Imagine this: as a young boy in Germany, you’re haunted by a ghost. A long dead ancestor, she gives you a vision of your true love: She… Read more “The Secret of Elena’s Tomb: the Haunted Heart of Carl Tanzler”
Category: Urban Legends
Charles Fort’s Damned Journey Through the Super-Sargasso Sea
Charles Fort and the Book of the Damned: A procession of the damned. By the damned, I mean the excluded. We shall have a procession of data… Read more “Charles Fort’s Damned Journey Through the Super-Sargasso Sea”
Gloomy Sundays, Blue Mondays: Happy Days Indeed!
In 1932, Hungarian pianist Rezső Seress wrote a song based on the turmoils of the times: the Great Depression was in full swing, his native country was… Read more “Gloomy Sundays, Blue Mondays: Happy Days Indeed!”
Sole Survivor: the Many Lives of Hugh Williams
In that arm of the see that departeth between this island Mon and North Wales is a swelowe that draweth to schippes that seileth and sweloweth hem… Read more “Sole Survivor: the Many Lives of Hugh Williams”
A Man With No Home – the Stranger From Taured
Imagine this: It’s July, 1954. The weather is hotter than usual… Who are you? A Passport official in Tokyo Airport, Japan. Your job is simple; run people… Read more “A Man With No Home – the Stranger From Taured”
The Boggy Bottom Monster
Many regions across the globe have their own version of a Bigfoot creature, and in the Kiamichi Mountain region of South East Oklahoma the local version is… Read more “The Boggy Bottom Monster”
Sewer Monsters: From New York City to Ancient Rome
Indoor plumbing, one of the greatest advancements of civilization, allowing fresh running water and waste disposal at our fingertips. This technology meant huge underground structures had to be… Read more “Sewer Monsters: From New York City to Ancient Rome”
Carl Jung and UFOs: Ancient Alien Art
Because my academic credentials (and my wife’s) include a wee bit of Jungian depth psychology, I occasionally get asked the question, “What book do you start with… Read more “Carl Jung and UFOs: Ancient Alien Art”
The Story of the Minnesota Ice Man
A story about a humanoid ancestor trapped in ice, found in a sideshow carnival, which garnered interest from both the Smithsonian Institute and the FBI. Was it… Read more “The Story of the Minnesota Ice Man”
The Fur Bearing Trout
One look at the fur bearing trout has most scoff at the poorly constructed attempt at a crypto-zoological hoax, and it is no wonder because the fur… Read more “The Fur Bearing Trout”
Myth Crafts 