Halloween Symbols – Release the Bats Bring on the furtive, winged, nocturnal mammals that roost upside down in creepy caves, decrepit barns, and moldering crypts

by Eric Olsen | Sep 27, 2016 | culture, halloween, monsters, religion and belief, seasonal, vampires, weird/science, witches | 0 comments

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...

Nannie Doss – The Femme Fatale Next Door Notorious "Giggling Grannie" killed off four husbands and other assorted family members

by Clarissa Cole | Sep 26, 2016 | culture, weird/science | 0 comments

When the term “Femme Fatale” comes to mind, it is likely fraught with juicy film noir imagery: A sexy woman wooing the unsuspecting private eye into a tangled web of seduction and murder… But – perhaps fortunately –  such scenes are relatively rare in real life.  In...

Texas Baby Killer Genene Jones, the Nurse From Hell But shouldn't we feel sorry for her?

by Clarissa Cole | Sep 16, 2016 | culture, weird/science | 1 comment

Genene Jones was born in Texas on July 13, 1950 and was immediately given up by her birth parents. She was adopted by Dick and Gladys Jones, a wealthy San Antonio couple, who adopted three other children as well. They all lived together in a large and comfortable home...

Individual Scientists & Politicians Acknowledge Reality of Extraterrestrials, Alien Abductions But scientific community, governments ignore the facts

by Erich von Däniken | Sep 15, 2016 | aliens, culture, extraterrestrials, ufos, weird/science | 0 comments

25 years ago the American author Budd Hopkins presented the results of a long-term study in which several other U.S. scientists assisted. [1]. Hopkins claimed some people had been abducted by aliens and even carried extraterrestrial implants. The scientific response...

The Macabre Origins of Favorite Fairy Tales Murder, cannibalism, rape, abandonment, dismemberment, dashed dreams

by The Lineup | Sep 14, 2016 | books, culture, media, monsters, paranormal, weird/science | 0 comments

By Jamie Bogert Bedtime is often sweetened by stories of handsome princes and beautiful princesses, comical witches, and lovable forest dwellers. But what happens when we follow the breadcrumb trail to the gloomy origins of favorite fairy tales? From the Little...

Serial Strangler Dennis Nilsen Just Wanted His Victims to Stick Around And he loved his dog

by Clarissa Cole | Sep 9, 2016 | culture, weird/science | 0 comments

Dennis Nilsen was born on November 23rd, 1945 in Fraserburgh, Scotland, to Olav Nilsen and Betty Whyte, but, soon after his younger sister’s birth, Dennis Nilsen’s father abandoned the young family for good. This may have troubled most young men, but Dennis remained...