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The Battle of Los Angeles
The Battle of Los Angeles On the night of February 24/25, 1942, less than three months after the United States entered World War II, an extraordinary event occurred in the skies of southern California. Known as the Battle of Los Angeles (or The Great Los Angeles Air Raid), a large number of flares, fires, blinking lights, and a huge UFO appeared in the skies of Los Angeles. As warning sirens sounded the alert, the United States military fought against the objects for several hours. After the dust settled, the military explained they mysterious object they battled was a weather balloon.
 
Enoch "Nucky" Johnson - Atlantic City Crime Boss
Enoch Nucky Johnson (Thompson) - Atlantic City Crime Boss During the Roaring Twenties, Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson was an Atlantic City, New Jersey political boss and racketeer from 1911 through 1941. His ingenious but ruthless tactics working the area bootlegging and prostitution rings along with help from some of prominent gangsters of the day, provided him unprecedented riches and made Atlantic City the pinnacle of tourist destinations. His life and times have been documented in the HBO Series, Boardwalk Empire.
 
Vampires - Real or Legend?
A lady vampire attacking - are vampires real of legend?Popular movie icons and favorite as Halloween costumes, vampires and vampire like creatures have been reported for thousands of years. Many believe that they do exist and that these feared and scorned creatures move freely around us without detection.
 
Skinwalker Ranch
In northern Utah, there exists a ranch so strange, the National Institute for Discovery Science purchased it for research purposes. Located in the Uintah Basin near the town of Fort Duchesne, paranormal activities have been reported on the 480 acre ranch for hundreds of years. Read the incredible story of Utah's Skinwalker Ranch.
 
Almas - the Wild Men of Mongolia
The Almas, Mongolian for "wild man," is a purported half-man, half animal creature that lives in the Altai Mountains in southern Mongolia and the Caucasus and Pamir Mountains in central Asia. Typically described as human like animals between five and six and a half feet tall, bodies covered in reddish-brown hair, and human like facial appearances and human like hands, sightings of Almas go back as far as the 15 century.
 
The Mayan Calendar and 12/21/2012 – Mayan Doomsday Event
Mayan calendar predicts end of world on December 21, 2012 (12/21/12)  The Mayans, whom Edgar Cayce believed were descending from Atlantis, lived in a rich culture rife with scientific knowledge. Expert engineers and astronomers, the Mayans gave the world a calendar based on cycles, in which five "ages" resulted in major cataclysms at the end of each cycle. Unlike a modern day calendar which consists of perpetual year-long cycles, the Mayan calendar has a "zero day" or end point at which time the world as we know it will cease to exist. That end date – December 21, 2012 (12/21/2012).
 
Lycanthropy? Werewolves are all the rage
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.
 
The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
Anneliese Michel (September 21, 1952 – July 1, 1976) was a German Catholic girl who was possessed by demons and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Following the last exorcism and after warning her mother that she could take no more, Anneliese died mysteriously in her sleep.
 
Our Lady of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun
In one of the most widely witnessed "miracles" in history, over 70,000 people watched the Sun change colors, rotate wildly, and dance in the sky after three village children experienced a series of visions and miracles. Hidden by the Vatican for decades, the final secret the children possessed was released and the world was astonished at what it had predicted.
 
Jack the Ripper - the Complete Story
Mary Jane Kelly  The Jack the Ripper murders occurred in London more than one hundred years ago. The methods used in the investigations were years before their time but the killer was never found. Since then, evidence has been lost and facts have been muddled. The true story of Jack the Ripper takes a careful, conscious effort to sort through the specifics to determine what happened, and why.
 
The Knights Templar
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.
 
Grim Sleeper Serial Killer - A Modern Day Mystery
Van discovered near the scene of a Grim Sleeper killing 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.
 
New York's Infamous Plato Retreat Club
Plato Retreat dancer 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.
 
The Mysterious Keeler Motor Machine
Keely labratory 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 Winchester Mystery House
Winchester House 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.
 
Doppelgangers - our evil twins?
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.
 
Sideshow Freak - Schlitzie the Pinhead
SchlitzieOne 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.
 
The Oak Island Money Pit
The Oak Island Money Pit 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.
 
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