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    Fortean Headlines

    'Bogey mansion' bought for $10m discount Sadly not about a haunted mansion, but great headline: http://www.news.com.au/money/property/b ... 5803332471
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    Comics

    I just got a copy of Marvel Preview #1 (1975) called "Man-Gods from beyond the stars". Apart from containing articles about Von Daniken & groovy comics, it has a Fort quote on page 50 & a review of "The Book of the Damned". Great find! Info & Cover: http://www.comicvine.com/marvel-preview...
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    Satanism

    Satanic Church wants Religious equality Satanists book a convention center in Oklahoma City to perform a ceremony. KWTV reports. http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/v ... .kwtv.html
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    "Revisionist Poe"

    ...movie news of the most awful variety: John Cusack To Play Poe In THE RAVEN!! ""There's basically a serial killer loose in 1850's Baltimore and he's using Poe's stories as his methodology, so then he leaves clues at each murder and says it's up to Poe to find him before he kills...
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    Australian Ghosts

    ...also Mt Ainslie is said to be a worship spot for local Satanists, so watch out! http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politi ... -guwe.html video of the "prayer meeting" to exorcise Canberra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQH_pyMtDD0
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    Australian Ghosts

    ...anyone into Sacred Geometry must get a kick out of Canberra, go up to Mt Ainslie & check out the layout of Canberra, it looks quite impressive. http://theosophydownunder.org/library/t ... nne-brown/
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    Australian Ghosts

    Surprisingly enough Canberra does in fact has a rich history of haunted places. I think I mentioned this in a previous thread, but some local Goths self-published a great little book called "Macabre Canberra" which is a excellent introduction to Canberra's haunted history. I used this as my...
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    The Parsonage At Port Arthur, Tasmania

    ....I'm off to the Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee next week, this has also been dubbed "Australia's most haunted house". Apparently the Monte Cristo has up to ten ghosts in residence........ http://www.montecristo.com.au/
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    The Parsonage At Port Arthur, Tasmania

    "The Parsonage is said to be one of the most haunted places at Port Arthur, with rumours of ghostly sightings going back to the middle of the nineteenth century. The Reverend George Eastman died in an upstairs bedroom. When he was placed in his coffin it was too awkward to carry down the stairs...
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    The Parsonage At Port Arthur, Tasmania

    I visited Port Arthur in 1994 armed with my my copy of "The Ghost of Port Arthur". The little book made the claim the place was indeed Australia's "most haunted" location. The Parsonage was also said to be the most haunted building on the site. Oh boy was I keen to see the upstairs rooms where...
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    Star Wars

    Red Letter Media's reviews of Avatar, the Star Trek films & Episode One are the greatest "amateur" on-line reviews ever. If you had to turn the review off because of the humour, you well and truly missed the joke. But within the jokes are very detailed & informed reviews. According to their...
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    The 'Devil Face' On The Hotel California Album Art

    Ummmmmmmmmmm, I'll just leave this here: http://snopes.com/music/songs/hotel.asp
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    Strange Deaths

    :shock: agreed, that is a strange death.... "The room was splattered with blood and music was still playing on his stereo" /I for one am curious to know what music specifically was used to accompany this act.
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    Strange Deaths

    Two Russian directors boil to death in sauna March 03, 2010 "TWO Russian men died in a sauna after jumping into a plunge pool that had accidentally been heated to boiling point, investigators and media said. The two men jumped into the pool to cool down after sweating in a steam room...
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    strange creatures!

    ...not sure if this Sun story has been posted, but here we go: Mystery Beast Terrified Kids 17 Sep 2009 "TERRIFIED locals in a South American town are running scared after a strange creature they describe as "Gollum" crawled out of a lake and charged schoolkids. The beast — which has...
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    Day Of The Animals: Tales Of Man Vs Beast (And Man Suffers)

    Mutchilba man catches 30kg barramundi 'in drain, with bare hands' March 02, 2010 "THE fishing has improved in the inland community of Mutchilba - this resident grabbed a 30kg barra from a drain with his bare hands. The Cairns Post reports baker Tony Bambino was driving home on Saturday...
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    Global Warming & Climate Change: The Phenomenon

    Baby shot in chest over global warming fears March 02, 2010 "A BABY girl survived three days with a bullet in her chest as she lay alone beside the dead bodies of her parents and toddler brother in Argentina. The Daily Mail reported Francisco Lotero, 56, and Miriam Coletti, 23, shot their...
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    Animal Falls: Falls Or Rains Of Animals (Frogs, Fish, Etc.)

    It's raining fish in the Northern Territory - report February 28, 2010 "WHILE the Top End and Central Australia have been battered by torrential rains, a Territory town has reportedly had fish falling from the sky. The freak phenomena happened not once, but twice, on Thursday and Friday...
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    James Cameron's Avatar

    ...oh Urban Myth in the making for sure, notice how this death is described as the "first death linked to Avatar", as if there will eventually be more(we can only hope). "A 42-year-old man has died. This is because he has a history of high blood pressure and suffered a stroke after watching...
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    James Cameron's Avatar

    Taiwan man dies after watching Avatar http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/enterta ... -od26.html
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    Weird Numberplates

    ....for real: A "Warlock" I work with had the plates: SET 666. That was back when he was a priest of the Temple of Set. Nice guy, check out his web-site if that kinda stuff interests you: http://www.blackmagicians.com/
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    The Most Frightening Or Unnerving Song

    Of course there's an endless choice of stuff like Black/Death/Drone/Doom-Metal( & so-called "Goth" genre) music designed to be unnerving so I won't bother (or bore you by) naming the usual suspects..... ....but a couple that stand out from the pack are Abruptum & Sunno))) .......Abruptum of...
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    GENUINE GHOST PIC ghost face....

    Thats a ghost! Wow, how much more proof do you skeptics need?
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    Michael Is Dead...?

    Pfft, I see a distinct lack of evidence suggesting this is in fact fake. Did anyone check the licence plate of the van? Did you miss the mysterious figure move from the van to the door way in a distinctive "moonwalk" style?
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    Michael Is Dead...?

    HE IS ALIVE!!!! Damn! http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 74,00.html How do you explain that sceptics?
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    Polt vid

    ...and regarding the first video posted in this thread: paulsamfreya is totally right, at approximately 50secs in there is a cut just before the camera swings back to the kitchen. Still, it was a pretty cool.
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    Polt vid

    I'm not sure if this has been posted anywhere else yet, but here is some recent footage from Dalhousie Castle Scotland involving a chair banging by itself(off camera). http://player.video.news.com.au/news/#v ... 2RDroZiPOh
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    Romero's Dead Films

    Zombies Explained: Wed Jun 10 2009, "In Night of the Living Dead, zombies are brought back from the dead by a "mysterious force" that allows their brains to continue functioning. But how exactly does a zombie brain function? Finally, a Harvard psychiatrist has the answers. Through...
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    any happenings around Brisbane?.....

    Details about the book can be found on the link above. It covers some of Brisbane's most infamous haunted places like Newstead House, Toowong Cemetery, City Hall, Breakfast Creek Hotel & others. But there is a bunch of stories I had never heard of, like that Lang Park (one of Brisbane's major...
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    any happenings around Brisbane?.....

    For shame! You two need to get a copy of Jack Sim's "Haunted Brisbane" book, or alternatively you could go on a "Haunted Brisbane" tour with Jack himself in his hearse. Brisbane actually has quite a wealth of haunted places. http://www.ghost-tours.com.au/Pages/aboutghosttours.htm
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    Fortean Headlines

    Kidnapped girl found in Sandwich :shock: ohhhhhhhh: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... 02,00.html
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    Freaky Video

    Another bug/reflection/shadow/ghost caught on CCTV: Shopping centre camera captures shadow moving around mall June 05, 2009 "EXTRAORDINARY CCTV footage has captured what could be the ghost of a small child darting across a busy shopping centre. The shadowy spirit glides in between...
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    Wild Boar

    Giant boar pic is no hoax, say Pilbara witnesses June 01, 2009 "The picture has been circulating on the internet alongside claims the boar was killed at various locations across Australia. It was written off as a hoax by many, including WA's Department of Environment and Conservation, and...
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    Simulacra

    Jesus in a Jar: ...Another obvious Jesus appearance and this time it looks like he's sucking his thumb!
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    Purported Alien video to be shown Friday

    update ihatethatmonkee3: "this months ft it states that romanek is just using this as publicity for his forthcoming autobiography and documentary about his life." And so it is: Stan Romanek reveals amazing story of UFO and extraterrestrial contact May 19 2009 "Stan Romanek, Colorado...
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    Simulacra

    ....well I guess we see what we want to see.... ...like here: Dallas Couple Sees Jesus Inside Cheese Snack May 16, 2009 "Many people have seen and heard about the likeness of Jesus turning up in unlikely places. Now, one North Texas family says they found Jesus in a cheese snack. Dan...
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    Simulacra

    Virgin Mary appears on Mexican restaurant's pancake grill! For this and numerous other Virgin Mary apparitions look here at this great site I found: http://virginmaryagain.com/
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    Strange Crimes

    What an amazing headline: Scuba-diving 'Satanists' hack off arms of submerged Jesus statue 17th April 2009 "Scuba diving Satanists who hacked off the arms of a submerged statue of Jesus Christ are being hunted by Italian police. The attack was carried out at a depth of 75ft below the...
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    Simulacra

    ...now this is more like it, behold the mighty Hand of God exploding out of a supernova: NASA Chandra X-ray observatory space picture dubbed 'hand of God' April 16, 2009 "WE'VE already seen pictures of his eye ... now we have the first image of the hand of God. A ghostly blue cloud seems...
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    Simulacra

    The Jesus Kit Kat bar ""Dear editor, this morning on my work, I am shocked rot. I took a bite of a chocolate bar and then I saw a face in the bar. Well, there are the recent years many Christ Apparitions, and I find that all rather far-fetched . In a pillow or a meteorite I read last. So...
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    Simulacra

    ...yeah, Scream-ghost-soap-bar was pretty lame. Now prepare yourself for the "Miracle Maple Leaf": 'Miracle' on a maple leaf : Woman finds an uplifting image Apr 10, 2009 "SUDBURY — Mimi DiMauro was doing yard work with her family in the fall of 2007 when her 24-year-old daughter...
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    Simulacra

    Phantom of the soap bar 9 Apr 2009 "An evil looking face appeared after Henry Everitt used the purple coloured bar to give himself a wash-down. The amazed 27-year-old said: "It was so bizarre, I washed all over with the soap and I saw a face looking like the Scream mask. "I've never...
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    Disturbing Cartooons

    Here's some creepy stop-motion animation from 1984. I highly recommend clicking on this here linky(clip from "The Adventures of Mark Twain" episode "Mark Twain & Satan): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q29CmMHSQ3M
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    Swallowed Items Stuck In The Throat / Esophagus

    Diner uses scissors as a toothpick - and swallows them April 03, 2009 "A DINER tried to use a pair of nail scissors as a toothpick but swallowed them when he laughed at a friend's joke and they stuck in his throat. Kong Lin, 27, tried to cough up the clippers but they skewered the inside...
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    April Fools' Day

    Lame article on some of this years April Fools Pranks: http://www.news.com.au/technology/story ... 39,00.html "The best jokes of the day included: The Guardian newspaper announcing that "after 188 years of ink", it was switching to publishing everything on Twitter. Broadband site...
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    April Fools' Day

    ....everyone I know who saw this said the same thing: "Aprils Fools Day Prank". So I guess it's safe to assume the threat of this computer worm will be just that, a prank, or will it? Conficker virus could be deadly threat – or April Fool's joke Monday 30 March 2009 It could be the...
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    Freaky Video

    Ghostly image caught on security camera Story & video: http://inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-vi ... a/7521266/
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    Stephen King

    ....and Ted Danson killing Leslie Nielsen! The meeting of three horror masters: Stephen King, George Romero & Tom Savini. Atmospheric, creepy & hilarious. A true classic.
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    Cannibalism: Disturbing, Gory—Strangely Common

    Hospitalis hospital-theme restaurant March 16, 2009 " A BIZARRE hospital-themed restaurant in Latvia is serving food resembling body parts with surgical utensils. Decked out in a sterile, modern medical environment and boasting scantily clad nurses, the Hospitalis in Riga serves hearty...
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    Cannibalism: Disturbing, Gory—Strangely Common

    Woman held for eating friend in Russia March 17, 2009 " A WOMAN from Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk has been arrested for killing a friend of hers then eating part of the corpse, Interfax news agency reports. The incident occurred on March 5 when the two women were drinking together...
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