Traveling with the Ghosts and Elves in Iceland “It’s not that we believe in ghosts; it’s that we know they’re there.”

by Blogcritics | Jun 15, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings | 0 comments

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...

Search for God Animates Compelling New PREACHER, Venerable SUPERNATURAL Looking for God in all the wrong places

by Eric Olsen | May 24, 2016 | comics, culture, media, monsters, paranormal, religion and belief, television | 0 comments

What a striking coincidence that two of the most high profile supernatural fantasy shows on TV — ageless Supernatural, now in its eleventh season on The CW, and Preacher, just launched on AMC — revolve around the search for an absentee God. Some of the...

Shining Light on THE CONJURING House with Andrea Perron on After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio Author of HOUSE OF DARKNESS HOUSE OF LIGHT, activist, speaker, media figure

by Eric Olsen | May 20, 2016 | books, culture, ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, media, movies, paranormal, radio, religion and belief | 0 comments

Tonight on a fascinating and profound edition of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — Thursdays 9-11pE with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we speak with activist, speaker, media figure Andrea Perron, oldest daughter of the real-life...

How Do You Find a Good Psychic? Does the internet help or hurt?

by Blogcritics | May 12, 2016 | culture, paranormal, parapsychology, religion and belief | 0 comments

By ALYSSA SELLORS The term “psychic” stirs up a lot of associations; some positive, some negative. Like, if they were “real,” wouldn’t they all be lottery-winning millionaires, married to the loves of their lives, living the ideal life? Well, not exactly. Psychics...

CASTLE Goes Supernatural-ish In "Hell to Pay" episode, Castle thinks he's dealing with the Anti-Christ

by Eric Olsen | May 10, 2016 | culture, media, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings, television | 0 comments

One of our favorite escapes from overtly paranormal programming is the quirky romantic-comedy, murder mystery procedural, Castle. Among the pleasures of Castle — besides Nathan Fillion’s goofy charm and Stana Katic’s beauty, brains and balls —...

SUPERNATURAL – “It’s Okay to Be Gay” "The Chitters" episode introduces the new normal

by Eric Olsen | Apr 28, 2016 | creatures, culture, media, monsters, religion and belief, television | 0 comments

My memory may be faulty, but as we head toward the end of Season 11 on Supernatural, I don’t remember the topic of gayness being directly addressed before last night’s episode, “The Chitters,” wherein grotesque cicada-like creatures emerge...