Longfellow's Wayside Inn was built in 1716 and is considered the oldest in the country. The Inn was an expansion of David Howe's home known as Howe's Tavern. Four generation of Howes operated and expanded as business thrived until 1861. Relatives who inherited the establish stopped overnight accommo...

Join Vickielynn and Kim with special guest Brandy Stark, founder of Spirits of St. Petersburg, Thursday March 12th at 8:30PM EST. It will be an exciting show, so don't miss it. As always the call in number is 347-215-7127. Brandy Stark has had an interest in the paranormal world of ghosts since chil...

The story goes like this: a computer game appeared in a few arcades, back in the early 1980s.  The nature of gameplay in Polybius is unclear, usually described as abstract.  The key thing is that some players suffered from fits and nightmares, or went mad, or killed themselves.  Af...

Linking copyright violation and terrorism is back.   "Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism" (pdf) starts by linking pirates and gangsters, claiming to have found: compelling evidence of a broad, geographically dispersed, and continuing connection between film piracy and organi...

I don’t know what led me to believe this, but it has to be said up front that I came to this expecting another horror movie – or, at least, something more horrific than what I got. This again has a very slow start – and a very slow middle … and a very slow end … –...

A splendidly fearsome Daily Mail headline links txting with death: Labour peer Lord Ahmed jailed for 12 weeks over text message death crash on M1 Text message death crash!  What a terrific phrase.  Not only is it crashingly euphonious, but it lets any reader quickly image such Ballardian...

And now the Trib has been infected! Paranormal investigators descended on Slippery Rock University over the weekend to hunt for the ghost of Emma, a woman some students and faculty say has been roaming the campus for years.Instead, investigators say they might have encountered the lingering spirit o...

The McPike Mansion Mist Built in 1869, architect Lucas Pfeiffenberger crafted a home with sixteen rooms, a vaulted wine cellar, eleven marble fireplaces and beautifully carved banisters in Alton, Illinois. McPike Mansion was home to Henry Guest McPike and his family. A famed horticulturist, he perfe...

Lionsgate has released an ANIMATED POSTER for The Haunting in Connecticut, and you will just not believe what comes out of this kid's mouth, in Connecticut. Unless you've seen any of the previous promotional material for Haunting in Connecticut . In that case, you'll not only believe it, you'll be t...

A new fear about gaming and culture: librarians could be playing games. This anxiety pulls together several memes.  First, the corrupting influence of games.  Second, the suspicion that culture workers are actually parasites.  Third, the classic American concern about taxes: "...