Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Mexico raids alleged sex slavery cult on border, detains 14 foreigners, including 6 Spaniards  

The “Defensores de Cristo” or “Defenders of Christ” allegedly recruited women to have sex with a Spanish man who claimed he was the reincarnation of Christ, according to an official of a victims’ advocacy group, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:07 PM

Unearthing Athens' Underworld  

On an October afternoon in 1997, a TV reporter was interviewing the owner of a streetside kiosk in downtown Athens about traffic snarls caused by excavations for the city’s new subway. As the owner spoke, his kiosk began to sink behind him: like some dry-docked Titanic of cigarettes,newspapers and packaged snacks, the little booth disappeared into the netherworld. The Tunnel Boring Machine—or TBM—had struck again.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:22 AM

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Sally Starr, cowgirl queen of the TV screen, has died 

Sally Starr, the gun-totin' cowgirl who rode a palomino with a silver saddle and introduced millions of children in the Philadelphia area to Popeye, Clutch Cargo, and the Three Stooges, died Sunday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:40 AM

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Mystery of Ol’ Pap leads to a KC grave  

No one was sure what became of America’s black Moses after he sought to lead his people to the promised land.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:47 AM

Friday, January 25, 2013

Murder suspects pray to the 'Alligator God' to destroy evidence  

Heads for the Gator God!

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:21 PM

Occult expert: Santa Muerte statue at cemetery designed to kill  

Shrouded in a veil of secrecy as murky as its signature black cloak, the identity of the owner of an oddly-placed 3-feet-high statue of the Santisima Muerte in the middle of the San Benito Municipal Cemetery has become somewhat of a mystery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:23 PM

The strangely true connection between Scientology, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Occult Sorcery 

One of the weirdest historical confluences you can imagine took place in Pasadena, California, in the 1940s. There, a darkly handsome young man and chemistry autodidact named Jack Parsons had just made a bundle of money by inventing solid rocket fuel and selling it to the military. He was part of a group of explosion-obsessed researchers at CalTech who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where recently the Martian Rovers were made. He was also a goddess-obsessed acolyte and generous financial supporter of the infamous Pagan leader, Aleister Crowley.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:22 PM

The strangely true connection between Scientology, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Occult Sorcery 

One of the weirdest historical confluences you can imagine took place in Pasadena, California, in the 1940s. There, a darkly handsome young man and chemistry autodidact named Jack Parsons had just made a bundle of money by inventing solid rocket fuel and selling it to the military. He was part of a group of explosion-obsessed researchers at CalTech who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where recently the Martian Rovers were made. He was also a goddess-obsessed acolyte and generous financial supporter of the infamous Pagan leader, Aleister Crowley.

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:22 PM

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The Elusive Tomb of Alexander  

By now, Alexander had had at least three tombs in two Egyptian cities. Whenever someone asks where the tomb of Alexander the Great is located, I assume the query refers to the third and last tomb, although admittedly the question might apply equally to his tomb at Memphis or to his first Alexandrian tomb, neither of which has ever been found.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:15 PM

Monday, January 21, 2013

Signed copy of Frankenstein found by chance sells for over 350,000 pounds 

Inscribed maybe more accurate, as Mary Shelley wrote "from the author", but it's dedicated to Lord Freaking Byron. So cool.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:55 AM

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Colosseum Cleaning Yields Ancient Art Discoveries Including Old Frescos, Graffiti 

A long-delayed restoration of the Colosseum's only intact internal passageway has yielded ancient traces of red, black, green and blue frescoes – as well as graffiti and drawings of phallic symbols – indicating that the arena where gladiators fought was far more colorful than previously thought.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:59 PM

Saturday, January 19, 2013

I Don't Need Drugs, I'm High on Light, Baby  

The device works by affecting alpha brain waves and stimulating something called the pineal gland – so called because it looks a bit like a pine cone (srsly) – which is located in the centre of the brain. The pineal gland, which is functionally and anatomically linked to other centres of the brain, reacts to both the intensity and rhythms of the light, triggering a visionary reaction – akin to rushing on pills – in the person’s mind.



Reminds me of Brion Gysin and William S Burroughs's Dreamachine.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:25 PM

Why the Moon Landings Could Have Never EVER Been Faked: The Definitive Proof 

This video is so good, so incredibly brilliant, solid and simple, that you will want to paste it all over your Facebooks and Twitters just to piss off all the IMBECILES who still claim that the Moon landings were faked.* The reason is simple: the technology to fake it didn't exist.

Worth a look.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:05 PM

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Dogs Mysteriously Attacked in Southwest Missouri Neighborhood 

Residents living in the neighborhood say whatever it is has to be big and mean to cause serious injuries to pit bulls, Siberian Huskies and Rottweilers.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:36 PM

Ancient Shaman's Stones Uncovered in Panama  

The stone collection may be the earliest evidence of shamanic rituals in that region of Central America, researchers say.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:29 PM

ER visits after energy drinks double since 2007  

From 2007 to 2011, the government estimates the number of emergency room visits involving the neon-labeled beverages shot up from about 10,000 to more than 20,000. Most of those cases involved teens or young adults...

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:45 PM

A shock in the dark: Flashlight app tracks your location  

Almost no one was surprised that Google Maps accessed location information, for example, but respondents had a strong negative reaction when they learned that the “Brightest Flashlight” app tracked their location, said Jason Hong, an associate professor at school.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:43 PM

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Police: Body stolen from cemetery found in son's freezer 

Police on Tuesday found the body of a 93-year-old man stolen by his son from a cemetery with plans to resurrect him through prayer.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:11 PM

Does this meteorite contain life? 

A large fire ball was seen by a large number of people in Sri Lanka on December 29th 2012, during that episode a large meteorite disintegrated and fell to Earth in the village of Araganwila which is few miles away from the city of Polonnaruwa.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:40 AM

Friday, January 11, 2013

Have Sabertooth cats survived? 

According to scientific orthodoxy the African sabre-toothed tigers, such as Megantereon and Afrosmilus died out 500,000 years ago. However, in certain African countries such as the Central African Republic and Chad, sabre-toothed tigers have been seen by the locals in modern times.

Hat tip to Karl Shuker.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:22 PM

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Ivan Mackerle: Death Worm Hunter Dies 

Cryptomundo has the details.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:55 PM

New secrets coming to light in Chandra Levy murder mystery  

At present, however, it's impossible to know whether this latest twist could seriously call into question the outcome of a trial that ended with a conviction in November 2010.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:21 PM

'Snake goddess' a mystery — and homeless  

A mysterious "snake goddess" painted on terracotta and discovered in Athens may actually be Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.

With pic.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:18 PM

Mystery of Dighton Rock  

Its cuneiform-style inscriptions have intrigued and puzzled observers and researchers for centuries.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:02 PM

Moira Anderson mystery remains after grave exhumation fails to find body  

The fate of a schoolgirl who disappeared more than 50 years ago remains a mystery after a grave search found no evidence of her remains.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:00 PM

Is this the world's oldest baseball card? Photo expected to make $100,000 at auction  

Six-figure bids are expected when an auction house sells a rare 148-year-old baseball card that was discovered at a yard sale in rural Maine, the auction house manager said today.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:42 PM

Mysterious booms in northern Utah remain unexplained  

Hundreds of people from Weber County to Utah County, and some as far north as Rock Springs, Wyoming reported that they felt shaking or heard loud booms Tuesday night around 9 p.m.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:31 PM

Brian Butler Conjures the Demon Bartzabel  

Occult ritual as performance art.

See also: Witchcraft 'thriving in the Welsh countryside'

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:15 PM

Myanmar Spitfire Recovery: Water-Filled Crate Believed To Contain WWII-Era Plane 

An excavation team searching for a stash of legendary World War II-era British fighter aircraft in northern Myanmar said a wooden crate believed to contain one of the planes has been found, full of muddy water.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:09 AM

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Scientists Capture Live Footage of Giant Squid  

With cool pic. Actual footage will be presented later in a documentary on Discovery. Seems they're not quite ready to release the kraken.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:49 PM

Police: Suspect chokes girlfriend with his dreadlocks 

Gnarly, dude.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:11 PM

Monday, January 07, 2013

The Mysterious Case of Christopher Marks  

It’s been one month since the body of Christopher Marks was found on the beach below Shoreline Park, but authorities are still puzzled as to what circumstances led to the death of the 60-year-old Santa Barbara County vintner and investment advisor.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:49 PM

Meet the Man Who Had Sex with a Dolphin (and Wrote a Book About It)  

According to Brenner, growing up in the pseudo-scientific cult, which is the topic of his upcoming second book, Growing Up in the Orgone Box: Secrets of a Reichian Childhood, led to his zoophilia. No one who ever got the chance to speak face-to-face with Brenner, like I did, could doubt the validity of his story.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:02 PM

Roman Shipwreck Off Greek Island Antikythera May Actually Hold Two Ships 

A dive to the undersea cliff where a famous Roman shipwreck rests has turned up either evidence that the wreck is enormous — or a suggestion that, not one, but two sunken ships are resting off the Greek island of Antikythera.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:57 PM

Gloria Pall dies at 85; Voluptua character deemed too sexy for TV  

Fans dubbed the statuesque Pall "Eyeful Tower" and "Miss Cleavage" for her shapely figure and plunging necklines. Her steamy on-camera poses and flirtatious comments soon earned her another moniker: "Corruptua."

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:30 AM

Odd Mars 'Flower' & Snakelike Formation Spied By NASA's Curiosity Rover  

New photos of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover have sparked a buzz of discussion over an odd formation that some have dubbed a "flower" embedded in a Martian rock. The rover has also found a snake-like rock formation winding across the Red Planet's surface.

With pics.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:24 AM

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Virgin Witch 

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:36 AM