by Eric Olsen | Oct 31, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, paranormal, religion and belief |
Most of us have a nagging sense that there is something out there just beyond our comprehension, a shadow disturbing the moonlight, a flicker just beyond gnarled trees, a whisper among the dead leaves. Normally we tune out these intimations – as the Handbook for...
by Eric Olsen | Oct 27, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, haunted locations, media, paranormal, radio, television |
On a spectacularly spooky Halloween edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — Thursdays 9-11pE with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we welcome paranormal superstars Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman to the show for an exclusive...
by Eric Olsen | Oct 19, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, magick and occult, monsters, paranormal, witches |
The Halloween colors of orange and black are so prevalent throughout the season that we may not even realize they are symbols. And yet not only are orange and black symbolically powerful individually, but they also form a yin/yang duality representing the connection...
by Eric Olsen | Oct 10, 2016 | culture, halloween, magick and occult, paranormal, religion and belief, Uncategorized |
Along with the witch in flight and grinning and jack-o-lantern, the black cat in full arched-back fright mode is among THE iconic symbols of Halloween. Even to this day, who doesn’t feel a little charge when a black cat streaks across one’s path,...
by Eric Olsen | Sep 29, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings, Uncategorized |
Pumpkins and their gutted and mutilated offspring jack-o-lanterns are THE most pervasive symbol of Halloween in the United States. Recall that the Peanuts Halloween classic is called It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, that the Headless Horseman’s...
by Eric Olsen | Sep 27, 2016 | culture, halloween, monsters, religion and belief, seasonal, vampires, weird/science, witches |
A key element of Halloween is honoring the darkness and the mysteries held therein. Originally Halloween was celebrated by the ancient Celts and their Druid priest class as Samhain, “summer’s end,” marking the death of the old year and birth of the...
