An Ominous Warning: Beware!!

Share! TweetWhen taking photographs, I am always on the lookout for something that pulls a mundane scene into another realm.  My eye is trained to look for things that will create a visceral reaction by the viewer.  These types of shots are hard to find.  They’re no good if they are staged.  You have to [...]

Strange Sounds Heard Worldwide: Hoax or Warning?

Share! TweetAlmost a year ago, I saw a peculiar video that sent chills down my spine.  In the video, a woman is recording a sound that appears to be coming from all around her, but the source cannot be identified.  As she listens to the sound, she feels rumbling in her home and she displays [...]

Church of Mabus Radio Interviews Extraordinary Intelligence’s Natalina

Share! TweetA few weeks ago, yours truly was a guest on the Church of Mabus radio show for a discussion about Vlad the Impaler. If you are a fan of Romanian/Hungarian lore, or if you’re just anxious to hear my sweet and soothing voice, feel free to listen to the entire show below! Share! Tweet

Malaysian Medium Sends Tourists (Willingly) to Hell

Share! TweetMaster Kek Eng Seng of the Tze Bei Guan Yin Dhamma Center claims that he has the power to travel through all of the realms of existence, including Heaven and Hell.  In an effort to prove his gifts, the medium has begun offering tourists the opportunity to travel with him to Hell and back. [...]

Casting Call: New SyFy Reality Show “School Spirits”

Share! TweetI just received an email from the producer of an upcoming television show to air on the SyFy Channel called “School Spirits.”  SyFy has been spending a lot of time focusing on their paranormal “reality” TV with the success of shows like  Ghost Hunters and Destination Truth.  For their new program, they’re currently casting [...]

Muppet Labs Experiment 5T832: Ghost Hunt

Share! Tweet This isn’t new, but it is new to me, and I think it is fabulous! Wouldn’t it be great if the Muppet Studio fully fleshed this idea out, and cast the entire Muppet gang as Ghost Hunters? Share! Tweet

Ahmadinejad Cohorts Accused of Conjuring Djinn

Share! TweetIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been locked in an ever increasingly bitter power struggle.  As accusations of corruption and worse are lobbed back and forth,  things are getting quite tense in this volatile region of the Middle East. Most recently, several close allies to Ahmadinejad and [...]

The Mother’s Ghost: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Share! TweetI wanted to do something special on Extraordinary Intelligence for Mother’s Day.  I tried to think of ways to celebrate moms, grandmas, aunties, etc… but no one can do it like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did with The Mother’s Ghost. This poem is part of a larger Longfellow compilation called Tales of a Wayside Inn.  [...]

Stick Men: Return of the Nightcrawlers?

Share! TweetA YouTube member who calls himself sierraparahunter has uploaded a video purporting to show two stick like creatures similar to the Fresno Night Crawlers that we’ve previously examined here: Bizarre “Stick Creatures” Caught on Camera Sierraparahunter claims that the video is the result of security footage captured by an elderly couple who own private [...]

American Idol Mansion Haunted: Contestants Flee to New Location

Share! Tweet According to TMZ.com (Probably the first time I’ve ever said THAT on Extraordinary Intelligence!) the mansion that they were living in is haunted, and they were so terrified that they demanded to move.  Producers obliged. It is being reported that there were flickering lights in the home and some claim that they watched [...]

Bizarre “Stick Creatures” Caught on Camera

Share! TweetWhen I happened upon this footage, it instantly startled me.  I’ve seen tons of convincing footage of alien beings, ghosts, etc… that are indeed eerie, but for some reason this clip had me spooked.  Perhaps it is because the beings pictured are unlike any previously speculated entity… I have no idea.  But for your [...]

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP): How to Record a Ghost

Share! Tweet What follows is a guest post from our friend at AlienEight.com.  As much as we’ve discussed the paranormal here on Extraordinary Intelligence, we’ve done very few articles that offer general definitions and explanations of specific phenomena.   Ronni shares with us some information about EVPs. Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) is the process of recording [...]

Beware the Black Eyed Kids

Share! TweetResearching the strange, bizarre, spooky, and sometimes frightening reports of paranormal activity is a daily job for me.  Although I love a good scare (Fear of the Supernatural: The thrill of it all), it takes more these days. A few nights ago, I was reading up on the phenomena of Black Eyed Kids (BEKs), [...]

Paranormal State Returns: Enter to Win Ryan Buell’s New Book

Share! TweetThe hit series Paranormal State is returning to A&E for a whole new season starting October 17, just in time for Halloween! Ryan Buell of Paranormal State. Tune in every Sunday this fall for the 5th season of Paranormal State, along with the 3rd season of Psychic Kids:  Children of the Paranormal.  And you [...]

Fallen: A Meteor’s First and Last Flight

Share! TweetFallen is an animated short by Sascha Geddert. I love animation, particularly the things that people come up with while in school or on their own.  It always seems to have more heart.  Vimeo is a great place to browse independent animated shorts, and that is how I came upon Fallen. This is such [...]

La Isla de la Muñecas: Island of the Dolls

Share! TweetIn the heart of the Xochimico’s canals, south of Mexico City, Mexico, lies one of the most bizarre locations you’re likely to come upon.  It is La Isla de la Muñecas, which translates to “The Island of the Dolls”. Starting in the 1950′s, a man named Julián Santana Barrera began collecting dolls and placing [...]

Chanson de l’Ange: Book One Available Now!

Share! TweetIf you are a long time reader of Extraordinary Intelligence, you may recall an interview I did over a year ago with author Paisley Swan Stewart.  The interview can be found here: Chanson de l’Ange, a retelling of “The Phantom of the Opera”: Interview with Author Paisley Swan Stewart At that time, she was [...]

Extraordinary Videos: Paranormal Encounters

Share! Tweet It’s getting to be that time of the year again.  Natalina’s personal favorite season.  The weather is getting cooler, the leaves begin to turn colors on the trees;  everything begins to change from those bright summer hues to the muted earth tones of autumn.  The chill in the air serves as a reminder [...]

The Demonic Nuns of Loudun

Share! TweetIn 1617, a handsome, wealthy, and well educated Priest named Urbain Grandier was appointed to become the parish priest of St-Pierre-du-Marche in Loudun, a town in Poitiers, France.  He soon became notorious about the town as a ladies man, having affairs with several affluent young women, and perhaps even siring a child.  He eventually [...]

Robert the Haunted Doll of Key West

Share! TweetAt the turn of the Century, the eccentric Otto family took up residence in the famous Artist’s House Compound in Key West, Florida.   Mr. and Mrs. Otto had a son named Robert Eugene Otto, or “Gene”, as he was called.  The elder Ottos were known to be very stern people, and rumor has it, [...]

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