Jun 13, 2016 | Scary True Stories, The Writing Life
I began 2016 with unbridled enthusiasm and optimism, convinced it was going to be a wonderful year. How wrong I was. I can’t remember another year filled with so many challenges and tragedies, both for me personally and for the world at large. And 2016 is barely...
Apr 11, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
You may be asking yourselves, “Are Irish werewolves really a thing?” As it turns out, yes! Back in the 1200s, accounts of werewolves were extremely common in Ireland, to the point the country was known as wolf-land. (This might have something to do with...
Apr 7, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
“Oh my God! Did you hear that?” Nope. “Listen to this! I got something on my super high-tech digital recorder!” * disembodied snarfling with static* “The spirit told us to get out! Oh my God!” It did? “Hey, it’s a half...
Apr 6, 2016 | Weird Science
A ghost story is only as believable as the teller, and few witnesses ring as true as crusty ol’ hardbitten sea captains. This could be one of the reasons tales of ghost ships have been passed on for hundreds of years. Who could forget the Flying Dutchman? As it...
Apr 6, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural, The Writing Life
Edgehill While the existence of ghosts has long been debated, in Britain the matter has been considered resolved for some time…all because of the battle of Edgehill. It was October 23, 1662. Royalist troops were on their way to London to support the King when...