Lux Ferre

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon is said to have been a mysterious being, described as looking human, who supposedly gassed residents in the town of Mattoon, Illinois, in late August and early

Hangar 18 is a hangar at a top-secret military installation, Groom Lake Base (also known as Area 51), located approximately 90 miles (145km) north of Las Vegas, Nevada. This base is rumored

As an associate professor of history at Temple University in Philadelphia, David M. Jacobs specializes in the histories of American popular culture, twentieth-century America, and film. He is far better known, however,

Skeptics often cite sleep paralysis as the cause of out-of-body experiences and alien abduction experiences. Sleep paralysis, in which the body becomes paralyzed at certain points in the sleep cycle, is a

Superstitions are beliefs and practices that are not based on rational thought. In most cases these beliefs involve causal relationships. For example, a hockey player might believe that his victories hinge on

Incorruptibility is a phenomenon whereby a dead body fails to decay, even after long periods of time. There are many examples of incorruptibility in historical records. For example, in 1678 the body

The Shroud of Turin is a piece of linen said to be the cloth that wrapped Jesus Christ’s body, as was the custom of the time, after he was crucified. The remarkable

Society for Psychical Research Parapsychological Association, the Founded in 1957 in Durham, North Carolina, at the urging of noted parapsychologist J.B. Rhine, the Parapsychological Association (PA) is an international professional organization consisting

One of the foremost researchers into the alien abduction experience, Budd Hopkins helped spread public awareness of this phenomenon through three popular books, Missing Time (1981), Intruders: The Incredible Visitation of Copley