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TAPS is back! “Ghost Nation” is coming to Travel Channel this fall

As a longtime fan of Syfy’s Ghost Hunters, you can imagine my excitement learning that Travel Channel has given the green light to a new series starring Jason Hawes and the Atlantic Paranormal Society. The series, tentatively titled Ghost Nation, is set to premiere sometime this fall and will reunite many of the original cast…
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Were lights over Norway proof of extraterrestrial life?

If you were visiting Norway last week, you probably saw something many eyewitnesses believed to be extraterrestrial in origin. According to reports, a number of blue and yellow lights cast an otherworldly glow in the Norwegian sky last Friday night, leaving many observers searching for answers. Were these lights a natural phenomenon? Were they the…
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Michigan couple believes they caught a ghost on camera

Do you believe in ghosts? There’s a couple in Michigan that sure does. After finding bizarre scratches on their 1-year-old daughter’s face, Joshua Higgins and Heather Brough decided to search their nanny cam for answers. What they found left them quite disturbed. In the video, Higgins and Brough caught what they believed to be a…
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Jack the Ripper’s identity finally revealed, forensic scientists claim

A few years ago, I had the chance to wander the Whitechapel District of London, England in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer responsible for a series of ghastly murders that haunted Victorian London. It was a haunting experience, further exacerbated as the sun set on the River Thames and the bells…
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The bizarre true story of the last Leprechauns of Ireland

St. Patrick’s Day. What better time to brush up on leprechaun lore? According to the Irish Post, many in Ireland believe that leprechauns aren’t just the stuff of Irish legend. In fact, one village recently petitioned for 236 of the fairies, the last of their kind, to be protected under the European Habitats Directive. So…
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New UFO-themed documentary series coming to History Channel

History must have UFO fever. With the first season of Project Blue Book wrapping up Tuesday night, History must have noticed a hole in their UFO programming. Their solution? Enter Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation. Per History, the series will “hopefully provoke a cultural conversation about [UFO’s] and allow our viewers to ultimately draw their…
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Do you want to dine like the “999 happy haunts” in the Haunted Mansion?

It’s never too early to start planning for Halloween, especially if you’re as obsessed with the Haunted Mansion as we are!

Bowman UFO Welcome Center is “out of this world”

“Now that’s what I call a close encounter!” With those words, Captain Steven Hiller (played by Will Smith in Independence Day) took a puff on his cigar having just belted an extraterrestrial in the jaw. “Welcome to Earth” indeed. Jody Pendarvis believes otherworldly visitors to his South Carolina home are entitled to a much warmer…
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Sasquatch tracks spotted near Medical Lake, Washington

For centuries, there have been sightings of ape-like creatures in the Pacific Northwest. One of the most famous encounters with these beings took place in Washington near Mt. St. Helens when a group of miners led by Fred Beck were purportedly attacked by a number of the creatures while staying in a remote cabin in…
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Foolish mortals, beware! New Haunted Mansion souvenirs at Disneyland

Now, you’ve got one more reason to venture into “regions beyond!” Madame Leota, one of “999 happy haunts” in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, is joining the spooktacular new line of Haunted Mansion merchandise! The grim grinning ghost herself will soon be available as a medium figurine. (With an emphasis on the medium. Get it? Thanks for…
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