EXTRAORDINARY TRUE TALES

ARE DEMONS A PRODUCT OF THE MIND?

2009-06-19T07:18:00.000-07:00

The bizarre case of ‘demonic possession’ which inspired the movie The Exorcist may have had nothing to do with the Devil, according to poltergeist researcher Scott Rogo.

The movie which starred Linda Blair as a young girl possessed by an evil spirit was based on the real life story of a thirteen-year-old Lutheran boy from Georgetown, USA. Read More:

MAGNETIC PERSONALITIES

2009-06-19T07:01:00.000-07:00

Russian factory worker Leonld Tenkaev, is a walking magnet – metal sticks to him like glue. And incredibly, this strange ability is also shared by other members of his family.

His wife, daughter and grandson are also human magnets.

Apparently, when Leonld and his family want to be magnetic they concentrate on generating heat inside their bodies. Within a few moments, metal items are attracted to them. READ MORE:

MYSTERY OF SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION

2009-06-19T05:05:00.000-07:00

According to history, the first official documented case of spontaneous human combustion was reported by the Danish anatomist Thomas Bartholin in 1663. He detailed how a woman in Paris was incinerated while sleeping. The straw mattress on which she slept was untouched by the fire.

Hundreds more cases have been recorded ever since.

Charles Dickens added a famous Victorian era case to his novel Bleak House to kill off one of his characters. The combustion event that inspired Dickens occurred in 1731, when Countess Cornelia di Bandi of Cesena, Italy, was found in her bedroom by her maid. The body had been reduced to ashes; all that remained were her legs and a portion of her head. READ MORE:

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2009-06-13T02:11:00.000-07:00

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GOOD GHOST BAD GHOST

2009-06-10T01:05:00.000-07:00

Debra Hill moved into the old weatherboard home on the outskirts of Toukley – unaware that her three children would not be the only ones skipping throughout the house.

“I was sitting on my bed one afternoon when I heard a child skip into the room behind me,” Debra said.

“But when I turned around there was no-one there, then the bed went down as if someone had just sat on it, it was very strange.” READ MORE:

SPIRIT ARGUED WITH MEDIUMS

2009-06-10T01:04:00.001-07:00

The local Ashsharna group invited me along recently to witness what they referred to as a spirit rescue at a local warehouse; but you and I would probably refer to it as ghost busting.

The management had apparently complained that since they’d taken over the premises strange happenings were becoming an everyday occurrence. READ MORE:

GOLDIE THE GOLFISH IS NO SUCKER!

2009-06-10T01:04:00.000-07:00

The biggest attraction at the Golden Green Chinese Restaurant on the Central Coast, is a fish that will never swim in sweet and sour sauce.

That’s because eighteen-year-old Goldie does two amazing tricks. She swims around the tank with a pacifier in her mouth, and dances. READ MORE:

HOW TO KNOW YOU HAVE A GHOST

2009-06-10T01:03:00.000-07:00

Do you have recurring bad smells in your house? Do noises keep you awake at night? Are you continually losing or misplacing things?

Is there a room or spot in your house that is always cold? If the answer to these questions is yes, then psychics would say that you probably have a ghost in the house. READ MORE:

DEADLY CURSE OF THE DEVILS POOL

2009-06-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

The Aboriginal curse on a north Queensland creek has claimed the lives of more than a dozen people in mysterious, tragic circumstances.

Locals say at least fourteen people have perished in the Devil’s Pool at The Boulders near Babinda north of Cairns.

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REAL ZOMBIES OF HAITI

2009-06-10T01:01:00.000-07:00

The shuffling, creepy zombies associated with low budget cult films are a fact of life in Haiti.

Haitians so greatly fear the bodies of dead loved ones being stolen and turned into zombies they will often dismember a dead relative before burial. Others will stand guard over fresh family graves until decomposition makes the body worthless. READ MORE:

GHOSTS TAKE A FISHING HOLIDAY

2009-06-10T01:00:00.000-07:00

The Entrance on the New South Wales Central Coast is one of Australia's most sought after holiday destinations, but according to many locals, not every visitor is a paying customer.

In the second week of January, on at least three occasions over a ten year period, the owner of a waterfront guest house witnessed spectral visitors arrive at his establishment and go about their business as if on holidays. READ MORE:

HOW TO READ YOUR PETS MIND

2009-06-10T00:59:00.001-07:00

According to leading paranormal researchers, you can indeed tell what your pet is thinking.

The experts maintain it is possible to establish telepathic communication with your pet through the following simple exercises. READ MORE:

GHOST OF JENNY DIXON

2009-06-10T00:59:00.000-07:00

It was about this time of the year, that four young boys decided to camp for the night on Jenny Dixon Beach. It would prove to be a night they would never forget.

Raymond Grove was twelve-years-old the night he and his three friends were invited to a party in the car-park at Jenny Dixon Beach. READ MORE:

THE GENTLE LADY GHOST

2009-06-10T00:58:00.000-07:00

When the old Florida pub was demolished to make room for the five-star Crowne Plaza Hotel, the old-timers of the district had a classier place to drink. And for one little old lady, it meant a classier place to live.

Nicknamed ‘Flo from the Florida' - this gentle lady ghost was one of the first guests to check into the luxury establishment on opening night, and she liked it so much she stayed. READ MORE:

CHILDREN TERRIFIED OF GHOSTS

2009-06-10T00:57:00.000-07:00

According to a leading child psychologist, at least a third of his patients believe they see ghosts.

The psychologist related a recent case concerning a young boy who was so terrified of a ghost that he would take several knives to bed with him each night for protection. READ MORE:

NEW AGERS INVADE THE GREAT PYRAMID

2009-06-10T00:56:00.000-07:00

New Age hippies who believe Egyptian pyramids are the power points of the universe are flocking to the ancient ruins to plug into the area’s mysterious energies.

But they are just the latest in a long procession of Western pilgrims to visit the site.
Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte also visited.

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NIGHTMARE AT THE INN OF THE DAMNED

2009-06-10T00:55:00.000-07:00

It's Friday the 13th 1976, and a young radio announcer watches in awe as a psychic-mediums face disappears and is replaced with the features of an ancient Chinese.

His radio audience listens as he describes the dramatic event. But this was just the beginning of the night that 2GO decided to broadcast live from the so-called Inn Of The Damned near Somersby.

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ASTRONAUT POO IS SAFE IN SPACE

2009-06-10T00:54:00.001-07:00

In space nobody can see your poo. Not since NASA installed a thirty-million-dollar toilet in its space shuttles.

And we’re lucky they did.

If they dumped solid human waste into the void outside the ship, the excrement would become frozen missiles travelling seven times faster than a bullet. Imagine that hitting your windscreen while you were sitting patiently on the freeway waiting for the traffic to move. READ MORE:

GHOST CORNER - HAUNTED FISHING SPOT

2009-06-10T00:54:00.000-07:00

There's a place near Mangrove Mountain - NSW, Australia, known to the locals as Green Man's Bend or Ghost Corner, where only the bravest fisherman will dare to dangle a line.

In the early 1800's, Green Man's Bend was an ideal place for rum smugglers of the day to hide their stills out of sight of the law and then transport the finished product down river to Wiseman's Ferry to be shipped across to the convicts who were working on the Great Northern Road.

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AUSSIE PUB WITH NO PEER

2009-06-10T00:52:00.000-07:00

The legendary Dunkirk Hotel is believed by some to be the best pub in the world.

Situated at Spencer on the Central Coast, the pub consists of a table with bench seats under an ancient mangrove tree. Beer is supplied from the local store across the road, and visitors are welcome to join with anyone seated at the table. READ MORE:

HOW TO WRESTLE A SHARK

2009-06-10T00:47:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time, a very brave Aussie bloke jumped into the sea, wrestled a shark to shore, stuck it in the trunk of his car, and took it home to show the neighbours.

Agostino Petruccelli - or Aggy as his mates call him - spotted the two-and-half-metre shark hunting in the shallows while he was taking a stroll along the beach. READ MORE:

CURSE OF JAMES DEANS CAR

2009-06-10T00:36:00.000-07:00

James Dean became a legend when he died in a road accident, but few know about the curse on his car.

James Dean was already an accomplished actor when he began race car driving. While filming ‘Rebel Without a Cause’, he bought a Porsche 550 Spyder – the car that would end his life.

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WWII GHOSTS COMPLETE THEIR MISSION

2009-06-10T00:31:00.000-07:00

War creates more death than any other human activity; it also generates more ghost stories.

Tales of ghostly winged aircraft are well documented, but few compare to the tale of the crew members of three WWII Douglas DB-7 Boston bombers who completed and signed their debriefing reports after they’d been shot down and killed. READ MORE:

GHOSTS OF COBHAM HALL

2009-06-10T00:15:00.000-07:00

It was June 1821 when Solomon Wiseman threw his wife off the balcony after a heated argument at the now infamous Wisemans Ferry Hotel, north of Sydney, Australia.

Two centuries later, many locals believe Jane Wiseman didn't leave the day her head cracked on the bottom step. Some say she is still there now. READ MORE:

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE AFTERLIFE?

2009-06-10T00:12:00.000-07:00

In the field of journalism, the paranormal isn’t usually regarded as a subject to be taken seriously; in fact, it is viewed by most reporters as nothing more than entertainment value.

Many years ago, as a young journalist, having been educated at university to not believe anything unless the information could be verified through a reliable and reputable source, I shared the view of most of my colleagues regarding the paranormal. It was popular nonsense. READ MORE:

MYSTERY OF NORAVILLE'S GHOST

2009-06-09T23:16:00.000-07:00

Over the past four decades rumours have circulated intermittently about ghostly appearances in the vicinity of Noraville Cemetery, Jenny Dixon Beach, and a section of Wilfred Barrett Drive on the NSW Central Coast – Australia.

One story, set in the 1950’s, tells of a teenage girl walking home from work. During her walk, she was attacked and raped by five youths. She was later found barely alive, but died as a result of her injuries. On her death bed, she told her father she wouldn’t rest until her attackers were found and punished. READ MORE:

EARTHBOUND SPIRITS HAUNT WOMAN

2009-06-09T23:15:00.000-07:00

It’s 1991, and in a peaceful beachside suburb a young woman wakes to find a ghost laying beside her, then before she can blink another appears at the end of her bed brandishing a knife.

Earlier the same evening the woman’s two-year-old daughter had refused to go to bed. Screaming hysterically the young girl tells her mother that someone is in her room. READ MORE:

TERROR AS FAMILY BATTLES ENTITY

2009-06-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

January 1993: A young teenage girl is strangled by an unseen force and her brother screams for help as something throws him across the bed.

Their mother watches as the entity that has terrorised her family for three months manifests into a hideous gnome-like creature.

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SPIRIT POSSESSED GYPSY DOLL

2009-06-09T22:56:00.000-07:00

A two-hundred-year-old doll discovered under a house in a small country town is believed to be possessed.

Mr. Walton, who discovered the doll in 1972, believes the strange mannequin is possessed by the spirit of a young boy who drowned over two-hundred-years ago in Europe. READ MORE: