The Place of Wind and Ghosts

The Place of Wind and Ghosts

The spooky season is almost upon us, so the time seems right for a good old-fashioned ghost story. In keeping with Kairos tradition, this tale recounts actual events. Back in my days working for the local cinema chain, there was a Chinese restaurant tucked into the same shopping center as…
The Old Man of the Woods

The Old Man of the Woods

A reader who shall remain anonymous for reasons that the post will make self-evident kindly provides us with an eerily intriguing diversion. Cousin lived with my grandparents in a hunting cabin in Missouri. Still lives there now that they're gone. Their neighbor back then was this old Indian guy who…
RIP Art Bell

RIP Art Bell

A weekend news item that may have gotten lost in the shuffle with all the stories about Syria, Russia, and Trump's lawyer was the death of legendary talk radio host Art Bell. Art had been mostly retired for over a decade. My audience tends to skew younger, so it's unclear…
A Ghost for the Offering

A Ghost for the Offering

Most readers here will be of an age to remember the urban myth fad that made a modest impression on the pop consciousness back in the late 90s/early 2000s. If you were clever, you noticed the subtle but significant change from the former academic term "urban legend" to the media-promulgated…