JUNE 2008
SUPERNATURAL POWER’S OF KENYA’S INVISIBLE PEOPLE
(30 JUN 08)
In the coastal town of Mombasa, Kenya, the talk is about spirits (djinns) that take on human and animal forms. Said to possess supernatural powers, these spirits are able to beat people, rape or sodomise them, or just make life miserable for them.
PHILIPPINA SPIRIT MEDIUM SEES ‘DEAD PEOPLE’
(30 JUN 08)
Born with power of touch and psychic abilities, Elizabeth Oropesa says that she sees dead people. From her childhood to this day, Oropesa has been a reluctant medium, and says she still receives frequent visitations from spirits.
‘J. DOE’ SUES CATHOLIC DIOCESE OVER EXORCISM RECORDINGS
(30 JUN 08)
An American man, known in court filings as J. Doe, is suing the Catholic Diocese of Charleston over recordings taken of his exorcism. The man contends that the filming violated his right to privacy, and he is asking for all recordings that exist to be turned over to his possession.
AMERICAN BELIEFS IN HEAVEN AND HELL
(29 JUN 08)
A recent survey, carried out by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life in America, has confirmed a long-developing trend in popular cosmology. Belief in heaven is outstripping that of a belief in hell. Alan F. Segal, a professor of religion at Barnard College and the author of "Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion," said "Hell is for nonbelievers, and most Americans don't believe there are nonbelievers next door, even if their religion is different."
AMERICAN COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF CHURCH OVER BOTCHED EXORCISM
(29 JUN 08)
The Texas Supreme Court has sided with a church, the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God, which was sued after members injured a teenage girl during an exorcism, aimed at casting out of demons within her.
THE ARGUMENT FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH
(29 JUN 08)
The conviction that death isn’t the end of a person’s life crosses cultures and spans centuries, leading some to wonder what exactly it is that makes people so certain life as we know it isn’t the end of the story.
CAMBODIA’S ‘GHOST HOUSE’ IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP
(28 JUN 08)
Cambodia’s famed “ghost house” in Kampong Chhnang’s, has become a shrine for the superstitious. Nhek Phea who is the caretaker of the house says that “the house is now a holy place for believers in spirits." "Every day, many people come here to pray to the ghosts - even rich people drive their luxurious cars here to pray for good earnings. They make offerings of roasted pigs, chickens, and fruit, as well as money."
IRELAND’S HAUNTED CASTLE
(28 JUN 08)
Gordon Lyttle is the current owner of Richhill Castle in Ireland, which is rumored to be experiencing a lot of paranormal activity. Recently, members of the Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association spent some time at the castle investigating it’s spooky goings on.
VIKING AFTERLIFE ARTEFACTS GO ON DISPLAY
(28 JUN 08)
A team of archaeologists in Sweden who have been digging up rare Viking artefacts, such as a boat-grave dating back to the 9th century AD, at Skamby in Ostergotland, in South Sweden, have put the items on display in a Swedish museum. The excavation uncovered 23 very rare amber gaming pieces, which illustrates the lifestyle of the family buried there, as well as their pagan beliefs in relation to the afterlife.
GHOST TOURS WITH A GPS DIFFERENCE
(27 JUN 08)
Visitors to St. Augustine, Florida, (USA) can now experience North America’s oldest city while being captivated by ghost stories and paranormal phenomena. This is all thanks to the launch of a new interpretive tool, the GPS Ranger™, which provides the GPS guided paranormal ghost walking tour experiences in both English and Spanish.
BRITISH MEDIUM ON NATIONAL TOUR
(27 JUN 08)
Stephen Holbrook is one of Britain’s ‘most gifted spiritualist mediums’. As part of his nation wide tour, he will be performing at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington, this coming Tuesday, 1 July 2008.
AUSTRALIA AND THE UK ‘INVADED’ BY UFO’s
(27 JUN 08)
In the small Australian town of Marlinja, 730km south of Darwin, a number of people have described how they saw flashing red lights and a huge boom shatter the still of the outback night last Sunday. This comes as similar UFO sightings were recently reported in the UK.
UFO SIGHTINGS SPARK ALIEN INVASION FEAR IN THE UK
(26 JUN 08)
Alarmed UK citizens convinced they saw an armada of UFOs in the sky have flooded radio stations with their calls of distress. The 13 flying objects were captured on film and are now reportedly being investigated by army officials.
WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO HELP DEBUNK URBAN MYTHS
(26 JUN 08)
The Sûreté du Québec has launched a website dedicated to debunking urban myths and other such legends. The site lists 13 common urban myths and urges people to consult it before panicking or sending a mass email. George Noory, host of the syndicated overnight radio show Coast to Coast A.M., which focuses on the paranormal and conspiracies and is broadcast in Montreal believes that "people love to be scared."
WASHINGTON GHOST HUNTERS GATHER FOR THEIR FIRST HUNT
(26 JUN 08)
Paranormal Washington is a newly founded paranormal investigative team that is modeled on the SciFi channel’s television show “Ghost Hunters.” Gathering for their first investigation at the historic Buena Vista cemetery in Port Gamble, the members talk of a decapitated spirit and how they might be able to capture images or sound with the various equipment they have with them.
BELIEF IN THE AFTERLIFE DIFFERS WITH ALL RELIGIONS
(25 JUN 08)
No one really knows where we go in the afterlife, but many of us believe in a final destination at the end of the road. Protestants and Roman Catholics, for example, believe heaven to be the ultimate union with Christ. Muslims also believe in heaven and hell, but call heaven paradise, while in Judaism, there are virtually a dozen answers to what’s next, including nothing at all.
INTERNATIONAL GHOST CONFERENCE COMING TO CANADA
(25 JUN 08)
John Adams is well known for his mysterious Victoria ghost walks and his chilling historical books. From July 6 to 9, Adams will be one of the guest speakers at the international Got Ghosts Conference at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC, Canada.
DIFFERENT WAYS TO FAREWELL THE BELOVED FAMILY PET
(25 JUN 08)
How far would you go to take care of your beloved pet to prepare them for their afterlife? According to a poll conducted in the USA, eight percent of respondents would bury their animals in a pet cemetery, while another fifteen percent would have their animals cremated.
BRITISH PUBLICAN GIVES PERMISSION FOR SÉANCE IN BEER CELLAR
(24 JUN 08)
British hotelier Malcolm Edwards has vowed to get to the bottom of the local legend that a previous owner of the Burnett Arms is still on the premises, entombed in the basement. “I have granted permission to a local paranormal investigation society to hold a séance in the beer cellar” said Mr. Edwards.
THE INNER VOICE WITHIN CAN BE A POWERFUL TOOL
(24 JUN 08)
The ability to acquire information by paranormal means is popularly believed to be possessed by everybody on this planet. Astrologer Bejan Daruwala believes that “Intuition is the power that takes a person from the known into the unknown.”
‘EXORCISED’ WOMAN SUES CHURCH
(24 JUN 08)
Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan is suing two priests and six members of her local church, of the Redemptorist Order for traumatising her with the alleged forced exorcism at the Novena Church in Singapore, on Aug 10, 2004.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN’S BELIEF ABOUT JEWELRY
(23 JUN 08)
The notion of jewelry has existed for thousands of years, dating back to humanity’s ancestors, Cro-Magnon man. The ancient Egyptians preferred to wear gold jewelry, which they felt symbolized the pharaoh’s power, as well as the religious power of the priests. Even after death, the Egyptians would leave jewelry with the pharaohs and nobility to take with them to the afterlife.
GRAVE ADDICTS COME OUT TO PLAY IN MELBOURNE
(23 JUN 08)
Kay Rowan is the vice-president of the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery and group leader of the solstice night tour of St Kilda Cemetery. Last Saturday, about 75 brave night owls gathered for a wintry historical tour of the cemetery.
EDINBURGH’S GHOSTLY PAST
(23 JUN 08)
Guided tours focusing on Edinburgh's ghosts and grisly history are readily available in the old town of Lawnmarket throughout the year. Walk the grim grey streets of brooding granite, plunge into Edinburgh's murky history and you won't be disappointed.
CANADA’S DEDICATED GHOST HUNTERS IN CANADA
(22 JUN 08)
The Canadian Haunting and Paranormal Society (CHAPS), is a group of dedicated paranormal researchers who use the science and spiritual background of their members to conduct investigations for people who've been having that "haunting feeling". CHAPS director and lead investigator Dave Gibb says that their goal is to gather evidence and provide a scientific explanation for the phenomenon.
THE BROWN HOUSE GHOSTS
(22 JUN 08)
Constructed circa 1890, the Brown house, whose first owner gave the name to the Browns Valley neighborhood in west Napa, California, is said to have had many a ghostly tenants over the years. Ken Martin, who owned the Brown residence between 1971-1999, was told that “there once was a ghost who haunted this house.” “He was said to be malevolent and answered to the name of Richard. Supposedly he was removed from the house by exorcism.”
JAPAN’S HUNT FOR LIFE IN OUTER SPACE
(22 JUN 08)
The search for aliens and UFOs is not new to Japan. Now, a team of Japan’s biggest astronomical observatories is on a quest to find out whether or not there is life in outer space.
PROOF OF THE PARANORMAL CAPTURED AT UK CASTLE
(21 JUN 08)
Ever since the Oxford Castle’s construction in 1071 there have been many reports of paranormal activity. A photograph taken by a member of the public at a ghost hunt organised by Fright Nights, the UK’s leading ghost hunt specialist, captured a dark figure taken in the foreboding underground Crypt at Oxford Castle Unlocked, has revealed the paranormal does exist and confirms beliefs that the Castle is haunted.
RAISING FUNDS FOR CHARITY CAN BE A GHOSTLY EXPERIENCE
(21 JUN 08)
Members of the British paranormal team, Most Haunted Nites, is looking for groups of brave souls to spend a night in the haunted house at 35 Stonegate, York, in the name of charity. Steve Kneeshaw, one of the organisers of the event, says that “there is poltergeist activity, but not bad poltergeist activity” in the centuries-old building.
POLICE HELICOPTER SPOTS UFO IN WALES
(21 JUN 08)
A police helicopter is reported to have chased a UFO after it nearly collided with the aircraft while it was preparing to land near Cardiff, Wales. A source familiar with the incident said the three men on board the helicopter reported seeing a "flying saucer-shaped" object encircled by lights speeding toward them as they prepared to land.
BUDDHISTS MONKS DANCE TO WARD OF EVIL SPIRITS
(20 JUN 08)
Buddhist monks at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, recently staged a traditional dance, to rhythmic beats and known as known as 'Dupchen chaam' while also wearing masks, to ward off evil spirits from the state.
THE GHOSTS OF FORT DELAWARE
(20 JUN 08)
‘Ghost Hunters’ from the Sci-Fi TV Channel say that they have found evidence that Fort Delaware, in Delaware (USA), is haunted. Local historian, Lee Jennings, believes that this is good news for the park, as “everyone loves a good ghost story.”
WEST MICHIGAN’S UFO INCIDENT BACK ON THE RADAR
(20 JUN 08)
West Michigan's famous brush with the unknown is ready for prime time TV again, after 14 years. In March 1994 UFOs were reported speeding along the shoreline, leaving police and witnesses bewildered.
CELEBRITY PSYCHIC TO PROBE BRITISH GRAND THEATRE
(19 JUN 08)
The ghostly goings-on at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool, England, have been drawing in crowds as part of their new paranormal tours. This coming week, celebrity TV psychic Sally Morgan will be a special visitor probing into the theatre’s hidden ghostly past.
AUSTRALIA’S HAUNTED HOT SPOTS
(19 JUN 08)
While it can be tempting to write off tales of ghosts, cursed shipwrecks and mysterious natural phenomena as silly superstition, there are some places across Australia where it's not quite so easy to be so dismissive.
GHOSTLY CHALLENGE AT HAUNTED UK BUILDING
(19 JUN 08)
The Michelham Priory is said to the most haunted building in East Sussex, England. On August 30, the Priory is hosting a sponsored 'Fright Night' in which participants will spend the night with British celebrity medium Ian Lawman.
ROBBIE WILLIAMS CAMPING OUT TO SPOT UFO’s
(18 JUN 08)
Robbie Williams has started camping in a bid to spot a UFO. The 'Angels' singer, who is fascinated with aliens, has purchased a tent, sleeping bag, cooking gear and survival equipment so he can sleep under the Californian stars in the hope of seeing an extraterrestrial spacecraft.
FRIGHT SEEING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
(18 JUN 08)
The continued success of television programmes such as Living TV’s Most Haunted, ITV’s Supernatural, Zone Reality’s Ghost Hunt, Psychic, and Private Eyes, has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people in the UK wanting to go on a ghost hunting weekend for their short breaks.
“GHOSTHUNTER”
(18 JUN 08)
Although his business card says "Ghosthunter," Robert Bess is a paranormal researcher. In May 2007, Bess says that he captured two ghosts on film, the first such capture in human history.
OLD WAYS OF WARDING OFF SPIRITS
(17 JUN 08)
When Amy Piesse and Shamus Hoare recently pulled up the floor of the Victorian terrace house they are renovating, in Northcote, Victoria, they were alarmed to find some old, worn-out children's shoes and the spinal bone of what looked like a cat. Australian architectural historian Ian Evans, believes that the shoes and cat's bones found under the house might be ritual objects left by past owners to ward off evil spirits.
AMERICAN GHOST HUNTERS WANT TO SEARCH ‘HAUNTED’ FERRIES
(17 JUN 08)
The Washington State Ghost Society, has been trying for more than a year to get permission to board the retired 81-year-old Washington State Steel Electric-class ferries to collect evidence of ghosts. Over the years, crew members on the aging ferry fleet have reported experiencing different paranormal phenomena.
ALIENS ATTRACTED TO AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARRIER REEF
(17 JUN 08)
Dr. Martin Gottschalk, an Australian engineer and UFO Research Queensland researcher, says aliens have been regularly visiting the sunshine state, attracted by its natural wonders like the Great Barrier Reef. Dr. Gottschall, who has been studying UFOs for more than 30 years, says that they have "collected thousands of sighting reports in Queensland” and that “the occupants of these craft appear to be interested in the vegetation and also the Great Barrier Reef, which is also an object of study by these same aliens.”
TEN OF HOLLYWOOD’S SPOOKIEST PRODUCTIONS
(16 JUN 08)
There is a long Hollywood tradition of cursed films and a certain cachet that comes with working on them, especially if it's a supernatural horror film. The most intriguing film curses are those that do not reveal themselves until after the project has finished; mysterious, often tragic occurrences, supposedly caused by evil spirits determined that the film should never see the light of day.
DEMONS DROVE MAN TO BEAT BABY TO DEATH
(16 JUN 08)
A crazed man shot and killed by police in rural Stanislaus County, California, as he beat a toddler to death on a lonely country road, believed the poor boy had been taken over by demons.
TEXAS UFO NETWORK REGULARLY SHARE THEIR INFORMATION
(16 JUN 08)
Mutual UFO Network members meet once a month to share information about alleged UFO sightings. They spend a lot of time investigating information provided by witnesses and use resources available on the Internet, such as flight information and satellite locations, to determine what a sighting could be.
GHOSTS OF SWINDON FEATURED IN GUIDE BOOKS
(16 JUN 08)
Swindon educational charity Paranormal Site Investigators has been given Lottery cash to pay for 5,000 heritage and tourism booklets, all about Swindon's hauntings, and 1,000 other booklets to be used while conducting Haunted Heritage walks in Old Town and Highworth.
MYSTERIOUS SHAPES BUZZING OVER BRITISH SKIES
(15 JUN 08)
More evidence of weird triangle and cube shaped objects stalking the skies of Southampton has emerged. The X-Files-style mystery has left UFO enthusiasts baffled and an investigation was even launched by Southampton Airport after a worried member of the public alerted bosses.
UFO SPOTTED IN MASSACHUSETTS SKIES
(15 JUN 08)
Two local men from Greater Newburyport (Massachusetts, USA), swear that an unidentified flying object appeared over Interstate 95 about 10 a.m. on Friday the 13th. One of the men, Robert Mace, who was driving his nephew to school, says that they “looked up and saw this silver, illuminated saucer flying through the air, it changed shape into a cylinder and left a trail of smoke, and then it snuffed out like a candle."
SKEPTICAL BELIEVER OF GHOSTS AND THE AFTERLIFE
(15 JUN 08)
David Manch is a ghost hunter who’s debunked many reports, but believes in others. He's seen a single hanger inexplicably begin to sway in a closet and says he's had a flashlight taken out of his hand by the spirit of a dead child. Manch is currently penning a book he hopes to self-publish in coming months, titled "There Are Ghosts in Our World: But Are They All Real?." Manch has also founded the paranormal group, Southern New Hampshire Paranormal.
DID WE ORIGNATE FROM OUTER SPACE?
(14 JUN 08)
European and US scientists have proved for the first time that two bits of genetic coding, called nucleobases, contained in a meteorite fragment found in Australia, may well have played a key role in the origin of life on earth. Zita Martins, a researcher at Imperial College London and the lead author in the study, says that both of the molecules identified, uracil and xanthine, "are present in our DNA and RNA."
PSYCHIC KIDS TO FOLLOW IN FOOT STEPS OF "PARANORMAL STATE"
(14 JUN 08)
Following on from the success of the A&E series "Paranormal State," the network is soon to premiere "Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal", this Monday June 16. Each one-hour episode features three kids who ultimately are brought together by Medium Chip Coffey and renowned psychologist and Columbia University professor, Dr. Lisa Miller, to learn how to cope with their gifts and to realize they are not alone.
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS IN WEST TEXAS
(14 JUN 08)
A year ago, Robby Duncan formed the group The West Texas paranormal investigations society. Investigating paranormal activity has been a passion of his since he was young, says Duncan, and that: "It's knowing that something is there that needs to be explained."
FIGHTER JET ATTCKED BY UFO’s
(13 JUN 08)
According to Romanian government officials, at least one fighter jet was attacked by at least four UFOs on October 31, 2007. The incident shattered the plane's cockpit, which was all captured by the plane's onboard camera as it was flying above Transylvania.
END OF THE WORLD?
(13 JUN 08)
Could we be we living in the last century of our civilization? According to many of the world's top scientists is it possible that all of our technology, knowledge and wealth cannot save us from ourselves?
BELIEF IN WITCHES IS VERY REAL IN WESTERN KENYA
(13 JUN 08)
Beliefs in ghosts and witches are very real in Western Kenya. In late May news outlets in Kenya told the story of 15 people, mostly elderly women, who were murdered in a witch hunt near the town of Kisii.
GHOSTS INFLUENCE NEW COLDPLAY ALBUM
(12 JUN 08)
Chris Martin, the lead singer of international rock band Cold Play, says that their latets album was influenced by ghosts. Having had his own ghostly experience, Martin recently said in an interview, "I have had one experience in Wales. I woke up and there was this sort of hot air moving around the end of the bed. And it wasn't Jonny Buckland breaking wind!"
AUSTRALIA LOOKING FOR ‘THE ONE’ TOP PSYCHIC
(12 JUN 08)
A new Australian TV show called ‘The One’, is aiming to find Australia's best psychic. The One will feature seven of Australia's top psychics in a quest to decide who is indeed "the one". Every week they will showcase their abilities in a series of studio and location challenges, such as finding a lost child in the bush, or delving inside the minds of celebrities.
CHAPLAIN TO GUIDE YOUR BELOVED PETS' SOULS INTO THE AFTERLIFE
(12 JUN 08)
Pet Chaplain, Marcus Allison, believes all animals have souls and that all of their souls go to heaven. However he is not trying to convince all the skeptics, as not everyone believes all animals have souls and that all of their souls go to heaven.
PARANORMAL TEAM SEARCHING FOR SPIRITS IN BRITISH PUB
(11 JUN 08)
Owners of the Bosses at the Coach and Horses in Chapfields, England, have invited members of a Norwich paranormal investigative team to see whether they could pick up on any paranormal activity or messages from the spirit world in the 1846-built pub.
GHOST HUNTING IS A PASSION FOR IDAHO RESIDENT
(11 JUN 08)
Founder of the The Big River Ghost Trackers, Jason Wells, says that investigating paranormal activity has been a passion for him most of his life, and that he’s been involved in more than 100 investigations.
MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS SPOTTED IN BRITISH SKIES
(11 JUN 08)
Five strange lights were recently spotted hovering over the sky above Wanstead and Woodford, England. Bradley Gross, a 32-year-old paint shop worker said: "It still gives me the shivers even thinking about it now. It was really freaky-looking and we saw these bright spots and then this thing slowly comes down diagonally to earth.” “Without a doubt it was something odd and it could not have been a plane or a balloon as it was not moving at all and had these bright lights.
ANCIENT NECROPOLIS FOUND NEAR ROME
(10 JUN 08)
On the outskirts of Rome, Archaeologists have discovered a nearly 2,000-year-old, intact necropolis that gives a rare insight into the lives of poor labourers in the Roman era. Dating back to the 1st and 2nd century AD, when the Roman empire was at its height, the burial complex held about 320 tombs bearing well-preserved skeletal remains and artefacts, like lamps and jewellery to accompany the dead into the afterlife.
GERMANS LINING UP FOR DAILY EXORCISE
(10 JUN 08)
Up to one person per day undergoes a full scale exorcism in Germany. Father Joerg Mueller, who heads a group of priests, doctors and therapists, says that over the past year alone he has received requests from around 350 people who think they are possessed by an evil spirit.
SURVEY SHOWS SOME INDIAN SCIENTISTS BELIEF IN GHOSTS
(10 JUN 08)
A survey of Indian scientists revealed that 49 per cent believe prayer can deliver resultsand at least 7 per cent believe in ghosts, spirits and the caste system. Furthermore, one in three scientists surveyed believe in sins and deeds of a past life, and in life after death, and one in four believe that “holy people” can perform miracles.
ASTROLOGY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THAI POLITICS
(9 JUN 08)
Although Thailand has long been technically Buddhist, in practice a vast panoply of gods and spirits comes into play. There’s a deep and ancient belief that the spirits of some people linger in the world and can influence events. Great figures from the past and prominent ancestors can be very powerful.
MELBOURNE FILMMAKER LOOKING TO UNLOCK MYSTERY OF UFO SIGHTINGS
(9 JUN 08)
Melbourne filmmaker Rosie Jones is calling on residents to unlock the secrets surrounding a UFO sighting in Clayton South 42 years ago. Former students Joy Clarke and Sue Savage are involved in the documentary and have vivid memories of that bright, autumn day. "I was in science class and I remember a student came running in and said, 'Mr Greenwood, there's flying saucers near the oval'," Ms Clarke said.
HISTORIC GHOST TOURS OF WASHINGTON D.C.
(9 JUN 08)
Every weekend, groups of up to 30 gather outside Ramsay House Visitors Center on King Street, Alexandria, Washington D.C., to spend more than an hour winding through the alleys of the historic city and being spooked by lantern-carrying, costumed docents on Alexandria Colonial Tours’ Ghost and Graveyard Tour.
UK HERITAGE BUILDING HAS GHOSTLY HISTORY
(8 JUN 08)
Dixon House, an empty heritage building that has deep roots in the history of Peterborough, UK. Neighbourhood children may tell you that the house is haunted, and that on Halloween the ghosts of a child and two elderly people can be seen through the windows.
ALIEN VIDEO MAN SEEKING UFO SUPPORT FROM BARACK OBAMA
(8 JUN 08)
Jeff Peckman, who revealed a video of what he believes is an extra-terrestrial, at a press conference in Denver, Colorado, is campaigning in support of a ballot initiative that would let the people of Denver vote in November, during the U.S. federal elections, on a plan to establish a city-wide extra-terrestrial affairs commission.
THE SIXTH SENSE DIRECTOR SEE’S ‘DEAD PEOPLE’
(8 JUN 08)
Indian born Manoj Night Shyamalan, is the man Newsweek Magazine declared as the next Spielberg. Many of his films are so steeped in supernatural and in the paranormal. It was Manoj Night who coined the famous dialogue, I see dead people, in his film The Sixth Sense.
NEW PARANORMAL CHANNEL TO HIT THE AIRWAVES
(7 JUN 08)
Britain’s ‘Most Haunted’ host, Yvette Fielding and her producer husband, Karl Beattie, have put up £1.1m of their own money to launch The Paranormal Channel. Available on Sky and online from Monday, with plans to launch on cable and Freeview within six months and ultimately across the world, they hope the new channel will become a favourite haunt for viewers.
ITALIAN EXORCIST: ‘EVERYBODY IS VULNERABLE TO THE WORK OF SATAN’
(7 JUN 08)
The Spanish daily “La Razon” recently published an interview with Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth who said, “Everybody is vulnerable to the work of Satan” and that “the devil loves to take over those who hold political office.”
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FORMER CEMETERY FOR GHOSTLY ACTIVITY
(7 JUN 08)
Members of the Inland Empire Paranormal Investigators, recently spent the night at the at Campo Santo Memorial Park, the old Catholic cemetery converted to a city park in San Bernardino, California, searching for signs of paranormal activity.
SPIRIT WALK LOOKS INTO HISTORY’S PAST
(6 JUN 08)
John Boyd, owner of the Shadowicc Metaphysical Boutique, says he can communicate with dead people. Beginning this weekend, Boyd will be offering lantern-lit haunted tours of downtown Belleville, Ontario Canada, which will take place every Friday and Saturday at 7 p. m. and 9 p. m. from June 6, until the end of the year.
BRITISH PARANORMAL GROUP TO HOLD IT’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE
(6 JUN 08)
Lancashire Anomalous Phenomena Investigation Society (LAPIS), a Blackpool-based UFO and paranormal group, is holding its annual conference on June 14 at the YMCA in St Annes.
FATHER AND SON PARANORMAL TEAM
(6 JUN 08)
In 2006, Joe Wright he and his son, Chris, formed Paranormal Scene Investigators (PSI). "For every 10 cases you go on, there may be one or two acts of paranormal activity," he says, "things that you can't explain”.
FUGITIVE RABBI ARRESTED ON EXORCISM CHARGES
(5 JUN 08)
Elior Noam Hen, a fugitive rabbi wanted in his native Israel on charges of torturing children in exorcism rites, has been arrested by Brazilian and Interpol officers. Hen is accused of torturing children and inciting violence against them in an effort to "expel the demon" from their bodies, in line with the beliefs of a radical religious sect to which he belonged.
PRINGLE’S TUBE CREATOR HAS HIS FINAL WISH
(5 JUN 08)
The children of Fredric Baur, creator of the nifty Pringles potato crisp container, have honored his final request by placing part of his cremated ashes in the Pringles container he invented in order to bury it beside an urn with his remains.
ECO BURIALS HELP TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(5 JUN 08)
Bill Mont, president of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in California, Sackville (USA), is introducing eco-burials, saying that using nail-free coffins or no coffin at all and skipping embalming helps reduce your final environmental impact.
CLASSIFIED PAPERS REVEAL BRITISH UFO SIGHTINGS
(4 JUN 08)
Recently released classified papers from the British Ministry of Defence, reveal sightings of UFOs in and around Hertfordshire. The classified papers reveal detailed reports about UFO sightings received by British authorities between 1978 and 2002.
NEW ZEALAND GHOST BUSTER WANTS YOUR ‘HAUNTED’ HOME
(4 JUN 08)
New Zealand ghostbuster Brad Scott is asking all Wellingtonians to open the doors to their haunted homes and paranormal places so that he can debunk these places of all the things people are scared of.
TEENAGER CAPTURES GHOST ON FILM AT SCOTTISH CASTLE
(4 JUN 08)
British teenager Connor Bond claims that a picture he snapped while attending a wedding at Tulloch Castle in Dingwall, already famed for its ghostly residents, proves that ghosts do exist.
FREE FUNERAL GIVEAWAY AT AMERICAN BASEBALL GAME
(3 JUN 08)
The Grand Prairie AirHogs Professional Baseball team will be offering one lucky (or unlucky!) fan a free funeral as part of a promotion. All expenses will be covered by the Chapel of Roses Funeral Home and Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, both located in Irving, Texas.
INTERNET AND TV ARE INCREASING INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL
(3 JUN 08)
Ghost-hunting groups around the U.S. are swelling with members. Their popularity is 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.
BRITAIN’S PSYCHIC PRIVATE EYES
(3 JUN 08)
Psychic Private Eyes is a new British TV show in which some of the country’s best known mediums conduct real life psychic investigations into baffling murders and disappearances. The 15 episode series taps into the public's growing fascination with the paranormal. A recent Readers Digest Magazine survey revealed more than half of Britons believe in psychic powers.
OHIO BASED PARANORMAL GROUP SEARCH FOR GHOSTLY ACTIVITY AT LOCAL AUDITORIUM
(2 JUN 08)
The Ohio Paranormal Seekers, or TOPS, is a paranormal group based in Columbus (USA) that investigates paranormal activities in homes, commercial buildings, famous haunted locations and any place thought to be haunted. Recently, members from TOPS investigated the Secrest Auditorium for ghostly activity in which several TOPS members felt the sensation of being touched.
SEARCHING FOR ‘NORAH’ THE GHOST AT UK THEATRE
(2 JUN 08)
Bacup Royal Court Theatre staff has called in a team of paranormal investigators after cast, crew and visitors sensed the theatre was haunted. The Paranormal Activity Research Team of Lancashire spent a night at the theatre in the presence of six staff and claim to have found extensive evidence of ghostly goings on.
EMPLOYEES BELIEVE THAT MYSTERIOUS FAINTINGS CAUSED BY GHOSTS
(2 JUN 08)
Workers at a denim factory in Pakistan believe that there are ghosts haunting the factory, with many staff mysteriously fainting. The workers have also reported that a portion of the factory where these strange happenings are occurring was the site of a mosque that had been demolished about a year ago.
DENVER MAN CLAIMS TO HAVE PROOF OF ALIEN EXISTENCE
(1 JUN 08)
A Denver man by the name of Jeff Peckman is getting ready to start collecting signatures in order to put together a commission that would be responsible for taking the apropriate measures for the inevitable contact of our civilization with alien species, as well as of raising awareness on this subject among the general public.
VATICAN OK WITH PARANORMAL
(1 JUN 08)
The Roman Catholic Church has never been considered anti-alien. In fact, Catholic priests and scholars have written about the issue of extraterrestrial life since at least the Middle Ages.
THE WORLD’S NEXT TOP LAMA
(1 JUN 08)
Traditionally regarded as third in prominence among lamas, the Karmapa is one of the most prominent lamas, or teachers in Tibetan Buddhism. He is also the person regarded as a likely successor to the Dalai Lama as the figurehead of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide.
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Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Ernest Hemingway
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