkward debate about exorcism in the Catholic Church, hundreds of Germans, tortured by inner voices, are on the search for priests who can free them from what they believe to be the grip of the Devil.
SPIRITS OF ’76 ANNOUNCES ITS SUMMER TOUR DATES
(22 MAY 08)
The Spirits of '76 Ghost Tour of Philadelphia announced its new summer 2008 schedule. The evening ghost tour of Historic Philadelphia will run from May through November 2008, where members of the tour will visit more than 20 scary sites to hear Philadelphia's haunted facts and folklore.
WITCHES AND WIZARDS OF MALAWI
(21 MAY 08)
In Malawi, witches and wizards are believed to be cannibals who have supernatural powers that they use to make people sick and even kill them. A typical witch or wizard in Malawi is said to have the ability to fly, especially at night, and to have powers that help them change their appearances; they can become invisible, go through walls or turn into animals such as cats, owls and hyenas.
UK PUB HAUNTED BY ‘MYSTERIOUS’ SPIRIT
(21 MAY 08)
Spirits of another kind are also abundant in The Foresters Arms, near Darlington, UK. Kate Umpleby, the pub's landlady, is “convinced the place is haunted," after being mysteriously locked in a beer cellar overnight.
RAPIST FATHER ‘POSSESSED BY SPIRIT’
(21 MAY 08)
A 42-year-old Ipswich man, who fathered his stepdaughter's child and repeatedly raped his biological daughter, claimed he was possessed by a spirit named "Wendy", and has walked free from a Brisbane court after a seven-year jail sentence was wholly suspended.
GARDEN TO REPRESENT THE AFTERLIFE FOR FORMER BEATLE
(20 MAY 08)
A garden commemorating the life of former Beatle George Harrison has been given royal approval by Queen Elizabeth II at this year's Chelsea Flower Show in London. The garden is said to feature sections about his childhood in Liverpool, north-west England, his Beatles fame and even the afterlife.
BRITIS UFO ARCHIVES ON DISPLAY
(20 MAY 08)
The National Archives in the United Kingdom is displaying previously classified files on UFOs. The documents, which can be downloaded from the National Archives website, cover the period from 1978 to 1987.
BRITISH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PSYCHIC TO TALK ON THE P.O.R.T.A.L. ONLINE RADIO NETWORK
(20 MAY 08)
Robert Brown, an internationally known psychic medium and published author of, “We Are Eternal,” is to speak on the P.O.R.T.A.L. Paranormal Talk Radio, an online radio network whose programming has exceeded over 107 countries of listeners, on Sunday, May 25, 2008.
FLORIDA’S FIRST PET-ONLY FUNERAL HOME OPENS
(19 MAY 08)
The Pet Angel Memorial Center in Central Florida has officially opened. With a recent poll showing that more Americans believe animals go to heaven, the Pet Angel Memorial Center will offer the human touch to help grieving pet owners mourn the loss of their animals.
‘GHOST GIRL’ IS BLAMED FOR SPATE OF CRASHES
(19 MAY 08)
Spooky sightings of a girl aged about five, in Victorian dress, on a road in the West Midlands, UK, are now being investigated by paranormal researchers. David Taylor, chairman of the 'Parasearch' group which has been investigating the claims, said he had not found a rational explanation so far. The late-night 'visions' are occurring along Oldnall Road in Halesowen, and are believed to have been responsible for a number of crashes and near-misses in the area in recent years.
POLICE PATROLS STEP UP AT ‘PARANORMAL’CEMETERY
(19 MAY 08)
Deputies in Dodge County, Wisconsin USA, are stepping up their patrols around Eagle Road Cemetery, which has a reputation for paranormal sightings. According to the sheriff's department logs, deputies have been told to check the graveyard during all shifts as there have been reports of apparitions as well as pockets of cold on warm nights.
LAST OF RUSSIAN CULT MEMBERS EMERGE ROM CAVE
(18 MAY 08)
The last of the 35 men, women and children of a Russian doomsday cult, yesterday crawled out of the damp cave where they had holed up for months awaiting the end of the world. Their leader, Pyotr Kuznetsov, had reportedly told followers that the end of the world would come in May and that in the afterlife they'd be judging whether others deserved heaven or hell.
PSYCHIC MEDIUM CLAIMS TO BE ‘TRANSMITTER TO THE OTHER SIDE’
(18 MAY 08)
British psychic medium, Tony Stockwell, believes that he is a filter through thoughts and feelings, inspiration and information from those who have passed over. "I'm like a transmitter, the link between two worlds," claims Stockwell.
SHADING THE DEAD IN THE AFTERLIFE
(18 MAY 08)
At Resurrection Cemetery, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, many burial plots are being created for grove burials. There, crab trees are surrounded by granite circles that protect the trees' roots and give the dead a shaded place in the afterlife.
GHOSTS AMONG US
(16 MAY 08)
Known as a psychic/medium and the original ghost whisperer, James Van Praagh has made a career of talking to the dead and reassuring the living. Having created and co-produced CBS's No. 1 drama "Ghost Whisperer," starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Van Praagh is set to release a new book "Ghosts Among Us", which is meant to serve as a practical guide to the spirit world.
IS MASSACHUSETTS TOWN HALL REALLY HAUNTED?
(16 MAY 08)
Investigators from Mass Paranormal recently spent two nights of investigation at the Cohasset Town Hall, Massachusetts, to see if they could find any definitive paranormal activity in the 1857 building. Having gathered hours of video evidence and audio recordings, the team will now be reviewing their data to determine if there is solid evidence to call the Town Hall haunted, or, at the very least, to say that something strange is going on.
IS GHOSTOCK IS WOODSTOCK OF PARANORMAL
(16 MAY 08)
According to the web site, ghostock.com., Savannah, Georgia, is the most haunted city in America. And it is here that a convention for paranormal investigators and ghost enthusiasts alike has been held over the past six years.
GHOST HUNTERS TO BE CHARGED FOR SEARCHING FORMER U.S. PRISON
(15 MAY 08)
Paranormal enthusiasts looking for ghosts in the former Wyoming state prison, known locally as the Old Pen, are to be charged $20 an hour. Director Tina Hill decided to impose the fee in response to increasing requests to look for paranormal goings on in the former prison.
GINGER IS THE MEDICINE FOR A CHINESE AFTERLIFE
(15 MAY 08)
The bulbous, root-like ginger rhizome is the part of the ginger plant used all over the world as a spice and as a medicinal herb. Anthropologists have found ginger in 3,000 year old Chinese tombs, put there so that the deceased would have medicine in the afterlife.
TV CREW ON THE HUNT FOR HAUNTED HOMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
(15 MAY 08)
Are you a homeowner who’s afraid of your own house? Are you or your family terrified by unexplained phenomena happening in your home? Well if that’s you and you live in Southern California, a major television production company in Los Angeles USA is looking for families who are convinced their home is haunted.
VATICAN SCIENTIST SAYS OK TO BELIEVE IN ALIENS AND GOD
(14 MAY 08)
The Vatican's chief astronomer, Jose Gabriel Funes, says there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of intelligent life on other planets that is perhaps even more evolved than humans.
BRITISH CHARITY TO HOST GHOSTLY NIGHT FOR CANCER
(14 MAY 08)
Huddersfield cancer charity, the Laura Crane Trust, is hosting a ‘fright night’ event on June 7 at Bolling Hall in Bradford, UK. The hall is said to have had more than 20 reported sightings of ghosts and incidents of paranormal activity.
BRITISH PARANORMAL EXPERTS TO TALK OPENLY AT SEMINARS
(14 MAY 08)
UFO expert Malcolm Robinson is holding a series of lectures in St Leonards, UK, with guest speakers offering their unique insights into the strange world of the paranormal. Mr Robinson is something of an authority on flying saucer sightings, alien abductions and ghostly goings on since forming Strange Phenomena Investigations (SPI) in 1979.
CHINESE PARENTS BURN OFFERINGS FOR DECEASED SCHOOL CHILDREN
(13 MAY 08)
Parents of children who died in the Chinese earthquake have built makeshift religious altars at the site where as many at least 50 of the 900 students buried in rubble were killed. With their children’s bodies resting on any available pieces of plywood or cardboard, parents have been burning paper money and incense, in a traditional ceremony for the dead.
DAWSON’S CREEK STAR HAUNTED BY SPOOKY FEELINGS
(13 MAY 08)
Dawson's Creek star, Joshua Jackson, has revealed how he felt haunted while on holiday in Dublin as a teen. "I can't remember the name of it now, but immediately upon entering the building, I said to my mum, 'I don't want to be here, I don't like this place at all.”
A GUIDE TO INNER AWARENESS
(13 MAY 08)
Inner Awareness is a classic Filipino book that has managed to fulfill the hunger of the Filipino public for rational and credible answers to many questions, regarding psychic experiences, that could not be explained by either science or religion.
UNDERWATER CEMETERY FOR LOVERS OF THE SEA
(12 MAY 08)
The Neptune Memorial Reef is a re-creation of the legendary Lost City of Atlantis. It is the largest and most enchanting man-made reef of its type in the world. Covering over 16 acres of ocean floor off the coast of Miami, the Neptune Memorial Reef will offer room for more than 125,000 remains, and will become a “living city” that will act as a catalyst for marine life to converge and thrive.
US GHOST HUNTING GROUPS ARE ON THE RISE
(12 MAY 08)
The Atlantic Paranormal Society has about 80 affiliates in 44 states, of the USA, twice the number it had two years ago. And, since its debut in 2004, the Sci Fi channel says viewership of the "Ghost Hunters" TV show has doubled.
‘LOST’ CREATOR TURNS TO THE PARANORMAL
(12 MAY 08)
The creator of the television smash hit ‘Lost’, JJ Abrams, has been given the green light for a new television series. It follows the life of a young FBI agent Olivia Warren (played by Anna Torv) who teams up with an institutionalised scientist to investigate paranormal phenomena.
ENGLAND’S MOST HAUNTED HOT SPOTS REVEALED
(10 MAY 08)
Authors Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson have sifted through centuries of myths, legends and local tales to compile a county-by-county guide to England's ghosts. According to the book, the village of Prestbury in Gloucestershire has a good claim to the title of England's most haunted place.
ACTIVEST WANTS ALIEN MEASURE ADDED TO BALLOT
(10 MAY 08)
Never-before-seen video of ‘space aliens’ convinced Jeff Peckman that extraterrestrials exist. Peckman, who is proposing the creation of an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver, believed to be the first of its kind, says that he has footage showing four-foot tall, gray aliens. The alien video is to be revealed to the public in a few weeks.
PODCASTS SHOW UFO’S REGULARLY IN AUSTRALIAN SKIES
(10 MAY 08)
Flashing lights, floating triangles, silvery objects, and stuff that's just plain strange make up each brief episode of Australian UFO Wave, a podcasts that claims that unidentified flying objects are being seen in Australian skies daily, and they've got the video to prove it.
GHOSTS COME OUT TO PLAY IN OLD TOWN, NEW MEXICO
(9 MAY 08)
Julia Brown runs ghost tours of Old Town, New Mexico. The tours are comprised of three parts, a walking tour of the historic area, a ghost tour and a magic tour. Brown says that there are many ghosts along the tours, but only 13 have been sighted more than once. "The ghosts of Old Town seem to haunt a particular building, either the person lived there or something."
THE MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA OF WASHINGTON, USA
(9 MAY 08)
Weird Washington by Jeff Davis and Al Eufrasio, is a new 256-page book that has a full list of ghost stories, unsolved mysteries and colorful characters. According to the authors, Washington is the second-weirdest state in the union when it comes to mysterious phenomena.
THE RELIGIOUS AND REINCARNATION ASPECTS OF HINDUISM
(9 MAY 08)
Hinduism has been in practice for thousands of years. It s based upon mainly of Vedic religion. This religion is based solely on belief in the Absolute. Everyone loves life; everyone lives life by a code of ethics. Their idea about reincarnation is that one takes birth again and again in countless bodies, perhaps as an animal or some other life form, but the self remains the same.
BRITISH GHOST HUNTERS SEEKING SPOOKY ACTIVITIES
(8 MAY 08)
Formed about three years ago by Kettering police officer PC Rowley Adams, Northants Haunted paranormal investigators are appealing to anyone who would like them to investigate any spooky activity to get in touch. The group regularly visits pubs and houses across the county, with mediums to investigate reports of ghostly goings-on.
GHOSTS OF BURMESE CYCLONE DISASTER HAUNTING SURVIVORS
(8 MAY 08)
Death pervades the Burmese town of Labutta, where the blackened bodies of people and animals, rotting in the tropical heat, were washed aground as Burma’s cyclone floodwaters receded. Many of the survivors say they cannot sleep because ghosts of the cyclone victims torment them. One said: “We can’t sleep at night, because we can hear people shouting. Maybe these are the ghosts of the villagers."
IS SALTCOATS, SCOTLAND, THE UK’S TOP SPOT FOR UFO SPOTTING?
(8 MAY 08)
West Kibride, Scotland, is in danger of being knocked off of the top spot for UFO sightings. New video footage, which has received tens of thousands of hits all round the world, displays UFO activity above the skies of Saltcoats.
PRESIDENT WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD DOES NOT FEAR DEATH
(7 MAY 08)
Former Russian president, Mikhail Gorbachev, is not afraid of death. In a recent interview in which he was asked if he was afraid to die, Gorbachev said "No, I do not fear death. If God exists, I have respect for him.”
GHOSTLY NUNS STILL ROAM THE HALLS OF OLD BRITISH BOXING ESTABLSHMENT
(7 MAY 08)
The old Thomas A’ Beckett pub on Old Kent Road, was once the London mecca of British boxing. According to numerous reports, the sweat of men such as Ali and Sugar Ray that showered the walls of the pub was not enough to scare away any ghosts. However, Joe Lucy, the former British welterweight champion, believes that he saw the ghosts of three nuns walking through corridors on the second floor, and even claims to have heard them whispering.
INSIDE THE CHURCH OF SATAN
(7 MAY 08)
In December of 2007, the Catholic Pope formed exorcism squads to tackle the rising tide of Satanism across the world. Now new controversial footage from within the Church of Satan has been released. Inside the Church of Satan, was filmed by independent filmmaker Joshua P. Warren, who was granted unprecedented access to the Church, traveling internationally to live with Satanists and documenting the most intimate aspects of their philosophy.
MOST HAUNTED HOSPITAL IN WEST VIRGINIA
(6 MAY 08)
West Virginia's most famous mental hospital, the Weston hospital, has officially been declared haunted by members of the SciFi Channel television show "Ghost Hunters.”
AUTHOR TO DISCUSS WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE CAME FROM
(6 MAY 08)
Author Paul Von Ward will be a special guest on ‘Your Mental Health Talk Radio’ with host Jacqueline Foreman to discuss his controversial book The Soul Genome: Science and Reincarnation, on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 6 PM EST/ 3 PM PST at
www.blogtalkradio.com/yourmentalhealth
URI GELLER BRINGS THE PARANORMAL INTO THE HOMES OF TURKISH VIEWERS
(6 MAY 08)
Fresh from successful runs in the U.S., Israel, Germany and the Netherlands, the new hit in Turkey is live TV show “Fenomen” with its world-famous spoon bender and self-proclaimed mentalist, Uri Geller.
PARANORMAL GROUP INVESTIGATES SPOOKY BRITISH PUB
(5 MAY 08)
Guests at the British pub, Cox's Mill in The Cliffs, in Cheddar, have reported spooky feelings, while others have actually seen or heard something that cannot be explained. Marz Harvey, one of the managers, subsequently called in a local paranormal group to investigate the ghostly goings on which have been reported by staff, locals and guests.
AMERICAN MAN ORDERS ‘BEER CAN’ COFFIN
(5 MAY 08)
An American man loves beer so much he's had a coffin made to look like a can of his favourite brew. Bill Bramanti ordered the casket from a funeral home in Chicago Heights and a local sign company designed the outside to look like a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer in its signature colours of red, white and blue.
AUTHOR EXPLORES THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT FOR ALIEN ABDUCTION
(5 MAY 08)
Nephilim, as they are called in the Bible, are satanic hybrids born of sexual union between fallen angels (demons) and women. Author Terry James explores the connection between UFOs, spiritual warfare and end-times prophecy in his new book, The Nephilim Imperatives: Dark Sentences, suggesting that the Biblical concept of “nephilim” is a possible explanation for alien abduction.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING HUMAN CAPTURED ON FILM IN SKIES ABOVE MEXICO
(4 MAY 08)
Mexico's latest UFO, filmed hovering over the mountains of Nuevo Leon City, looks like an airborne woman. The video shows a floating figure gliding horizontally across the tops of the mountains.
ROBBIE WILLIAMS FASCINATED WITH ALIENS AND UFO’s
(4 MAY 08)
English singer songwriter Robbie Williams’s fascination with all things paranormal is such that he recently jetted to a UFO convention in Nevada to pursue his hobby. According to his belief, UFOs are “there all the time” but only show themselves on Earth when they make mistakes and their “protective shields” come off.
NEW BOOK EXPLORES SPOOKY TALES FROM “WEIRD INDIANA”
(4 MAY 08)
"Weird Indiana" is a new book from the same authors, Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman, who have previously written "Weird New Jersey" and "Weird U.S." In “Weird Indiana”, the book has many stories that chronicle strange and eerie tales throughout the state, including quirky roadside oddities, local legends, local heroes and villains.
UFO SPOTTED OVER AUSTRALIA’S TOP END
(3 MAY 08)
Five miners in the Northern Territory of Australia say they spotted a UFO last week. In the early evening, worker Arnold Murray noticed a light silently flying towards his work site and alerted his coworkers as the object swooped in. “It wasn't a chopper, it wasn't a plane--we knew that much--and it definitely wasn't a shooting star.”
JACKSON WANTING TO KNOW WHAT HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE
(3 MAY 08)
Rumour has it there’s trouble in heaven. Hollywood director Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones recently ceased production due to a rift between Jackson and his art director over the best way to depict Heaven.
GRAVE SURFING – AN UNUSUAL HOBY
(3 MAY 08)
Minnesota Department of Health spokesman and author Stew Thornley is a "graveyard hunter" who doesn't dwell on the afterlife. Since 1997, when he and a friend visited the graves of President Benjamin Harrison and gangster John Dillinger in Indianapolis, Thornley has nurtured a preoccupation with "grave hunting" or "grave surfing."
HOLLYWOOD UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
(2 MAY 08)
A leading figure in the movement to uncover alternative knowledge about the origins and secrets of the universe, Jordan Maxwell, is a pre-eminent researcher and scholar in the areas of the origins of major world religions secret societies, occult philosophies and UFOs. On Saturday May 17th, 2008, Maxwell is to lead a gathering at The Beverly Garland in Universal City in which they will attempt to unlock the mysteries of the universe, UFOs and more.
BRITISH MAN PLACES £MILLION BET ON UFO APPEARING AT OPENING OF BEIJING OLYMPIC CEREMONY
(2 MAY 08)
Staff at the William Hill bookmaker on Hampstead High Street, London, have taken a bet for £333 from local man, Rainbow George Weiss, that a UFO will appear during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 8, or 8/8/8.
MYSTERIOUS BRIGHT LIGHTS SPOTTED IN SKIES OVER COLORADO
(2 MAY 08)
Mary Aldrich of Loveland, Colorado (USA), is still is hoping to find an explanation for the bright red orbs she spotted in the sky last Sunday night. At about 8:45pm, Aldrich glanced into the night sky and saw something strange: two red lights floating side-by-side. “There was no sound, no smoke, no trail — there was nothing. They didn’t belong there,” she said.
CONVERSATIONS WITH DAD FROM THE OTHER SIDE
(1 MAY 08)
In 2007, Emmy Award-winning Chicago broadcaster, Jenniffer Weigel, released her book, Stay Tuned: Conversations with Dad from the Other Side. The book, is a memoir about how Weigel went to the "other side" by consulting spiritual gurus to contact her father who died in 2001, a year after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU DIE
(1 MAY 08)
Believe it or not, when you die, there are still many things that your body can do. The following item lists ten things your body can do after you are psychically dead.
FORT KNOX OPENS UP FOR PARANORMAL TEACHINGS
(1 MAY 08)
Members of the Central Maine Paranormal Investigation group and the Massachusetts Paranormal Team, will be teaming up to provide lectures and hands-on ghost hunting tips at the annual Psychic/Paranormal Faire, which is taking place on the weekend of July 5 and 6 in the Fort Knox observatory.
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If you know of an upcoming afterlife or paranromal event, let us know and we'll post it here on AfterLife News for others to see. Click here to view upcoming events.