by Eric Olsen | Feb 9, 2016 | culture, religion and belief, seasonal |
You just finish putting away all the Christmas and winter decorations and Valentine’s Day rolls around, a time for the showy expression of love, especially romantic love, in the form of mushy cards, a box of chocolate, flowers, a romantic meal, maybe jewelry...
by Eric Olsen | Jan 6, 2016 | cryptozoology, culture, extraterrestrials, media, monsters, paranormal, radio, seasonal, weird/science |
In this ripsnorting special New Year’s Eve edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted radio with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we review the top paranormal and weird news stories of 2015; survey and discuss year-end lists of movies, TV,...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 31, 2015 | culture, religion and belief, seasonal, weird/science |
Weird New Year’s traditions predate recorded history, blending over time with winter solstice and eventually the Christmas season to form a circus of wonderful winter strangeness. Everyone feels the magic when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 30, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, media, paranormal, radio, religion and belief, seasonal |
In this December 23, 2015 Christmas Special edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we review the week’s paranormal headlines, dig into even more Weird Christmas customs and traditions, talk Star...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 22, 2015 | art, books, culture, media, movies, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, television |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t think about how weird and wondrous they truly are. Where would Christmas be without angels? From Gabriel’s startling announcement to Mary and Joseph, to lovable but bumbling Clarence in...
by The Lineup | Dec 18, 2015 | culture, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, weird/science |
By JENNIFER JACKSON An off-hand remark about coal in stockings is usually enough to scare American kids into submission during the holidays. But in Iceland, parents go to much darker places to garner good behavior … or at least they used to. In the 1600s, little...