Monday, August 31, 2009

Brad Steiger's Book: Real Vampires 

A rave review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:27 AM

Ishi was found in 1911 

August 29, 1911: Ishi is found near Oroville, California. Ishi was the last survivor of the Yahi People. He was said to be the last Native American who lived most of his life outside European American culture. "Ishi" means "man" in the Yahi dialect.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:01 AM

New letters stir unsolved mystery of child photos 

A mysterious photo of a young boy sent to police and media here has rekindled interest in a 20-year-old mystery surrounding a Polaroid of a young boy and girl, seemingly bound behind their backs, their mouths covered with tape. The recently received picture shows a young boy with black marker etched across his mouth and face, as if it had been taped shut. The boy is similar in appearance to one of the youths in a Polaroid found here in 1989 that spawned national attention from police and the media.

Shades of the Finders cult.

See also: Missing Iowa Boy's Mother Holds Out Hope- Johnny Gosch Missing Nearly 27 Years

Jaycee Lee Dugard police look for prostitutes murder evidence

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:53 AM

Space aliens, Satanists, and those who try to control minds 

In 1985, when I heard that a bunch of people dressed up like space aliens and met at Giant Rock in nearby Landers, I couldn't resist attending the festivities. Every year they held a real UFO Convention with visitors from around the world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:40 AM

Tracking monsters in the world of man 

It all began when Kirk first emigrated from Hong Kong in 1987. As a new resident to Canada, he went in a tour of B.C. He was passing by Sproat Lake on the way to Nanaimo when he saw two humps coming out of the water.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:32 AM

The Sunday Seven – Conspiracy theories 

We all love a good conspiracy. What follows are seven of the best known conspiracy theories and links to further evidence and reading.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:29 AM

Sunday, August 30, 2009

"Art of the Secret Society" exhibit 

Cool.

Thanks, Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:50 PM

The Siren's Call: Bigfoot and secret societies 

How much evidence do you need? Is the truth out there? New books consider our tireless fascination with unsolved mysteries.

See also: Himalayan Bigfoot to undergo DNA testing

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:46 PM

White Europeans 'only evolved 5,500 years ago after food habits changed' 

People in England may have only developed pale skin within the last 5,500 years, according to new research.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:43 PM

CREATURES! 

Critters on the outer edge.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:23 PM

Science Fiction Secrets 

The blog of Nick Redfern's new book: "Science Fiction Secrets: From Government Files and the Paranormal."

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:16 PM

Holes in the Poles: Hollow Earth Madness, or Fata Morgana? 

Along with various mention of excursions to the North Pole having taken place this year, one group has made some headway in organizing an expedition to find an opening at the Earth’s point where Earth’s axis meets the surface in the Northernmost hemisphere.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:14 PM

Polish Yeti caught on film 

Yeti experts are heading to Poland after a local man filmed a "monstrous, hairy creature" while on holiday in the Tatra mountains.

With pics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:34 PM

Friday, August 28, 2009

The Project: Fallen Princesses 

What happens when the fairy tale ends?

Thanks Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:22 AM

Book Review: ‘Cahokia’ 

In an 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson, Henry Marie Brackenridge— lawyer, fur trader, ­botanist, judge—wrote of his visit to a place in ­southern Illinois just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Brackenridge had ­encountered, he said, a ­"monument of antiquity," a ­series of pyramid-like earthen mounds that turned out to be the ­remnants of a long-ago ­Indian city. "I was struck with a ­degree of astonishment," he wrote, "not unlike that which is experienced in contemplating the Egyptian pyramids.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:52 AM

Offutt preps two new paranormal volumes 

The main man behind From the Shadows gets some press.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:45 AM

Experts can’t rule out existence of the beast of Bolton 

The beast of Bolton — a big black cat which is said to stalk the fields around Darcy Lever — is a “very interesting and very genuine” possibility, according to experts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:14 AM

10 finds in Mexico - several bizarre 

Strange fun south of the border.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:13 AM

William Weston, an English merchant, ‘first to land in North America' 

Only seven years after Christopher Columbus arrived in the Caribbean, the first English-led expedition landed in North America.

That is the tantalising possiblity opened up by the publication today of evidence that Henry VII sanctioned a Bristol merchant, William Weston, to set off in search of the “new found land” in 1499.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 AM

The Wolf Woman of Mobile Alabama 

For weeks in early April 1971, residents of the Mobile Alabama suburbs of Port City and Plateau had encounters with a strange and bizarre creature.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:49 AM

For 500 years, this carving on a castle ceiling hid a magical musical secret. Then one man solved the Da Tinkey Code 

To the untrained eye, they seem no more than random scratches cut into the wood - a beautiful, but meaningless, addition by a talented artist to his masterpiece.

But the mysterious markings circling this Renaissance figure, which has spent nearly five centuries peering down from the King's Bedroom at Stirling Castle, are more than that.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:42 AM

Friday's Flying Saucers 

Hot pursuit of two UFOs over North Carolina by interceptor fighter jets

UFO or flying Buddhist Monk? (with video)

Are UFOs interfering with NASA's moon-colliding probe LCROSS?

Summer of '09 features "UFO parade" over Murrysville, PA.

String of UFO sightings in North Wales

Will the 'alien baby' mystery ever be solved?

Several UFO's fly near power plant and hover. Amazing video!

UFO encounters; believe it or not

Unknown Object in Photograph of Coffee Pot Rock, Sedona, AZ

PHOTO: UFO spotted by pensioner in skies over Lincolnshire

Manta UFOs Sighted Over Rio Puerco, New Mexico July 19, 2009

Incredible Second Video Emerges of UFO Releasing Objects over Mexico

'Dean' of UFO Studies Devoted Life to Seeking Others Beyond Earth

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 AM

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Lightning-gun tech 'approaching weaponisation' 

The Pentagon continues to pour funding into Arizona-based laser plasma lightning blaster-gun firm Applied Energetics, formerly known as Ionatron. The US Army says that the firm's lightning guns are "approaching the level of maturity needed to begin weaponization".

Thanks Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:16 PM

How a wood carver cracked the code to secret royal Renaissance song 

In the depths of Stirling Castle a secret code has lain hidden in the king’s bedchamber for almost half a millennium.

Via Fark.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:14 AM

Australian Tube Clouds remain Mysterious 

These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to be 600 miles long and can move at up to 35 miles per hour, causing problems for aircraft even on windless days.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:53 AM

The Lost Symbol: Dan Brown’s Pentagram City 

Dan Brown’s new book—set in Washington—is expected to feature another secret society with an elaborate history and illustrious membership: the Freemasons.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:37 AM

Astley 'pyramid' mystery brought to book 

Up to a Point – In Search of Pyramids in Britain and Ireland, by David Winpenny, identifies pyramids of all sizes and ages throughout the British Isles.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:35 AM

Hunt on for explorer's lost plane 

A Norwegian team has embarked on an expedition to find the submerged wreck of a plane which carried Norway's great polar explorer Roald Amundsen.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 AM

For Prescott, crop circle quests are about the mystery 

When Tom Prescott begins a lecture about crop circles, he said he only poses questions that begin with "what," "where" or "when".

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:28 AM

Mystery over ball and chain found in Thames 

A locked ball and chain was yesterday unveiled as one of the most unusual items to have been pulled out of the Thames mud in years. The question is: what happened to the prisoner?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:05 AM

Man Claims He Found Gun In Hoffa Case 

More than 30 years after he disappeared, there are new claims in the mystery of Jimmy Hoffa.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:02 AM

Boat? Whale? No, it's the Loch Ness monster – again 

An extraordinary new image on Google Earth has given fresh life to the age-old conundrum of whether Loch Ness really is inhabited by a monster. (With pic)

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 AM

Standing broom has folks here strawstruck 

Buzz about a broom standing upright and unsupported at a downtown Prattville business is sweeping the town. (With pic)

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:33 AM

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Florida Muck Monster Fails to Enthuse Cryptozoologists; Is it a Burmese Python? 

Snakes in Florida are a common occurrence, but the Muck Monster is a newbie. Is it a case for the herpetologists or is it time to call in the cryptozoologists?

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:36 PM

Cursed Cow Tongue Found In Cornfield 

Farmers in Longmont have discovered what appears to be a cursed cow tongue hidden in a rural cornfield.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:04 AM

Reading's underground a treasure-trove of buried legends 

Brewery tunnels, jail cells and other relics of times long gone lie under the streets of Reading. They bear witness to a city remembered by few.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:22 AM

New book of Carolina ghost stories and folktales 

A haunted necklace, a trickster rabbit, an ingenious slave, a shrieking droll, and a fiancé returned from the dead all come to life in Lynn Michelsohn’s new book, Tales from Brookgreen.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:16 AM

The many tombs of Alexander the Great: The theories 

By the 4th century A.D., the whereabouts of Alexander’s tomb had sunk into a legend still resonating today.

See also: The many tombs of Alexander the Great

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:17 AM

Monday, August 24, 2009

Investigating the mystery of Montem Mound 

Eric Fitch, 59, of Taplow, has prepared a report claiming it to be a Bronze Age burial mound dating back more than 3,000 years - to around 1,500 BC.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:35 PM

Masonic mysteries 

The Masons (also known as the Freemasons) have been around almost since the beginning of time as their history will tell you.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:27 PM

Group probes Bigfoot reports 

The proverbial things that go bump in the night can be frightening enough, but for one motorist driving north of Uniontown in broad daylight, an encounter with a strange creature was equally, if not more, chilling.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 AM

If you believe the Mayans, we only have about 3 years left 

The world is scheduled to end in late 2012 — at least, according to New Age scholars who look to a 2,000-year-old Mayan calendar for guidance — and it’s time to start preparing.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:49 AM

Laboratory to Decipher Zapoteca Writing will be Created 

This writing system goes back to the first stage of Monte Alban, towards 500 BC.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:48 AM

Forget Texting: Spanish Island Revives an Ancient Whistled Language 

In the 15th century, French missionaries who visited the Canary Islands reported having met a strange tribe that “spoke only with the lips.”

They were referring to what is today known in Spain as Silbo Gomero , the whistled language that survives on La Gomera Island.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:29 AM

Stanford scanner penetrates mummy's secrets 

A minor priest from ancient Egypt gave his body to a high-tech scanner at Stanford Medical Center on Thursday. (With video)

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:09 AM

Local woman helps purge bad energy through dowsing 

She dowsed the studio, located on the site of the former Ralph’s Bar. She told Neumann the restroom contained a large “negative vortex.” The dowser placed the thin rods in certain corners, explaining they would help to “hold” positive energy while blocking negative energy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:03 AM

Turned Out Nazi Again! 

Banjos, Nazis, Crowley, and demon elephants. The usual stuff.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:54 AM

Arkansas man says Dover Lights a hoax 

Cruse, 27, an amateur mythbuster, set out July 11 with a group of seven friends determined to learn the truth behind the legend of the “Dover Lights,” a series of flashes locals have claimed for years to see in the valley surrounding the Big Piney Creek north of Dover.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:44 AM

Agatha Christie's private life would have stumped even Poirot 

The publication of Agatha Christie's notebooks will do nothing to reveal what made her tick.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:39 AM

Audrey Niffenegger on The Moonstone 

Wilkie Collins's masterpiece, The Moonstone, must have seemed especially strange and new to its first readers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:37 AM

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Bigfoot Beyond Our Borders 

Great article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:12 AM

Saturday's Saucers 

Triangle UFO with 'bubble nose' reported over Walsenburg, Colorado

'Orange Blob' UFO drops low over Jessup, PA

UFO mysteries: Giant 'Lunar Creature' baffles researchers

UFO experts want to know what's on the bottom of Sylvan Lake

UFO Religion Founder Leads Topless Women in March Down Lincoln Road; Nobody Looks up From California Rolls

Video: UFO spotted in Cross Gates

UFO Experts Investigate Mystery on Twin Cities Lake (With video)

Unknown Object in Photograph from India

Three give chase to triangle UFO over Crosby, Texas

UFO base on earth: Location revealed and monitored

Burntwood boys witnessed alien with lemon-shaped head

UFO hovers low over Pennsylvania barn as witnesses watch from car (with pics of other recent UFOs)

Pennsylvania orb UFO videotaped over local farm

UFO Over The Sahara Desert?

Are Aliens Living Beside Us? - "UMMO and the Extraterrestrial Papers"

VIDEO: UFO seen over Bognor

Man Claims Aliens Send Him Messages

Triangle UFO Photographed on California Webcam?

Former Navy Seal watches orange lights converge on V-shaped UFO

Scientific research on Transcendental Meditation and UFOs

Scientist Admits To Study Of Roswell Crash Debris! (Confirmed by FOIA Document)

Abducted by Aliens: Believers Tell Their Stories

UFO files: bright yellow light 'fired laser beams at ground' (Shades of Plan 9 From Outer Space!)

Minister warned over 'UK Roswell'

UFOs around the moon

Picture: Is this a UFO?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:39 AM

3-foot alligator captured in Chicago River 

A 3-foot-long alligator was caught in the Chicago River last night and is en route to a more suitable home, according to a spokesman for the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:26 AM

Scotland's 'earliest face' found 

A carving believed to be Scotland's earlist human face, dating back thousands of years, has been found on the Orkney island of Westray.

Via Fark.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:53 AM

An outbreak of confusion 

Mass hysteria, outlandish obsessions, bizarre sects: what lies at the heart of extraordinary social behaviour?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:47 AM

In the Mojave Desert, the path from outer space to the human mind passes through the Integratron 

The place is the Integratron, a two-story dome at the outskirts of civilization built by an engineer who claimed to receive his design from an alien intelligence.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:46 AM

Weird science research in America: John Keel remembered 

John A. Keel, who died last month, is best known for his writings on the "Mothman” sightings in West Virginia, and paranormal phenomena generally.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:45 AM

Friday, August 21, 2009

Mysteries in the Mountains 

A real-life Twilight Zone may exist in Southeastern Arizona near the Mexican border.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:13 PM

THE WOLFMAN trailer is up! 

Cool!

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:01 PM

7 Awesome Acts of Nature (That Science Can’t Explain) 

We may look down on all the primitive peoples who are confused by lightning and think thunder is the voice of the gods, but the truth is to this very day there are natural phenomena that our scientists still don't being to understand.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:53 PM

Mmmm so pulpy 

Before television became the dominant medium for mass entertainment there was a vibrant, thriving short fiction market in this country. Dozens of inexpensive magazines were devoted to original fiction from just about every genre - mystery, suspense, adventure, romance, war and westerns, even sports.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:48 PM

Mystery of Stonehenge, the Pyramid and Easter Island - How Ancient Peoples Moved Monoliths 

Long before tow trucks and cranes, ancient builders had to rely on simple tools—and their own ingenuity—to move and lift heavy objects.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:35 PM

Hunting Evil: the Nazi War Criminals Who Escaped and the Hunt to Bring Them to Justice 

Book review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:34 PM

Researchers Solving Sleep Mysteries 

While the function of sleep holds a range of theories, UCLA researchers have found that sleep's primary role is to increase animals' efficiency and minimize their risk by regulating the duration and timing of their behavior.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:30 PM

Egypt warns pharaohs' tombs could disappear 

The ornate pharaonic tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings are doomed to disappear within 150 to 500 years if they remain open to tourists, the head of antiquities has warned.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:28 PM

Retracing classic murder's tracks 

The Green Bicycle Case began on 5 July 1919, when 21-year-old Bella Wright was found dead in a country lane near Stoughton, Leicestershire.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:11 PM

Boca Raton Girl, 14, Solves 122-Year-Old Mystery 

A 14-year-old Boca Raton girl has solved a 122-year-old mystery -- the truth about the 1887 "Barefoot Mailman" tragedy.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:10 PM

Arctic Sea mystery deepens after arrests 

The report gave us a closer glimpse of the men who had allegedly been in command of the ship that had been missing for nearly a month.

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:02 PM

German Archaeologists Labor To Solve Mystery Of The Nok 

Some 2,500 years ago, a mysterious culture emerged in Nigeria. The Nok people left behind bizarre terracotta statues - and little else. German archaeologists are now looking for more clues to explain this obscure culture.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 PM

Ancient dial solves time riddle 

A new discovery at an island abbey in the Firth of Forth has revealed the Augustinian canons who once lived there measured time using a mass dial.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:50 PM

Newspaper photo helps ID Seattle man with amnesia 

A reader contacted The Seattle Times Thursday morning, just hours after the newspaper posted a story and photographs of the mystery Jon Doe on its Web site. David Akast told the newspaper the man is Edward Lighthart, an English teacher he knew in China.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:49 PM

Thursday, August 20, 2009

X-rays solve artistic mystery 

Eighty-five years ago, American illustrator N.C. Wyeth painted one work of art over another, hiding a dramatic fistfight beneath a placid family portrait. Now X-ray vision has brought the long-hidden colors of that fight scene back to life - without disturbing the brush strokes layered on top.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:13 AM

New Bunyip 

For six years or more the swamp is reputed to have been the haunt of something abnormal, tales having been told of dogs flying out of the place, and never again being induced to enter.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:59 AM

'Dark Annie' and the Ripper 

Mrs.Amelia Richardson didn't know it at the time, but one of the most elusive characters in history would pass through the hallway of the house that she managed.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:52 AM

Brush with Grinning Man no laughing matter 

The Grinning Man is a name given to one or more mysterious creatures that have been reported over the past 40 or so years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:35 AM

Report: CIA hired Blackwater contractors for secret hit squad 

The specter of private contractors carrying out assassinations on behalf of the US government has been raised in a New York Times article that says the CIA hired contractors from security firm Blackwater to help carry out its recently-revealed hit squad program.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:31 AM

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Human-Dog Hybrid Hoax 

Those concerned with cloned and genetically modified animals often ask: Have scientists gone too far? What are the implications of new frontiers in genetics?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:59 PM

Shipwreck pocket watch returned after 128 years 

A glimpse of something shiny on the ocean floor nine years ago led a Welsh diver to uncover a piece of local history that had been forgotten for more than a century.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:53 PM

The Unsolved Mystery of Everett Ruess Solved 

He's been called the "Kerouac of the Canyonlands" but Everett Ruess was an artist who worked the medium of linoleum prints. They are very striking and most of them are pictures of the California coast, the mountains of Utah and the deserts of Arizona.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:51 PM

City lake monster is an alligator indeed 

Gators in New Jersey.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:50 PM

Man has had amnesia since he was found behind Burger King in 2004 

He was found naked and unconscious near a trash bin in Georgia five years ago.

When he woke up, he didn't know who he was.

He still doesn't.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:45 PM

Andrew O'Neill: Occult Comedian 

Entering the stage to the ominous sounds of Norwegian black metal, Andrew O'Neill looks rather outlandish in his denim skirt, tight 'Feminist'-emblazoned t-shirt, long hair and lipstick

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:44 PM

Tombstones found in yard linked to 1859 train accident 

He was a railway worker who dared to jump off a moving train and was sliced in two.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:43 PM

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Deep Sleep Therapy and brainwashing researcher Dr. William Sargant 

Deep Sleep Therapy was a bizarre psychiatric treatment in which drugs were used to induce a coma in patients during which the doctors would administer a variety of other mind drugs and electric shocks.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:33 PM

Ancient stone artwork discovered 

Prehistoric artwork has been discovered by an amateur archaeologist at a Perthshire mountain range.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:38 AM

Massive Ancient Chinese Coin Hoard Unearthed 

Have you ever given much thought as to how ancient coins got to that dealer from whom you plan to buy them? Don't assume that the coins must have previously been in a collection that has since been liquidated. If this were always true, we could likely trace the pedigree on most ancient coins to some collector from the Renaissance or earlier.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:38 AM

Do you believe in Bigfoot? 

It is a creature that answers to many names: Abominable Snowman, Yeti, Yowie Man, Sasquatch and, of course, Bigfoot. It's also one that has served as fodder for campfire and supermarket tabloid stories for decades.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:35 AM

Stacked William Castle Box Set on the Way 

Cool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:26 AM

Famous supernatural events in 19th century America 

Supernatural or paranormal events have long been a newsworthy topic, attracting the attention of believers and skeptics alike.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:24 AM

It Came From Beneath the Ice To Destroy the World! 

Monsters and supervillains come from a lot of places, but a perennial favorite is the frozen depths. Defrosted Big Bads have been rampaging through books and movies for almost a century, and here are fifteen of the freezingest.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:23 AM

The science behind that fresh seaside smell 

A tiny molecule lurks behind the evocative smell of the seaside.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:15 AM

Tales of True Crime with Rick Geary 

Rick Geary authored his first true-crime comic over thirty years ago, and began his long-running A Treasury of Victorian Murder series in the late 1980s. Two years ago, he tweaked the name of his umbrella of graphic novels, beginning A Treasury of XXth Century Murder with a moving recounting of The Lindberg Child.

Rick Geary is one of my favorites. Good article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:15 AM

What Really Killed Mozart? Maybe Strep 

Scandalous rumors about popular musicians were just as lurid in the 18th century as they are today, but they moved at a more deliberate pace. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on Dec. 5, 1791, and it took a whole week for a Berlin newspaper to announce that he had been poisoned. The actual cause of death, a new study suggests, may have been more pedestrian: a strep infection.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:02 AM

Amateur archaeologist Basil Brown to be honoured 

He made one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the United Kingdom unearthing priceless treasure which is now displayed in the British Museum.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:00 AM

Monday, August 17, 2009

Meet the Real Godfather 

Giuseppe Morello is almost entirely unknown today, but Mike Dash's vivid account of his life and crimes leaves no doubt that this would be a far different country -- and in all likelihood a far better one -- had he not emigrated here from Sicily in 1892.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:07 PM

Twenty-four years before Batman -- who is this 1915 masked man? 

I remember being a bit startled when I saw the image for the simple fact that it was a comic book-style hero more than two decades before Superman and Batman.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:22 AM

Sherlock Holmes appears in pulp drag 

Sweet.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:07 AM

Hadrian’s Wall was built of wood 

A Hexham archaeologist has challenged perceived wisdom with startling claims that Hadrian’s Wall was originally built of wood.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:58 AM

Evil Clowns: Summer 2009 

Twilight Language puts on the greasepaint.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:46 AM

Meet Dr. Possum 

Six or seven years ago, three women came to Doctor Possum’s home wanting the Celtic witch and root doctor to tell them if their husbands were cheating on them.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:34 AM

Five Best: Books on Magic 

In an earlier America, these books were magical, says Owen Davies.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:31 AM

A Burning Question 

The phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) occurs rarely, but when it does it is a horrifying mystery that causes severe injuries and sometimes death.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:25 AM

Hitler Album could shed light on missing looted art 

A newly discovered catalogue of artworks stolen by Nazis compiled for Adolf Hitler could help unravel the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of lost masterpieces seized during the Second World War.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:21 AM

Mystery of the ‘thing’ deepens 

For those of you who missed the “most mysterious sighting” question asked of The Daily Item’s Great Outdoors panel, I told of a large creature that I saw swimming in the Susquehanna River.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:18 AM

An Interview with Scott Deitche, Tampa Mafia Expert 

Scott Deitche, a St. Petersburg, Florid-based true crime writer, has done pioneering research on the history of the Tampa, Florida mafia.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:59 AM

Mystery high in the sky 

Philip Wilson of Thames caught this spectacular shot of what appears to be some kind of fireball in the sky.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:43 AM

America's 'Lost Colony': A Story Whose Ending Remains to Be Written 

In 1587, more than 100 people from Britain arrived at Roanoke Island. Three years later, they were gone -- but to where?

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:43 AM

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Cave complex may lie beneath Giza Pyramids 

An enormous system of caves, chambers and tunnels lies hidden beneath the Pyramids of Giza, according to a British explorer who claims to have found the lost underworld of the pharaohs.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:36 AM

Friday, August 14, 2009

Ancient crypt could hold key to mystery 

As Kilwinning is thrown into the spotlight with speculation that it could be the final resting place of The Holy Grail, historian Jim Kennedy, who has compiled an in-depth guide to the history of the town, follows up last week’s article on the tunnels underneath the ancient Abbey grounds.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:21 PM

Mysterious crop circles appear in remote Wash. town 

Mysterious crop circles are appearing in the wheat fields of a no-stoplight town in Washington state for the second year.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:18 PM

Did a Sea Serpent Kill a Man? 

We were able to get a good idea of the serpent’s size as it tried to navigate in the shallows, and it tried to navigate in the shallows, and it could not have been less than 100 feet in length.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:47 PM

Missing ship 'found' off Africa 

A missing merchant ship with 15 Russian crew members on board has been spotted off the coast of West Africa, unconfirmed reports say.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:30 PM

Pirates, mafia and a Russian ghost ship 

The maritime world was rife with speculation over the fate of an apparently hijacked ship which disappeared after passing through the English Channel.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:14 AM

What are shadow people? 

Shadow people are dark, human-shaped figures that are generally seen out of the corner of a person's eye but will sometimes show up in photographs as well.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:12 AM

Stone Age man used fire to make tools - 50,000 years earlier than we scientists thought 

Stone Age ''blacksmiths'' were using fire to make tools at least 72,000 years ago, scientists have discovered.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:33 AM

Invisible doorways or portals a step closer to reality, claim scientists 

Using a technique known as transformation optics, the researchers have revealed a way to alter the pathway of light waves that could eventually allow them to create portals that are invisible to the human eye.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:27 AM

Qigong can help cancer patients live longer: study 

The meditative practice of qigong can help cancer patients live longer and give them a better quality of life, Chinese and American researchers said after releasing the results of a joint study in Shanghai yesterday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:19 AM

Mermaid Sightings Claimed in Israel 

Locals and tourists in the Israeli town of Kiryat Yam have been flocking to the coast in hopes of glimpsing a creature that most people believe only exist in fairy tales.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:15 AM

Hunter has shocking encounter with robot 

One September evening in 1964, a group of friends decided to go bow hunting in the northern California mountains. But while they were out hunting, one of them encountered something so scary it would send even Ted Nugent running for the hills.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:11 AM

Friday's Flying Saucers 

Mysterious lights spotted over Liberty Lake

Video: UFOs 'transported' through Dallas

Too hot for North Port Devil

Record number of Albertans report UFOs

More ghostly sightings in Swansea (With pic)

Stealth-like UFO over Texas described as 'upside-down Frisbee'

UFO video sends website into orbit

Former minister a true believer in UFOs (And by minister they mean "Defence Minister")

Woman baffled by UFO film (with video)

Video: Is this a UFO over East Anglia?

Ohio witnesses watch three V-shaped UFOs during trip to Logan

Shape-shifting UFO moves over Minnesota

Proof? NT UFOs filmed on video

Nevada teenagers encounter multiple UFOs and missing time

Gigantic black UFO sighted over remote northern Minnesota countryside

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:05 AM

Thursday, August 13, 2009

What is the meaning of this unusual tombstone? 

I have no freaking idea. Thanks again, Scott.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:28 PM

Interview With The Expert On The Inexplicable 

Nick Pope answers some questions.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:50 AM

Freaky Sleep Paralysis: Being Awake in Your Nightmares 

You wake up, but you can’t move a muscle. Lying in bed, you’re totally conscious, and you realize that strange things are happening. There’s a crushing weight on your chest that’s humanoid. And it’s evil.

You’ve awakened into the dream world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:52 AM

In Ciudad Juarez, young women are vanishing 

Amid the drug war's bloodshed, the Mexican border city has been shaken by the disappearances of at least two dozen teenage girls and young women. Officials have few leads.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:23 AM

Wood wizards in northern Minnesota? Just who the heck were these guys? 

A strange encounter in the north woods.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:18 AM

Exclusive: Cult Survivor Timothy Wyllie on The Process Church and Analog Art 

In the ’60s and ’70s, The Process Church preached the union of Christ and Satan, seducing wayward, occult-inclined hippies into a community that was at once terrifying and inspiring. Timothy Wyllie, then a young architecture student at London’s Regent Street Polytechnic, was one of them.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:50 AM

The Last Supper: Mansonites Converge at El Coyote 

Manson, suspected of being both an FBI informant and agent provocateur, may well have been a patsy. “The FBI took out the Black Panthers, the Yippies, the Weather Underground, and it’s a contention that the murders were orchestrated,” author Adam Gorightly pointed out between sips from a margarita. Manson’s connections to military intelligence, the Church of Scientology, government-sponsored mind-control experiments and the ’60s occult underground ripple through The Shadow Over Santa Susana, Gorightly’s definitive Manson tome, recently rereleased by Creation Books.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:47 AM

Giant 'meat-eating' plant found 

A new species of giant carnivorous plant has been discovered in the highlands of the central Philippines.

Thanks Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:26 AM

Solving water’s 66 known anomalies 

Water is familiar to everyone—it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:25 AM

'Here there be monsters' 

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine described a peculiar ‘something’ he saw while driving on the outskirts of Menomonie. This creature was of a dog-like nature, but large and misshapen, with a blunt nose and a reddish tinge to its fur. “It was like a red-coated hyena”, he described, but his voice sounded uncertain, shaken.

Sounds like a Shunka Warakin to me.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:22 AM

International search under way after ship vanishes 

An international search was under way Wednesday for a cargo ship that vanished after its crew reported they were hijacked -- at least briefly -- nearly two weeks ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:09 AM

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The Spectres of the Churinga Stone: A Nightmare on Maple Street 

Can objects hold supernatural power or be the focus of paranormal activity?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:15 PM

Zombie ants controlled by fungus 

In a bizarre parasitic death sentence, a fungus turns carpenter ants into the walking dead and gets them to die in a spot that's perfect for the fungus to grow and reproduce.

Via Fark.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:13 PM

Minister Discovers Ancient Race of Giants 

The Rev. George L. Cole of Los Angeles tells amazing stories of a weird, ancient culture that flourished in the cliffs of New Mexico. A race of people 7 feet tall (this grew to 8 feet in later stories) with curious teeth who worshiped the sun and considered the turkey to be a sacred animal.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:13 AM

Book Review: "Cahokia" by Timothy R. Pauketat 

"The people of this North American city seem to have created their own culture, then proceeded to spread it across the Midwest and into the South and Plains with a religious fervor." In other words, Cahokia was the mother of North American mound mania, whose beginnings go back a thousand years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:10 AM

The Mystery Behind the Manson Murders 

Charles Manson was never a hippie. His real family included con artists, pimps, drug dealers, thieves, muggers, rapists and murderers. He had known only power relationships in an army of control junkies. Manson was America’s Frankenstein monster, a logical product of the prison system--racist, paranoid, violent--even if hippie astrologers thought that his fate had been predetermined because he was a triple Scorpio.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:36 AM

The Great Serpent Mound near Peebles, Ohio 

Everything you need to know for a trip to the Great Serpent Mound.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:20 AM

Grave May Be Found From Deadly Jackson Duel 

Archaeologist Dan Allen believes he's solved the mystery surrounding the grave of Charles Dickinson, who was killed by Andrew Jackson during a duel in 1806.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:18 AM

New Easter Island Mystery: Scientists Say Natural Compound on Island Extends Lifespan 

Researchers say the biochemical, produced by soil bacteria, has such extraordinary life-extending properties it could lead to a genuine "anti-aging" pill that keeps people young.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:12 AM

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

'Hitler did shake hands with Owens at Berlin Olympics' 

The sporting history's greatest mystery over whether Nazi leader Adolf Hitler shook hands with Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in
1936, after the black US athlete won four gold medals, has finally been solved.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:40 PM

Mystery Object Pierces a Ring 

A mystery object that punched through one of Saturn's thin outer rings created a glittering spray of ice crystals and pulled some material along in its wake, as seen in this rare image recently released by NASA's Cassini orbiter.

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:39 PM

The Dance Of Water: New Insight Into Water's Strange Bulk Properties 

Water is familiar to everyone—it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:51 PM

Tomb Reveals Secrets Of A 4000 year old Power Lord 

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare example of a grave that has been kept almost intact for 4000 years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:43 PM

Israel Mermaid Fever Makes A Splash: Mythical Creature Spotted Near Haifa 

"Many people are telling us they are sure they've seen a mermaid and they are all independent of each other," council spokesman Natti Zilberman told Sky News.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:21 PM

Monday, August 10, 2009

Sky Serpents 

The slithering skies.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:26 AM

40 years later, Manson followers haunted 

On brink of old age, they can't shake horror of 'Helter Skelter' killings.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:53 AM

Himalayan wilderness yields 350 new species 

One of the last frontiers of nature has yielded more than 350 new species of animals and plants in just the last 10 years.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:03 AM

Residents 'trapped' by mystery of 500-year-old lease 

A Lord of the Manor who leased out chunks of a Norfolk village in 1602 has left the current villagers with a bit of a sticky problem.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:47 AM

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Helter Skelter - August 9, 1969 

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:00 PM

Tunnels could hold the key to Holy Grail mystery 

Sparked by findings in a book by Irvine Freemasonry historian, Jamie Morton, Kilwinning is on the verge of taking over from Rosslyn Chapel as the suspected resting place of the Holy Grail – the cup thought to have been the last one used by Christ at the Last Supper.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:48 PM

Experts in bid to uncover a Great mystery 

A road being built in a remote part of the Himalayas is putting researchers on course to study descendants of Alexander the Great's army.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:01 PM

Homes of Edgar Allen Poe give visitors clues into his strange life 

"They say it's haunted," offered Michael Christie, an Orlando, Fla. resident who trekked north last weekend with his wife, Christina, primarily to see their cherished Red Sox take on the Orioles.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:59 PM

PerthNow reader photographs mystery lights over Perth Hills 

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:58 PM

Did it come from beneath Lake Worth? 

The Lake Worth Monster, aka Goat-Man, hasn't been seen regularly at the Fort Worth Nature Center since a very memorable summer 40 years ago when all of Texas seemed to buzz with the news that a hairy, scaly 7-foot man-goat-beast was terrorizing the good citizens of Tarrant County.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:56 PM

Street tiles in St. Louis and elsewhere carry mysterious messages 

A few years ago, amateur photographer Robert Crowe discovered a bizarre and mysterious message embedded in the asphalt of a downtown street.

The colorful piece of mosaic-like artwork, about the size of a license plate, carried the seemingly indecipherable phrases: TOYNBEE IDEA IN Kubrick’s 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:53 PM

New dark mystery hangs over Juárez 

Two dozen teenage girls and young women have disappeared in this violent border city, across from El Paso, in the past year and a half, stirring dark memories of the killings of hundreds of women that made Juárez infamous a decade ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:51 PM

Book Dealer Finds Fun, Profit In Literary Treasures 

"The first thing that happens when you decide to become a book dealer, is you have to sell your own collection," he says. "That's a big hump to get over."

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:50 PM

Tomb search could end riddle of Shakespeare's true identity 

Parishioners at St Mary's church in Warwick have sought permission to examine the contents of the 17th monument built by Fulke Greville, a writer and contemporary of Shakespeare who some believe is the true author of several of the Bard's works.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:48 PM

The Real Black Dahlia 

Elizabeth Short, infamous for her ill-fated moniker, The Black Dahlia, died with a dollar in her purse. Her murder in 1947 is the most compelling unsolved crime Los Angeles has ever known.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:46 PM

Sunken treasures 

Gary Kozak and Jim Herbert look at their work much like a detective game. But instead of finding criminals, the pair is busy snooping for and uncovering the many shipwrecks which litter the bottom of Lake Erie.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:26 PM

Friday, August 07, 2009

Famed Beat Poet Saw Sea Serpent 

“I was saying to my 83 year old father in Va. who was a Pultizer Prize nominee for editorship of a newspaper in the South that I had never told anyone because what I saw was so fantastic it would be like trying to convince people you’d been abducted by aliens."

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:25 PM

Did gardener find fossilized footprint? 

Man thinks rock with four-toed indentation might be prehistoric.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:18 PM

Scientists: Mars 'monolith' a boulder 

UFO enthusiasts have discovered a "monolith" on Mars, but the planetary scientists behind the images say balderdash.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:16 PM

Friday's Flying Saucers 

UFO over Rhossili? (With pic)

BBC captures amazing UFO on camera (With video)

Reports of flying saucers being spotted hovering over Whitchurch

Latest Alien encounters, new UFO sightings, crop circles, Hyperdimentional hexagons, UFOs on Demand

UFOs and The YouTube Generation

VIDEO: North Port family claims to have seen UFO, aliens in their backyard

North Port Devil is alien in the woods

Triangle UFO moves low over Staten Island (With pic)

UFO video shot over Gonzales, Louisiana, August 3, 2009

Slow moving triangle UFO over Anacortes, Washington

Oak Island visitors report UFO sighting

MoD denies UFO sighting 'compromised UK airspace' (With video)

'UFO' photographed 'tracking' RAF Hercules

UFO study group presents award to longtime researcher

Sphere UFO photographed over Kansas City, Missouri (With pic)

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:12 PM

How is America going to end? 

The world's leading futurologists have four theories.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:12 PM

Manson murders back in spotlight 40 years on 

They were the crimes that drew a blood-soaked line under the 1960s hippy era of peace and love, terrorized Hollywood and made headlines around the world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:49 AM

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Oldest map in western Europe found engraved on 14,000-year-old chunk of rock 

The complex etchings were engraved on a hand-sized rock 13,660 years ago, probably by Magdalenian hunter-gatherers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:43 PM

A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush 

Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse.

Via Fark.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:29 PM

Presidential Conspiracies 

President Barack Obama may be the most recent chief executive to have to endure the focus of paranoid conspiracy theorists, but he's not the first.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:39 AM

Helter Skelter still creepy 40 years later 

In the early morning hours of Aug. 9, 1969, the stillness and security of the affluent Benedict Canyon hills above Los Angeles would be forever shattered with the horrific sounds of gunshots, stabbings and innocent, helpless people begging for their lives.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:37 AM

The infamous evil Ouija board - part 2 

After the last article I received many emails of people telling me there stories and as I suspected most are second or third hand. One thing people kept assuring me was that evil has been associated with this board since at least the 50's, possibly earlier, but there are a few things I noticed in these stories.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:35 AM

Machine Lights, For the Steampunker’s Desk 

Cool!

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:11 AM

Do Clouds Come From Outer Space? 

Most of Earth's clouds get their start in deep space. That's the surprising conclusion from a team of researchers who argue that interstellar cosmic rays collide with water molecules in our atmosphere to form overcast skies.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:09 AM

17-day 'death curse' haunts Haryana village 

No one knows exactly why its happening or how. But a mortal fear has gripped Amloh, a dusty village of about 600 in Haryana's
Yamunanagar district, forcing people to go off sex, alcohol and even non-veg food in a bid to purge themselves of what they call a 17-day death curse.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:08 AM

Barking monster mystery - And another thing 

The Diary’s old friend Reading’s Dean ‘Midas’ Maynard, who has previously met ghosts and made predictions for celebrities, has vowed to use his brainpower to find the mystery beast lurking in Lake Windermere.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:46 AM

Village trail tells legendary tale of diamond mystery 

Legend has it that during the English Civil Wars from 1642 to 1651, Colonel Richard Prater, who held the castle until 1645, kept a large amount of money, named diamonds after the shape of the coins, in order to pay the nine Irish soldiers defending the fortress against Fairfax, the commander of Cromwell's forces.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:43 AM

Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apes 

Elaine Morgan is a tenacious proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis: the idea that humans evolved from primate ancestors who dwelt in watery habitats. Hear her spirited defense of the idea -- and her theory on why mainstream science doesn't take it seriously.

Video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:09 AM

Unveiling the true face of Betelgeuse 

Using state of the art imaging techniques, astronomers have revealed a vast plume of gas and gigantic bubbles boiling on the surface of Orion's supergiant star Betelgeuse.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:09 AM

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Rough justice - Victorian style 

Trial records newly released by the National Archives and put online have lifted the lid on a brutal penal system and showcased some of the most infamous criminal cases.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:38 PM

Shadow Life 

It all started when Jack scored on eBay a multichannel femtospectrometer from a probe that never, in the end, went to Mars. A frosty CSI-style piece of kit that isolated organic molecules in a laser trap and determined their molecular structure.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:36 PM

'Psycho' pet serial killer stalks suburbs 

Animals are being killed and maimed by a "demented psychopath'' on the Central Coast, sparking fears the crimes will escalate.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:35 PM

New theory in old mystery 

Were they early victims of a fledgling serial killer later known to the world as Ted Bundy?

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:35 PM

Paw prints spark big cat mystery 

A panther-like 'big cat' could be on the loose in Northampton, after a series of mystery footprints were discovered at a rural beauty spot.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:56 PM

Has the mystery of the Mars 'Monolith' been solved? 

An image of what appears to be a mysterious rocky monument on Mars has excited space junkies around the world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:52 PM

Prospect Park Nailed Cow Tongue Mystery: Maybe a Warning to Shut Up? 

Prospect Park staff were handed the gross job of removing 15 cow tongues from trees one morning last week.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:51 PM

Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder 

A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:38 PM

Monday, August 03, 2009

Have you seen. . .The Thing? 

Past a curio shop stuffed with plastic tomahawks and The Thing? shot glasses, I entered a back lot with three sheds. The first two were stuffed with dusty displays of fascinating junk, everything from a mock-up of a torture room to a 1937 Rolls Royce supposedly owned by Hitler. There were strange carvings made of roots and driftwood too, and random bits that looked like they were saved from a dumpster behind an antique mall.

But then I spied the yellow trail of Bigfoot prints leading to the third shed. I followed them and beheld in all it's glory--THE THING?!!!

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:19 PM

UFO or bizarre natural phenomenon? 

An image of a boulder-like object that appears as if suspended mid-air has China’s paranormal researchers totally stumped.

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:08 PM

The infamous evil Ouija board 

One of the most controversial tools ever used in spirit communication, that is still used today, is a simple wooden board.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:05 PM

Mystery Continues for Christian Counselors Murdered in Sleeping Bag 

When police killed Joseph Henry Burgess in a shootout last month in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, they thought the answer to a string of murder mysteries might be at hand.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:53 PM

Computers Unlock More Secrets Of The Mysterious Indus Valley Script 

The symbols are found on tiny seals, tablets and amulets, left by people inhabiting the Indus Valley from about 2600 to 1900 B.C.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:50 PM

Acadians believed to have put stamp on rock centuries ago 

The mysterious engraving on the rock is thought by some to have been a boundary marker for early Acadian settlers, known to have settled along Hammond River in the 1700s.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:57 PM

Stonehenge, an ancient who-done-it 

Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell, where the banshees live and they do live well!

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:55 PM

Top five lake monsters in China 

Slideshow of Chinese beasties.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:53 PM

Strength in their numbers: More Church of Scientology defectors come forward with accounts of abuse 

They are stepping forward — from Dallas and Denver, Portland, Las Vegas, Montana — talking about what happened, to them and their friends, during their years in the Church of Scientology.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:35 PM

'The Rite' by Matt Baglio: a review 

In The Rite, journalist Matt Baglio follows the training of American priest Father Gary Thomas in Italy as he apprentices to become a fully-fledged exorcist.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:06 AM

Sunday, August 02, 2009

A Big blackberry feast for Bigfoot! 

Update on little-known Illinois Bigfoot hotspot.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:58 PM

Acid-spitting death worm hunt 

Armed with explosives, two men are heading to Mongolia's Gobi Desert to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:56 PM

'House of Mysteries’ related to 1933 heist, slayings offers glimpse into Fort Worth history 

In the basement of what is now a day-care center is a lasting reminder of the criminal mastermind who built the place.

With video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:21 PM

'Re-Animator' star Jeffrey Combs is the 'definitive' Edgar Allen Poe 

Actor Jeffrey Combs has been in dozens of films, mostly horror and sci-fi, but he's getting the best reviews of his career for his new role on the L.A. stage with a play called "Nevermore..."

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:58 PM

Solving the mystery of how aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared 

An expedition will test items found on a Pacific island for DNA of 1930s heroine Amelia Earhart.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:46 PM

Ancient warrior skeleton found on Italian beach 

"It was fascinating to see the skeleton of Nello emerge from the ground and at first we thought it was that of a Roman solider, but then the experts identified it as dating back to the third millennium B.C."

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:35 PM

Urban Legends: Spam Tastes Like Human Flesh! 

“In much of Melanesia, for example, they called a cooked human being ‘long pig.’ It was a fact that the people-eaters of the Pacific had all evolved... into Spam-eaters. And in the absence of Spam, they settled for corned beef, which also had a corpsy flavor.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:32 PM

Ark. woman’s death was ‘God’s choice,’ N.J. voodoo priest says 

Houngan Hector Salva, a native of Vineland, claims he can improve people's fortunes, get the incarcerated out of jail and return lost lovers. But he, too, answers to a creator who does not grant interviews.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:27 PM

New Technology Unearths Ancient Venetian City 

The ancient Roman City of Altinum, once a wealthy trading port on the Adriatic Sea, became lost to time over the centuries, as barbarian hordes drove the inhabitants to the safety of the Venetian Islands, to what is now modern day Venice.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:24 PM

The Most Monsters? 

Which state has the most monsters?

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:11 PM