Casting Call: New SyFy Reality Show “School Spirits”

I 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 high [...]

Extraordinary Videos: Paranormal Encounters

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 that Halloween [...]

Extraordinary Intelligence 200th Post

Almost exactly one year ago, I embarked upon a little project named Extraordinary Intelligence.  It was to be a web site dedicated to my favorite subject matter, The Unexplained and The Unknown.  I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best… not knowing whether or not the site would be successful, but vowing to dedicate [...]

Girly Pink Ouija Board Causes Controversy

Hasbro games, the makers of the infamous Ouija Board “board game”, have introduced a new version of the classic conjuring “toy”, targeted directly at young girls. Now, while some may consider this to be a harmless sleepover game, others find the trend in “normalizing” the Ouija Board quite disturbing.  And there has been quite an [...]

Coast to Coast Am host George Noory on Nightline

  Everyone’s favorite late night radio host, George Noory, host of Coast to Coast Am, was recently featured on ABC network’s Nightline. For those who don’t know, Coast to Coast Am is a 4 hour talk radio program that broadcasts 7 nights a week to a world wide audience.   The subject matter on the [...]

Poltergeist star Zelda Rubinstein crosses over to the “Other Side”

“Cross over, children. All are welcome. All welcome, go into the light…there is peace and serenity in the light.” ~ Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons in Poltergeist Actress Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her unforgettable role as psychic Tangina Barrons in the 1982 film Poltergeist, has passed away at the age of 76.  Her agent, [...]

Paranormal Romance: A reader shares his experience

Some months back, I wrote an article about sexual encounters with spirits. I’ve received lots of mail from readers on the topic, and it seems that these scenarios are actually more common than one might think.  To read the original post, click the following link: Paranormal seduction: Lurid encounters with spirits One of the more [...]

Extraordinary Thursday Videos: Ghosts caught on film

This week’s Thursday videos are actually more like the Extraordinary Thursday Videos: Friday Morning Edition. Hopefully by next week things will be back on track for me. Enough about that, though.  The theme for this week is SCARY! Every video I selected here is frightening.  Some are supposedly ghosts caught on film, poltergeists, demons…whatever they [...]

Get your fill of the Fantastic: Free Streamlink Weekend!

For anyone who is not aware, there is a fantastic radio show that has been thrilling fans of the unexplained for years…the show is Coast to Coast AM, with George Noory (formerly hosted by Art Bell) .  The show airs 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and covers topics from ghosts to UFOs to [...]

Share your spooky stories with Extraordinary Intelligence!

Have you had an encounter with the “other side”?  Heard a thing or two bumping in the night? Perhaps you’ve looked up at the night sky and witnessed something strange.  Or maybe you’ve had a more intimate encounter…whatever the case may be, I want to hear from you! You’ve likely already heard my story, but [...]

Natalina’s Haunting Story: My first encounter with the paranormal

Five years or so ago, before I was married, I lived in a house with three other girls.  It was a very old house that was owned by the parents of one of my roommates.  It was a creepy old house, and the chill factor went beyond the external appearance, as I was soon to [...]

Paranormal seduction: Lurid encounters with spirits

*WARNING: MATURE CONTENT* Stories about haunted houses and poltergeists are fairly common.  Nearly everyone knows of a person who has had a paranormal experience or a ghostly encounter. But what do you do when the things that go bump in the night have a little more on their mind than flickering lights and footsteps in [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (April 27-May 3)

Each week we delve into the top headlines that may not have made it to the front page, but are no less noteworthy.  Keep reading after the featured story, for a list of even more Extraordinary news of the week. This Week’s Extraordinary Top Story Hans Holzer in 1969 Famous Paranormal Investigator Hans Holzer dies [...]

Coming Soon to theaters: Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell”

Being a fan of old school horror films, I’ve noticed a regular decline in the quality of scares on the big screen in the last few decades.  It seems that no matter how hard they try, filmmakers can’t quite get that good old fashioned formula to re-emerge from horror’s glory days. Today, as I wandered [...]

Winchester Mystery House

The Winchester Mystery House is a monument to one woman’s sorrow, ingenuity, and madness.  The only thing more peculiar than the house itself, is the story of its construction. Sarah Winchester, wife of William Winchester, heir to the Winchester rifle fortune, is the mad genius behind this amazing house.  In her youth she was greatly [...]

Extraordinary News of the Week (March 30-April 5)

Each week we delve into the top headlines that may not have made it to the front page, but are no less noteworthy.  Keep reading after the featured story, for a list of even more Extraordinary news of the week. This Week’s Extraordinary Top Story Victorian Ghost Planted by Google This eerie image was captured [...]

Extraordinary Artwork and Quotes

Below you’ll find a collection of Art and Quotes that are of a paranormal or otherworldly nature.  Perhaps they are a bit biased to my taste, but I think they are all beautiful, and the artist has been contacted and/or noted where possible. “Almost” by Eric Bielak “There is a theory which states that if [...]

A Short Video About the Bell Witch

The Bell Witch phenomena is purported to be the most documented haunting in American history.  There are many substantiated accounts from reputable eye witnesses dating back to the 1800′s regarding this entity.  The story’s origins are shrouded in mystery, and the torment that the Bell family encountered during their ordeal is terrifying, to say the [...]