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It's been a deep interest for me for many years, the idea that dolls (or any object, really) can actually be haunted. The suggestion that something as innocent looking as a child's doll could actually inhabit a spirit, or potentially even something demonic, gripped me after spending a great deal of time reading about Peggy the doll, who made headlines back in 2015 when several people who merely viewed photos of her experienced ill-health and bad luck. It was TVs Help! My House Is Haunted host and team member Jayne Harris who "adopted" Peggy the doll at that time and investigated her (before eventually handing over the spooky toy to Zak Bagans for his Haunted Museum). I reached out to ...
Richard Palmisano's Paranormal Toolkit. Photo courtesy of Richard Palmisano. I often see, on social media, paranormal investigators and various groups proudly displaying their equipment: piles of cameras, digital recorders, REM pods, various EMF meters, and a wide assortment of other communication-related gadgets. Thousands of dollars' worth of equipment is quite the commitment to searching out answers from the great beyond, and I tip my hat to them, because while on an investigation one never knows exactly what piece of equipment you are going to need. What I rarely see in these grand displays is the equipment that could prove that the reputed haunting has nothing to do with ...
I began investigating Mothman sightings in the spring of 2017, when reports started coming out of Chicagoland. Folks were reportedly seeing weird, winged creatures in populated areas; creatures apparently able to appear and disappear without a trace, sticking around just long enough to scare the hell out of people. Reports flooded out of northern Illinois and soon were coming from every part of the state, followed closely by southern Wisconsin and western Indiana. By now, almost a decade later, I've received reports not only from all over North America but the world. Whatever this phenomenon represents, it is pervasive across human culture. When the initial deluge of sightings came in ...
I love a good monster story. Big, small, hairy, scaly, passive, aggressive (maybe even passive-aggressive..."I want to eat you, but I'm worried about cholesterol"), it doesn't matter. The things that lurk in the dark corners of your bedroom, just behind the tree line, or in the dank depths of the lake are eerily fun. But, are monsters real? Of course. Haven't you ever watched Sesame Street? Throughout the centuries, people have reported encountering thousands of monsters across North America, some ridiculous (the Slide-Rock Bolter comes to mind, a land whale with a tail hooked to a mountain that releases the hook to slide over its prey) and some that make a whole lot of ...
