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Saturday, October 31, 2020

Night Of Terror, the Osbourne's Visit Los Angeles's Most Haunted Hotspot

The Osbourne Clan, Sharon, Ozzy, Kelly, and Jack In the Travel Channel’s new series, Portals to Hell, television personality and executive producer Jack Osbourne, explores sinister places purported to be doorways to the spirit underworld. Jack teams up with paranormal researcher and investigator... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 30, 2020

The Actress And Comedian Who Used To Talk To the Ghosts In Her Barn

The funny lady who was the better half in the Mike & Molly TV series admits that she believes in ghosts and used to talk to them when she was a child." Melissa McCarthy grew up on a farm and didn't have any real friends," she said. "I have a very strong belief that people are out there because I was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

The Apparition Of the "Beautiful Stranger" Lives On In A California Hotel

In 1892, 24-year-old Kate Morgan checked into California’s notorious Hotel del Coronado on Thanksgiving Day. Some say she never checked out. The employees recalled that Morgan said she was waiting for a gentleman to join her. After five days as a guest, the ghost story goes, nobody showed and Morgan... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Due To A Cotton Shortage, These Familiar Babies Were Invented As Gas Masks

When there was a cotton shortage during World War I, Kimberly-Clark developed a thin, flat cotton substitute that the army tried to use as a filter in gas masks. The war ended before scientists perfected the material for gas masks, so the company redeveloped it to be smoother and softer, then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 26, 2020

The Tail Of the Dragon, America's Most Unique & Curvy Stretch Of Asphalt

Meandering through the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains and the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, travelers will discover one amazing stretch of asphalt that is not for anyone who has a queasy stomach while driving. The Dragon’s Tail, also known as Deals Gap, or The Tail of The Dragon is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 25, 2020

England's Eerie Haunted House With the Mournful Ape Crying To Be Released

The Athelhampton House, Puddletown is regarded as being one of the top ten haunted houses in England, due to it being the home of eleven different spirits, ghosts, and ghouls. The presence of paranormal activity has been recorded for centuries in the 15th Century Manor. Perhaps one of the strangest... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 24, 2020

The Foreboding House Of Witches

A once luxurious home now sits marred by events that have been blamed on unexplained events that destroyed the family that once inhabited it. The Villa de Vecchi is a foreboding mansion that is located near Lake Como, Italy. It is alternately nicknamed the "Ghost Mansion," and more often than not,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 23, 2020

Suspicious Minds, Secrets, And A Smart Mama

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

The True Story Of the Vampire Who Murdered Nine Before Being Staked

The remote village of Kisiljevo, Serbia is home to less than 800 inhabitants and one creepy vampire legend. In 1725, a resident named Petar Plogojowitz passed away, and in the next eight days, nine deaths occurred. The nine who died had said on their deathbeds that they had been throttled by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Fortune Cake, A Halloween Harvest Cake For Economic Well-Being

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