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The Old Joliet Prison

Barek Halfhand — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:14:10 +0000

It’s been over a decade since I worked at the Joliet Correctional Center and just returning to the empty main lot reminded me of the dread, insecurity and very real sense of mortal vulnerability that only those that have worked in such an institution can truly relate to...

Haunted Archer Avenue: Fairmount Hills

Barek Halfhand — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:47:23 +0000

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Haunted Archer Avenue: Fairmount Hills by Barek Halfhand

*From 5-09:

The Archer Avenue gates to Fairmont Hills lie between St James Church and The Willow Brook Ballroom along the farthest, forest draped reaches of that famous stretch of Chicago land roadway. There was no predetermined destination when stumbled [...]

Of Divinity? Or Beyond?

Karen Frazier — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:04:27 +0000

by W.M. Abel

So many opinions exist on humans, religions, origins, it’s hard to really know what to believe. Religion would have to be the biggest of the group. Man has invented Gods in his own image or his own knowledge base, for the most part, since the dawn of [...]

Betcha you didn’t see that coming, Nostradamus

MysticalKnight — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:56:31 +0000

By Rick E. Hale Paranormal Underground writer/Paranormal Investigator

Let me tell you a story, dear reader. A few years ago, a good friend and I felt that it would be a good idea to go to the parlor of a local psychic/medium and pull a Harry Houdini. We were going to take [...]

That Insufferable Whisper

MysticalKnight — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:53:39 +0000

By Rick E. Hale Paranormal Underground Magazine Writer/Paranormal Investigator

The investigation is finally over. You and your colleagues have spent several hours in the home of a mystified family who seriously want to know what in the hell is going on their home and why is this happening to them. You’ve spent [...]

Why Do We Hunt?

MysticalKnight — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:24:50 +0000

By Rick E. Hale Paranormal Investigator

As paranormal researchers and investigators, sometimes we need to examine why we do what we do and ask ourselves a simple but fundamental question: Why do we hunt? Seriously have you ever really asked yourself that question before?

What are we really trying to accomplish when [...]

Standardization in the Paranormal Community

Karen Frazier — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:19:44 +0000

by Kim Kowalczyk, GhostBreakers www.ghostbreakers.com

I already feel the tension brewing, the teeth grinding and smell the fear by those who really don’t understand what it means. In fact with the tens of thousands of ghost hunters out there these days there is an extremely small number of people who do. [...]

Please, Don’t Call Me An Expert: A Rant

MysticalKnight — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:39:18 +0000

By Rick E. Hale www.paranormalunderground.net

The folks that I work with know what I do on the side, and many of them find my adventures in the world of the paranormal to be interesting. However, the other night when I walked into work and met a new staff member, I was introduced [...]

Is Provoking Ghosts Becoming the ‘Thing to Do’?

MysticalKnight — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:28:15 +0000

By Rick E. Hale (www.paranormalunderground.net)

When it comes to Paranormal TV, I am really not much of a fan, probably because I feel that these shows do not properly represent what a paranormal researcher does. However, every once and awhile I will catch myself (despite my better judgment) popping open a [...]

The Paranormal Rapture

Karen Frazier — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:56:49 +0000

by Patrick H.T. Doyle Haunted Hoax © Haunted Hoax, October 31, 2009 – Reprinted with permission

This has been a week of reflection – reflection about this field we’re in. I named my radio show Outlier because I’m stepping outside our universe and looking back in. I’m standing on the edge of [...]