by The Lineup | Dec 29, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, paranormal, religion and belief |
By JAMIE BOGERT For some, exorcisms are best left to the big screen. 90 minutes of fear, Holy spirits, and demonic encounters, then the lights come up and life returns to normal. For the Passetto family, however, possession was anything but make-believe. During the...
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...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 18, 2015 | books, culture, media, monsters, paranormal, radio, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, weird/science, werewolves and shifters, witches |
On tonight’s jingling episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio, 9-11pE on Thursday nights with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we talk weird Christmas customs, traditions, and legends from around the world with Yuletide expert...
by The Lineup | Dec 15, 2015 | culture, magick and occult, paranormal, religion and belief, weird/science |
By ORRIN GREY Anyone who’s heard of the Hand of Glory raise your, um, hand. Perhaps you’re familiar with these ghastly magic items—the severed hands of fiendish men that are pickled and dried and turned into talismans. Such objects frequently appear in role-playing...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 11, 2015 | art, books, comics, culture, media, movies, paranormal, radio, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, television |
On this special holiday episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we talk Krampus with famed novelist Richard Kadrey, an aficionado of dark Christmas traditions of every stripe! Kadrey, who lives in San...
