Odditorium 05.13.2008
A movie curse, fake UFO attacks, a granny ghost, levitation, talking to the dead and more…
The Woman Who Remembers Everything
(editor’s note: A woman who has baffled doctors with her ability to remember every detail of every day has broken her anonymity to speak of her condition. -Dean)
from telegraph.co.uk
Jill Price, 42, can remember every part of her life since she was 14 but considers her ability a curse as she cannot switch off.
Treasured memories? Maybe not
She described her life as like a split-screen television, with one side showing what she is doing in the present, and the other showing the memories which she cannot hold back.
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The Curse Of The Ramones
by Dean Terry
Joey died of lymphoma in 2001. Dee Dee OD’d in 2002. Johnny died in 2004. CBGBs closed in 2006. Producer Phil Spector went on trial for murder. CBGBs owner Hilly Krystal died in 2007. Ex-manager Linda Stein was murdered in 2007. Curse anyone?
Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee
Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in 1974, all members of the band used stage names with their surnames as “Ramone.” After touring virtually non-stop for 22 years, the band broke up in 1996. Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone all died within eight years of the break-up.
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Odditorium 05.12.2008
Psychic pet rescue, hanging up the ectoplasm, living with a corpse, sleepless 3 year old and more…
Haunted In Hastings
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” –Sherlock Holmes
by Keith Grauman
It’s late at night in downtown Hastings, Minnesota. Most of the businesses are closed and the bar crowd is beginning to disperse. The rest of the city is sound asleep, but the Hastings Paranormal Team is hard at work.
“Do not fear the unknown”
Their self-assigned mission? Investigate various unexplained activities and gather evidence on the existence of ghosts.
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Dopers Stealing Human Skulls
(editor’s note: this articles contains 2 disturbing stories about teens who dug up graves and stole the heads from corpses. Their gruesome plan was to use the skulls as bongs, for smoking marijuana. -Dean)
from caller.com
Three Kingwood teens have been arrested and accused of digging up a secluded grave and removing a skull in Humble, a city north of Houston.
Human skulls are being stolen by dope smokers
Kevin Wade Jones, 17, and Matthew Richard Gonzalez, 17, both of Kingwood, told Houston police that around March 15 they and a 16-year old juvenile dug up a grave, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a “bong,” a device used to smoke marijuana, according to court documents.
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Odditorium 05.09.2008
Haunting brave hearts. ancient sea creature bling, Northwest fairy tales, alien agendas, Tennessee crop circles and more…
Jack The Ripper’s Texas Connection
by Dean Terry
Nearly three years before London’s Jack the Ripper garnered headlines for his murderous expoits, a similarly frightening series of murders terrorized and captivated the citizens of Austin, Texas.
Did Jack the Ripper live
in Austin, Texas in 1884?
Perpetrated by a man dubbed the Servant Girl Annihilator, the slayings got much attention at the time and were considered among the world’s most notorious crimes. Somehow, these ax murders were almost totally lost to history from the late 1800’s until the mid-1990’s.
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Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored?
by JR Raphael
It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move.
Is your cellphone eavesdropping on you?
The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is awry. [link]
Psychic In Sandy
by Judy Fahys
Connie Tao’s psychic tendencies revealed themselves early. “When I was 2, I always saw spirits, and I talked to my parents about it,” she said.
Psychic Connie Tao
Tao grappled with spirit messages her whole life. She recalls being stricken more than a decade ago by the death of the Princess of Wales. Trouble was, it was the day before Diana died in a Paris car crash.
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Indigo Children Are Among Us
(editor’s note: Indigo children are said to be unusually sensitive and gifted. Some believe that Indigo children are a widespread phenomenon and a new breed that will lead mankind into the 22st Century. -Dean)
by Svetlana Kuzina
For the past 10 years children have been born who don’t resemble ordinary boys and girls. Their uniqueness is apparent when they are only several months old.
Maybe people with unusual gifts
will change our lives for the better
Doctors say they are astounded by the children’s very ‘adult’ eyes. While ordinary babies aren’t able to focus their vision, Indigo children stare intensely. The older they get the odder they behave compared to their peers.
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Controversy Over ‘Pixie Dust’ Regenerated Finger
by Caroline Parkinson
The story of the man who re-grew a finger using “pixie-dust” has captured the imagination of many this week.
The fingertip has ‘amazing’ healing powers
But a number of scientists have cast cold-water over the claims - and said it may have been a “natural” miracle.
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N.Y. Preacher Casts Out Demons
by Matthew Lysiak
Demons from Hell? Some say, “Fuhgeddaboudit.”
Preacher Michael Casale - laying on of the hands
But a preacher with an alleged healing touch says he is coaxing evil spirits from demon-possessed locals, all from a hotel conference room in Bay Ridge, New York.
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Stalking Spooky
by Lara K. Richards
Angela Gathings was just a young girl on a sleepover at her aunt’s house.
Members of T.R.O.O.P.S. survey a
section of the True Cemetary near Olney
Angela had snuggled up on the hide-a-bed in the living room and drifted off to sleep when something — or someone woke — her.
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A Creepy Night Inside Old Mansfield Reformatory
by Lou Whitmire
From their big eyes, students appeared to be listening intently as Mike Middleton shared ghost stories about the Ohio State Reformatory on Monday.
Students spent a night in
the Ohio State Reformatory
“You have just walked through one of the country’s premiere paranormal areas,” said Middleton, a volunteer tour guide and ghosthunter.
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A Real-Life Indiana Jones
from dailymail.co.uk
A tall man, handsome and weather-beaten, wipes the blood of a giant scorpion from his hands and squints into the middle distance as he ponders his latest quest for sacred artifacts.
Frederick Mitchell-Hedges’s exploits
read like an Indiana Jones script
He could be the ultimate Hollywood hero — living a life packed full of excitement and peril, usually with a beautiful young woman on his arm.
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Attack Of The Killer Ravens
(editor’s note: In the UK, flocks of ravens are suddenly slaughtering lambs - what is going on? -Dean)
by Jane Fryer
High in the darkening sky, a flock of enormous ravens swoop and swirl - narrow black wings stretched wide, heads protruding forward and huge hairy beaks scything through the air.
Ravens have an association with death
and supernatural powers of prediction
Every few minutes they let out deep, throaty, honking calls as they soar effortlessly, circling around until, finally, they spot their prey and swoop.
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