Vampire of the Amaszon

The 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…
June 14, 2024
Vietnam Doll Head

The Curse of the Vietnam Doll

No stranger to high strangeness himself, Catholic Answers head apologist Jimmy Akin shares a spooky occurrence that his college friends experienced. From the archives of Jimmy Akin's Mystgerious World, please enjoy "The Curse of the Vietnam Doll". ... [D]olls exist in the uncanny valley. As people will be aware, the…
May 21, 2024
Croglin Grange Low Hall

The Vampire of Croglin Grange

Readers have been flocking to posts about vampires lately. So here's an old favorite: The Vampire of Croglin Grange. 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…
April 11, 20244 Comments
Medvegia Vampire

Arnold Paole: The Vampire of Medvegia

It's been a minute since our last foray into the weird domain of high strangeness. Here's a historic account backed by official documentation that helped lay the foundation of modern vampire lore. From The Land of Thieves and Ghosts: Arnold Paole (otherwise known as Arnold Paul) was the subject of…
March 26, 20246 Comments
Philip Aylesford

Fabricating Philip Aylesford

As we've discussed before, the original Ghostbusters movie owes no small amount of its iconic status to how low-key based it is. One underappreciated aspect of the film is its subtle takedown of parapsychology. In case you didn't know, parapsychology is a pseudoscientific field for nerds who feel a deep…
February 26, 202412 Comments
Millennials’ Spiritual Affliction

Millennials’ Spiritual Affliction

Last week's testimony from a reader who's experienced strange nocturnal visions drew overwhelming comment. Based on the flood of responses, it appears that Millennials' spiritual affliction may be a real phenomenon that bears more investigation. The following are samples of reports from the comments and from X. I used to…
February 19, 202413 Comments
strange church

Strange Characters Showing up at Mass

A Twitter mutual and brother in Christ passes along this personal account. Spiritual battle, high strangeness, or flight of fancy? You decide. I had a very vivid dream last night. I dream fairly regularly, but every once in a while I have one that’s different from the rest & usually…
February 16, 20247 Comments
Dogman

Of Church Dogma and the Dogman

It hasn't escaped consideration that two of our favored topics here - high strangeness and demonology - might incline those of a more secular Modernist bent to dismiss the whole blog as unserious. To them I'd point out that a worldview based on empirical positivism is hardly the default baseline…
January 30, 20244 Comments
Wizard Clip Sign

Wizard Clip and the Reverend Prince

High strangeness enjoyers have had to endure a bit of a wait since our previous true tale of the paranormal. Today the wait is over, and fans of the weird and the miraculous alike will agree it was worth it. This account has its beginnings in the same era and…
January 23, 2024
Strange Spirit

Discernment of Strange Spirits

A question pertaining to our previous tale of high strangeness comes from a user on X: Wouldn’t it be more likely, per the Church, that the “ghost” is a demon masquerading as the spirit of the officer? My answer:   Another user then chimed in to add this chilling personal…
December 26, 20234 Comments