by Blogcritics | Jun 15, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings |
By DIANE KRISTINE WILD “It’s not that we believe in ghosts; it’s that we know they’re there.” So said our Iceland guide Hlíf after we visited Höfði, the site of the Reykjavík summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev that marked the beginning of the end of...
by Clarissa Cole | Jun 13, 2016 | books, culture, media, weird/science |
H.H. Holmes (born Herman W. Mudgett) was a master of disguise… well, of deception, really. He needed no fake beard or costume to convince anyone that he truly was what he wanted them to believe. In his life he would be a druggist, a doctor, a barber, a restaurateur, a...
by Eric Olsen | Jun 13, 2016 | books, ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, media, paranormal |
Exactly halfway between New York City and Chicago, in the sleepy northwestern Pennsylvania town of Linesville, sits a beautifully refurbished and decorated three-story brick landmark, the Knickerbocker Hotel, which happens to be bursting at the seams with spirits....
by Eric Olsen | Jun 10, 2016 | books, ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, media, paranormal, radio |
On tonight’s probing edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — Thursdays 9-11pE with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we dig into the nuts and bolts of paranormal investigation with veteran ghost hunter, author, and sergeant...
by Blogcritics | Jun 8, 2016 | art, books, comics, media, monsters, paranormal |
By JEFF PROVINE Blood in Four Colours: A Graphic History of Horror Comics by Pedro Cabezuelo is the sixth edition in the Rue Morgue Library. Rue Morgue is a Toronto-based media house, launched in 1997 by Rodrigo Gudino that has become a leading world horror brand in...
by Eric Olsen | Jun 7, 2016 | media, monsters, movies, vampires |
You can’t swing a dead bat without hitting a Dracula-themed movie, TV show, play, book, comic, ballet or various other iterations of the blood sucker in popular culture. In fact, Bram Stoker’s seductive, menacing Count is one of the most ubiquitous...
by The Lineup | Jun 7, 2016 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, paranormal |
By JESSICA FERRI From California to the New York Island, the United States is a big country. And you know what that means: ghosts. Lots of them. From brutal prisons and horrifying hospitals to haunted funeral homes, here is the most haunted location for each of the 50...
by Eric Olsen | Jun 2, 2016 | books, culture, media, movies, radio, weird/science |
After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — Thursdays 9-11pE with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — is honored and privileged to welcome forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr. Clarissa Cole to the program. Tonight Dr. Cole — who...
by The Lineup | May 27, 2016 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, paranormal |
By GARY SWEENEY The Battle of Cold Harbor took place outside of Richmond, Virginia between May 31 and June 12, 1864. One of the last major skirmishes of the Civil War, it was considered a disproportionate bloodbath with Grant’s Union Army virtually torn apart by...
by Blogcritics | May 27, 2016 | media, television |
By CINENERD If there was any TV show announcement I faced with glee and fear, it was MTV’s Scream: The TV Series. Wes Craven’s first Scream slashed its way deep into my heart when it came out in December 1996 — I still can’t believe it’s celebrating its 20th birthday...