Apr 5, 2016 | Weird Science
Deathbed experiences have been recorded for centuries. One of the most famous modern cases is that of Maria, a migrant worker who had a severe heart attack. During the cardiac arrest, she floated out of her body and watched the medical team fight to save her life....
Apr 2, 2016 | Unsolved Mysteries
Some cold cases will forever haunt us. There’s the Black Dahlia, Jack the Ripper, and America’s Unknown Child, also known as The Boy in the Box. We don’t know his name. We don’t know how he died. But the people of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Apr 1, 2016 | Tales of the Supernatural
The Amityville Horror convinced many that the supernatural was real. The dwelling where it all took place had a frightening history before it became the world’s most famous haunted house. On November 13, 1974, 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. stumbled...
Mar 29, 2016 | The Writing Life
This weekend I posted an article on my Facebook page that caused a bit of an uproar. For some reason, people are just now discovering an article Dwight Allen wrote for Salon in 2012. Calling himself a “literary snob,” Allen wages a full-on attack...
Mar 22, 2016 | The Writing Life
Imagine this, if you will… You turn on the evening news (or check Facebook or head to your favourite online news site or *gasp!* read a paper), only to discover there’s been another school shooting. Many children were wounded, and a few died, including the...
