Old Hags | Symptoms & Protection From Attack
“Old Hag Syndrome” has been around since the Middle Ages. It was thought that witches, or hags, would sit on a person’s chest at night and cause exhaustion, leaving you very fatigued the next day.
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Chicagoland Ley Line Map
I built this map for a simple reason. I wanted to test a ghost-hunter idea with a basic tool. Plot a bunch of haunted locations. Connect the clusters. See if “lines” show up. They did. But the weird part is where they showed up. The three strongest lines track major…
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How to Tell the Difference between an Urban Legend and a Haunting
Urban legends and hauntings have a lot in common. They usually involve a tragic and untimely death. Unrequited love leads to a suicide. Children die and return to say goodbye or warn you of danger. There are differences between them. Urban legends almost always involve drama or danger, while most…
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Ghostly Spotlight: Lizzie Borden
You know her: You love her. This axe-wielding psycho has inspired plenty of horror movies and nightmares. She also really lived and breathed, unlike the Bloody Mary urban legend.
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Ghost Hunting without Fancy Gadgets
You don’t need a bunch of digital gadgets to collect ghostly activity. You just need a few things to capture it on your next ghost hunt. So, without further elaboration, let’s hunt like it’s 1983.
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Matrixing | Why We See Ghosts That Aren’t There
Our brains are wired to take in our environment and try to make something we can understand. That’s called matrixing. All of our lives, we train it to make ‘sense’ of a bunch of chaotic sensory elements. It keeps us sane for the most part. But, it’s a hassle for…
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Our Favorite Haunts: Alcatraz, San Francisco, California
Suffering. That’s the only way to describe life in Alcatraz, an islet in San Francisco Bay. It housed the most notorious prisoners in the US, including Al Capone, in the 1940s. The prison closed in 1963 and became a tourist destination shortly afterwards. Life was hell here. Guards routinely beat…
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True Ghost Story: Streeterville Neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois
A trip to the movies ends with a ghostly message Ryan and a buddy, Tom, decided to kill some time at the movies on a very cold day in January 2010. He didn’t know a visitor – with an urgent message – would soon change his world. “We went to…
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Manteno State Mental Hospital Ghost Hunt Pics
Manteno State Mental Hospital Ghost Hunt, March 9, 2013, Manteno, Illinois.
