Mel’s Hole

Mel’s Hole

Mel Waters had always flown by the seat of his pants, and in the summer of 1995 his freewheeling lifestyle was catching up to him. With his finances circling the drain and his marriage on the rocks, Mel purchased a tract of rural land west of Ellensburg,Washington where he hoped…
January 30, 202011 Comments
Croglin Grange

Croglin Grange

Image by Jason McKittrick Back in Cromwell's day, the Fisher family left their ancestral home in Cumberland and moved south to more spacious accommodations. Loath to sell their old farmhouse called Croglin Grange, they leased the one-story home to Amelia Cranswell and her two brothers. The Cranswells enjoyed a peaceful first…
January 17, 202011 Comments
Ticking Time Bomb

Ticking Time Bomb

Astute pundits are rightly alerting us that the impeachment circus is a distraction to hide legislative shenanigans from the people. But not even the most cynical among them could have guessed just how strange some of those shenanigans are. The House quietly voted last week to require the Pentagon inspector…
December 19, 201914 Comments
Lost Boy-Finders Connection?

Lost Boy-Finders Connection?

Cryptid researcher Bob Gymlan presents a detailed account of a truly chilling missing persons case: the disappearance of six-year-old Dennis Martin from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Multiple oddities intersect to make this case deeply disturbing--doubly so for parents of young children. Still, forewarned is forearmed. Gymlan--along with investigator…
December 5, 201928 Comments
GO FASTER, FASTER, FASTER!

GO FASTER, FASTER, FASTER!

Another report of high strangeness comes to us courtesy of a reader who was reminded of the incident by this story. This actually reminds me of the night my family drove through a hollow in the little Mazda pickup truck. My sister was in the front with Mama and our…
November 20, 201911 Comments
Unfriendly Eyes

Unfriendly Eyes

It seems my High Strangeness series has attracted its fair share of interest. Today a reader relates his own encounter with the unexplained. I have a tale to tell, similar to some of those recounted by your friends or other readers. This one comes from the mid-‘80s. We were recently…
November 6, 201910 Comments
The Blue Light

The Blue Light

Of all the true tales of high strangeness I've shared with you, none scare me more than this one. Joe--true name withheld for reasons that will become obvious--grew up in the 60s in one of the more upscale Chicago suburbs. After college he returned to his hometown and settled into…
October 31, 201930 Comments
Something Else Was Watching

Something Else Was Watching

You've all been very good, so here's a second spooky story to follow yesterday's cautionary tale. This account was reported to me as fact by the same uncle who related this story. My family once owned a sizable tract of land situated in and around a deep, wooded hollow. Glacial…
October 15, 20197 Comments
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…
October 3, 201922 Comments
An Irresistible Force

An Irresistible Force

My uncle epitomizes the freewheeling postwar American spirit. When he came of age, he rebuilt a beat-up motorcycle in my grandfather's backyard and hit the open highway. He rode from the Midwest to the West Coast, hopped a boat to Hawaii, and spent some time living in a tree house.…
September 18, 201917 Comments