Ouija Nope

Ouija Nope

Today's tale of high strangeness once again comes from Doc Strangelove on X. And this time, it's cautionary. Ok so in my old unit we had one of our guys decide to do a ouija board for Halloween. Everyone in our squad except another guy said no thanks. The night…
Two Doors

Two for Halloween

More than perhaps any other time of year, Halloween is a good time to set aside the passing troubles of the day and pause to contemplate eternity. After all, it's where we're all spending the rest of our existence, whether we want to or not. Since worldly events are extra…
APC Bones

Bones for Days

Here in Current Year +N, it's hard to remember that Afghanistan wasn't always the preferred destination for soft serve ice cream, bumper car rides, and plucky British vloggers. If you're a member of Generation Y, your young adulthood was dominated by the Global War on Terror. Perhaps you even served…
Victorian landing

It Was on the Landing

The people of Rockford, IL just called it the Penfield House. Built sometime in the 1870s, the rambling Victorian mansion was first called home by its builder and his new bride. But all was not well in paradise. Whispers circulated of an affair. Only a year into the young couple's…
Camille Montfort

Vampire of the Amazon

When most people think of vampires, they imagine insular Eastern European villages huddled in remote valleys at the wooded feet of craggy peaks. Or beautiful monsters haunting the inner rooms of gaslit salons. What almost nobody thinks of is the Amazon. Yet in the late 19th century, this Old World…
Vietnam Ghost

Joey Was Trapped

Mark and his twin brother Joey were raised by their Grandpa in the big house their family had owned for generations outside Pittsburgh. The brothers did everything together: playing hide-and-seek in the orchard next door, staying up late reading comic books with flashlights, and drinking heated up grape Kool-Aid, which…
It Was Over the Road

It Was Over the Road

An OG reader and Twitter mutual passes along this recent encounter with high strangeness: Big thanks to Anon for giving us the story of an orb to ponder. And this week, I review Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as a patron exclusive. Get access to your choice of recurring…
Little Big Horn

Ghosts of Little Bighorn

Special Offer: All writing is persuasion. But knowing what approach works and when can be a challenge. Let best selling ghostwriter Joshua Lisec show you the best persuasive techniques to supercharge your writing. Check out his offer now. Our previous high strangeness post drew some personal spooky accounts out of…
Old Hotel Hallway

It Was at the Door

Special Offer: All writing is persuasion. But knowing what approach works and when can be a challenge. Let best selling ghostwriter Joshua Lisec show you the best persuasive techniques to supercharge your writing. Check out his offer now. The spooky season is around the corner, so that means it's about…
Return to Bablylon

It Was in the Film

We've documented a fair share of hauntings over the years of this blog's existence. Once the reality of the ghost phenomenon has been established, the question becomes, if a movie theater can be haunted, why not a movie? Director Alex Monty Canawati may have answered that question with his 2013…