Author: Roger

  • Ouija Board: Topics in Chronicling America

    Ouija Board: Topics in Chronicling America

    In 1890, the Ouija board was created for supernatural communication. It was also the focus of several lawsuits. This guide provides access to materials related to the “Ouija Board” in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers. Ouija is a talking board first manufactured in the United States in…

  • Unusual cases of succubus: A cultural phenomenon manifesting as part of psychopathology

    Unusual cases of succubus: A cultural phenomenon manifesting as part of psychopathology

    Abstract Succubus is also known as demon female lover who approaches males in their dreams to have sex. This is the phenomenon which is rarely described in psychiatric literature. It is more identified as a cultural belief in different religions. We report the two cases diagnosed with schizophrenia, who reported…

  • Necromancy

    Necromancy

    occult practice necromancy, communication with the dead, usually in order to obtain insight into the future or to accomplish some otherwise impossible task. Such activity was current in ancient times among the Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Etruscans; in medieval Europe it came to be associated with black (i.e., harmful, or antisocial)…

  • USING SCIENCE TO INVESTIGATE THE PARANORMAL

    USING SCIENCE TO INVESTIGATE THE PARANORMAL

    Science has long been used to investigate seemingly supernatural phenomena. Read about some of the most famous examples—and what they tell us about the historical relationship between science and the occult. From Harry Price and his ‘National Laboratory of Psychical Research’ to the infamous case of the Cottingley Fairies, this story looks…

  • SEA SERPENTS: MONSTERS OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL DEEP.

    SEA SERPENTS: MONSTERS OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL DEEP.

    “The earth was formless and deserted and darkness covered the abyss and the Spirit of God hovered over the waters.” […]” (Genesis, 1.2) When people talk about sea monsters, they often quote a specific Bible verse in Genesis (1.21), “God created sea monsters.” In my opinion, however, the most mysterious and fascinating message…

  • UFO sightings in the United Kingdom

    UFO sightings in the United Kingdom

    This is a list of notable alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the United Kingdom. Many more sightings have become known since the gradual release, between 2008 and 2013, of the Ministry of Defence’s UFO sighting reports by the National Archives. In recent years, there have been many sightings of groups of…

  • Unexplained Phenomenon

    Unexplained Phenomenon

    04.20.11 Silas M. Newton Silas Newton (1887-1972) was a wealthy oil producer and con-man who claimed that he had a gadget that could detect minerals and oil. He was cited as an authority in Frank Scully’s book Behind the Flying Saucers, a work that claimed to report on several UFO…

  • HAARP: Secret Weapon Used For Weather Modification, Electromagnetic Warfare

    HAARP: Secret Weapon Used For Weather Modification, Electromagnetic Warfare

    This carefully documented article on Weather Warfare was first published by Global Research on August 1, 2010. Some small edits have been made. The CBC, History Channel and Trutv.com documentaries quoted in the article can now be viewed. They by no means can be considered as “conspiracy theories”. Moreover, the US…

  • The Ghosts of Windsor Castle!

    The Ghosts of Windsor Castle!

    [Article from 2011] Spare a thought for the poor old Queen. She may rule 17 countries, have dozens of castles and palaces and possess the most expensive collection of jewellery in the world, but Her Majesty has also to contend with living alongside countless ghosts and ghouls. And if that wasn’t bad enough,…

  • Project Bluebook

    Project Bluebook

    The Condon Report: Introduction The “Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects” (Condon & Gillmor 1969; often referred to as the “Condon Report”) presents the findings of the Colorado Project regarding a scientific study of unidentified flying objects. It remains the most influential public document concerning the current scientific status of…