Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS & POLTERGEISTS:

Haunted hotel: Ghost of elevator man who was sliced in half sighted - in two pieces
Some have said the most famous spirit that is said to roam the lonely halls of the Baker Hotel is of a woman who committed suicide there. Report suggest she was the mistress of the hotel manager; others say she was Baker's mistress.

Legend has it, she jumped to her death from the top of the hotel. One maid reported finding glasses with red lipstick marks on them in the seventh-floor suite where the woman had once stayed...
(Also read: Victoria Plaza Hotel: A True Ghost Story)

Ghosts captured on camera at Cusworth Hall?
The Doncaster stately home dates from 1740 and is said to be home to a number of spirits. Previous guests have heard the eerie sound of children singing Frere Jacques, pianos playing with no-one apparently there, doors slamming and other unexplained phenomena including lights switching on an off and fire alarms sounded...

Who may haunt the Olde Stone House Village in Washington Township?
When Doug Hogate Jr. created Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society in 2008, it was not only his interest in the paranormal that prompted him to form a group, but also his love of history. In March, Hogate and JUMPS investigators will attempt to communicate with approximately 300 years of Washington Township history at the Olde Stone House Village on Egg Harbor Road.

Claims include evidence of a young girl and a Civil War soldier, in addition to apparitions in church pews, noises and “creepy feelings” galore...

How many ghosts dwell in St. Louis's infamous Lemp Mansion?
Once the home of a famous beer baron and his family, St. Louis, Missouri landmark Lemp Mansion is now a favorite destination for ghost hunters, and for good reason: in 1980, Life magazine named the house one of the “Ten Most Haunted Places in America.”..

The Church of the Paranormal
Depending on your poll of choice, anywhere from a third to nearly half of you either believe in ghosts or are pretty sure you do. And if not ghosts, then aliens, mediums, or astrology, for which belief has either held steady or risen over the last couple of decades. More than two-thirds of Americans hold at least one paranormal—unsanctioned by religion—belief, according to the Baylor Religion Survey...

WEIRD CREATURES:

Cryptozoology News website: It’s fake
The site “Cryptozoology News” is at least in most instances, a “poe” site. Cryptozoologic stories about monsters, etc are often so bizarre that you can’t tell the difference between a parody site and a real one. Perhaps they really do receive sighting reports from real people but these are unverified and likely made up completely...

EARTH MYSTERIES:

How the crop circle phenomenon came to the North of Britain
Were aliens responsible for a crop circle in Northumberland? We look into the phenomenon. The mysterious crop formations that appeared overnight on a farmer’s field towards Lesbury, Northumberland. Suspect markings which appeared overnight on a land owned by the Duke caused a stir when they were spotted a few years ago. They were discovered one morning in the middle of a wheat field....