Welcome to the Altered Dimensions web site, a tantalizing excursion into world of popular paranormal research. Pull up a chair, turn out the lights, and prepare to immerse yourself in the mysteries of the paranormal and unknown.

Most people have lain in bed late at night, flipping through channels, and paused to watch the action when they ran across a professional wrestling match. Smashing head butts, thudding body slams, and brutal back breakers give pause to the viewer – how do that do that without getting hurt or worse – killed?

The Knights Templar was a powerful military order formed at the end of the First Crusade with the mandate of protecting Christian pilgrims on route to the Holy Land. They were a monastic order – part warrior, part monk - banded together they took monastic vows and fought to the death for the preservation of Christianity.

Most have heard of the Black Panther Party, the organization established to promote “black power” through acts of social agitation. Established in the 1960’s it rose to prominence but quickly came crashing down. In its place arose the New Black Panther Party, an equally powerful organization but with a slightly different agenda…

 They have long had his DNA. They have his fingerprints taken from several crime scenes. Ballistic tests from several of the crime scenes match the same .25 caliber gun. They have a fairly accurate description taken from a survivor who stared the killer in the face. But the elusive "Grim Sleeper serial killer is still on the loose and has been claiming victims in Los Angeles for over a quarter of a century.  Beginning in 1985 with killings as recent as 2007, the Grim Sleeper killings have baffled Los Angeles police for over 20 years.  Check out this article for a detailed description of the crimes, a chronology of the vicious attacks, a map of the locations where each body was found, and an interactive satellite view of the crime scenes.

 On the heals of the release of American Swing, Altered Dimensions tells you the true story of New York's famous sex club, Plato's Retreat.  Opened in 1975, Plato's Retreat was New York City's original "pit of filth".  A sex club where couples, celebrities, and politicians could carry out their wildest fantasies under the watchful eye of owner Larry Levinson.  Featuring a swimming pool with waterfalls, saunas, and a huge mattress covered orgy room, Plato's Retreat was eventually closed by the New York City Health Department as the AIDS epidemic spun out of control.

 Over the years, many have claimed to have developed a perpetual motion machine, a machine that can run forever using no apparent method of energy.  But thus far, none have proven to be true.  Keeler never claimed his invention was a perpetual motion machine, but he did claim a bucket of water used to power his machine would produce enough force to move the world out of its course.  Regardless of the truth of is claim, Keely made a lot of money and spent his entire life perfecting the invention.  Upon his death, secrets may have been revealed.  A man ahead of his time or an earlier case of fraud? 

 The infamous Son of Sam murders occurred over 30 years ago and convicted murdered David Berkowitz is still serving his sentence in a New York prison. While in prison, Berkowitz became embroiled in legal wrangling over ownership of his letters and other evidence in his case and Altered Dimensions was pulled into the ring with him. Check out the Son of Sam article and pay particular attention to the updates located at the end of the article where Son of Sam - David Berkowitz personally explains to Altered Dimensions, in written communications, the rationale behind his battle with his former attorneys.

On September 29, 1982, 12-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, (a suburb of Chicago) woke up at dawn and went into her parents’ bedroom. She did not feel well and complained that she had a sore throat and a runny nose. Suspecting a cold was coming on, her parents gave her one Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule. At 7:00 AM the went into her room to check on her and found her laying on the bathroom floor. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, the first casualty of the mysterious Chicago Tylenol murders.

Biggie Small went through the typical rapper life cycle. Life of crime at an early age followed by infamy and more criminal acts. Ending in the typical violent death, Biggie’s story deviates from the typical rapper tale in that his death was unsolved and riddle with conspiracy theory.

During the 1930’s, a bizarre natural disaster occurred – Black Sunday. In the midst of a depression, the weather took a strange turn. Thousands died while survivors were ruined both financially and mentally. Lessons on how Mother Nature fights back were learned. Or were they? The events of the Dust Bowl closely parallel modern day events and some are worried that bizarre weather changes can do even more damage than they did during the 1930–1939 Dirty Thirties.

The Winchester Rifle, "the rifle that won the West", was a revolution in gun design. Designed and developed by Oliver Winchester and utilized by the United States’ military branches, the gun’s unique lever action design produced unrenowned riches for Oliver and his heirs. After a series of tragedies drove one of the heirs to madness, the spoils of war were used to build one of the most unusual homes in the United States.

There’s a common belief that a werewolf is “infected” after being bitten by another werewolf. It has been a common affliction with documented cases occurring all over the world and dating back to the earliest recorded events in history. In medieval times, it became associated with a full moon (Gervase of Tilbury first proposed this in his 13th century writings on paranormal events). Other aspects of werewolfism, such as the belief that a werewolf can be killed by a silver bullet, most likely came from movies. Werewolves are all the rage.

You can't be in two places at the same time. Or can you? Many believe that each of us has a "doppelganger", an exact duplicate or ghostly twin, that occasionally stalks its better half. Doppelgangers, or "Fetches", commonly appear when a person is deathly ill or shortly before a person dies. German for "double walker", doppelgangers rarely appear side-by-side with heir counterpart but often conduct the same affairs as their counterpart including visiting and talking with family and friends.

One of the most beloved sideshow freaks, Schlitzie, with the mind of a 3-year-old, was sold by his parents to the circus when he was a young child, toured with circuses all over the world, and starred in several Hollywood movies.  Suffering from a birth defect which caused his face to be normal sized but his forhead and cranial area only half the size of a norman man's head, here's the story of how Schlitzie began his amazing career as a circus sideshow freak.

Finding the earliest version of any given common fairy tale is an almost impossible endeavor. Before the Grimm Brothers gathered their collection of well-known German folk fairy tales, these stories followed an oral tradition, being passed on from grandmother to mother to children. What you may not know is that these earliest oral versions of our most popular fairy tales, and in some instances the earliest print version, are far from the clean-cut “good guy always wins” tales we utilize to lull our children to sleep at night. The earlier versions of our classic fairy tales included stories of murder, cannibalism, incest, rape, and various other despicable acts.

Located on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, there is a grouping of 360 small islands in an area known as Mahone bay. Amongst those islands is a 140 acre piece of land known as Oak Island. Sitting only 35 feet above sea level, the island’s history tells of an impenetrable cache of treasure located in a vault known as the Money Pit . Since as early as the 1700’s, adventurers have tried to infiltrate the Money Pit and lay claim to the bounty. Many of died while trying and o date none have succeeded.

From 1764 to 1767, strange beast terrorized the province of Gevaudan. Located in the modern day district of Lozere, deep within the Margeride Mountains in south-central France, the creature was a wolf-like animal that devoured the local citizens. During the period there were 210 attacks resulting in 113 deaths. Almost all of the victims were partially eaten. What the beast was has never been determined.

Rarely talked about or mentioned in the mainstream news, the Russian Business Network possesses the capacity and computing power to shut down the Internet for entire countries.  When the University of California began investigating the company, it's entire network was knocked off the web within hours.  Experts believe that the majority of all Internet identify theft, spam, malware, and child pornography originate from them.  RBN represents a terrifying security threat to the United States and its citizens.  Why is this hushed up?

Ilsa Koch, wife of the German commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp from 1939 to 1942, Colonel Karl Koch, was notorious for her perversion and cruelty. Known as the Witch (or Bitch) of Buchenwald, she acquired the reputation of a sadist and nymphomaniac beating the prisoners with her whip and requiring that they participate in bizarre orgies. Her atrocities were so gruesome, even the Nazis were appalled.