Mar 21, 2018 | Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural
I never believed close encounters of the third kind were possible…until one terrifying story changed my mind. November 5, 1975 Twenty-two-year-old Travis Walton was working for a logging company in Arizona’s Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest when he and...
Feb 28, 2018 | Mysterious Places
It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world, and certainly one of its deadliest. Aokigahara, otherwise known as Sea of Trees or Suicide Forest, was formed on top of a lava flow after Mount Fuji erupted in the year 864. While lovely, Aokigahara is an eerie...
Jan 31, 2018 | Tales of the Supernatural
Picture this… It’s late at night. Perhaps you’re alone, or maybe your spouse or roommate is sleeping upstairs. There’s a knock at the door. Instead of acting protective, your pet runs away or hides nearby, whining and cringing. You check the...
Oct 31, 2017 | Tales of the Supernatural
Traditionally, Jack-o’-Lanterns were not the plump, cheery fellows we know today. Instead, they were designed to scare the shit out of you, as seen above. Jackie here had an important job. His task was to frighten off uninvited guests. The spooky gourd got his...
Jan 31, 2017 | Bloody Book Club, Murder at the Movies
One of my favourite works of fiction has long been Stephen King’s Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which was turned into an equally brilliant movie. But is it fiction? The “real” Andy Dufresne was a man named Frank Freshwaters. In 1957,...
