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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.
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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.
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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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| 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 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.
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 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. |
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 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? |
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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 guns 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. |
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| 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. |
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 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. |
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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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UFOs!
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One of the more popular areas of this site. The
UFO section contains a collection of UFO related articles categorized for
easy selection.
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Athens Mental Health Center - Haunted!
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Beatings, tortures and other atrocities occurred within the walls of the Athens
Mental Hospital. Check out our new report
on this infamous haunted campus...
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Aurora Texas UFO Crash
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Did an alien craft crash in Aurora Texas in the 1800's? Was an alien body
recovered and buried in the local cemetery? Read the
Aurora Texas Airship Crash article for an interesting take on a 100 year
old mystery.
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Zero Point Energy Device Invented?
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New article on the amazing device created
by a 58-year old Irish inventor. Hoax in the making or the greatest discovery
since the invention of the wheel?
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EVP
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EVP, or Electronic Voice Phenomena, is the new rage.
Using equipment you can purchase at your local Radio Shack, you can record voices
from the dead.
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Don’t forget to visit Mortal Journey, an interesting excursion into the trends and fads that shaped our
world and Funny Grins, a huge collection of jokes, funny videos, weird Facebook posts, hilarious videos,
crazy billboards, funny graffiti, and blah, blah, blah…
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