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Dec 27, 2013
1 min

TONIGHT: AN EVENING OF CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES WITH RICHARD WHITTAKER!

Friday, December 27th, 2013 @7:00pm The Museum of the Weird presents its 3rd Annual: An Evening of Christmas Ghost Stories with your host Richard Whittaker Come warm your bones with some hot chocolate as we gather for an age-old Christmas tradition– listening to spooky tales of days of yore! Featuring two terrifying tales by British master of the macabre, M.R. James, as read by resident Englishman Richard Whittaker. The event is $8 and includes admission to the Museum of the

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Oct 13, 2013
1 min

GHOST GIRL SHOWS UP IN PHOTO OF HAUNTED HOUSE

The photo snapped by Ms. Sicuro’s son that shows the ghostly girl. Why do all ghost kids look so creepy? Couldn’t they ever be playing, laughing or smiling? RAVENNA, Ohio – A local ghost story is getting new attention. Lu Ann Sicuro has lived in her Ravenna home for 20 years. She says she’s experienced some strange and frightening paranormal activity. She hears voices, noises in the closets and door knobs jiggling. She claims the proof is in a photo taken by her son a few ye

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Oct 2, 2013
1 min

BIGFOOT DNA PRESS CONFERENCE OFFERS EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE

This morning a group of Sasquatch researchers have announced their findings after a five year study into the phenomenon of Bigfoot. New photos and videos filled with never before seen images were released Tuesday by a group known as the Sasquatch Genome Project. They were in Dallas Tuesday to unveil its findings. Dr. Melba Ketchum, a genetics scientist led the project. “We want people to understand this is a serious study,” said Ketchum. The five-year study costs more than $5

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Sep 7, 2013
2 min

GHOSTLY IMAGE IN FACEBOOK PHOTO

The ghostly image of a young woman can be seen in the door window. Here’s an interesting and creepy photo. You can see through the door window what appears to be a young woman peering in. Supposedly taken by the woman’s husband, they claimed there was no one else in the room at the time. So if it isn’t a reflection, what could it be? A New Hampshire man noticed an unexpected guest in one of his friend’s Facebook photos recently. He posted the odd image of his friend and her

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Sep 3, 2013
1 min

FLASHBACK COMICS RETURNS WITH “MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD” COMIC BOOK!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FLASHBACK COMICS RETURNS WITH MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD! Steve Busti, owner of the world-famous Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas, proudly announces the relaunch of Busti’s original comic book company from the 90’s, Flashback Comics, with their first new title in almost 20 years: Museum of the Weird! Busti is returning to the comics industry, where he got his start in 1994, with a new comic series inspired by his own acclaimed tourist attraction in Texas.

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Aug 20, 2013
1 min

‘ALIEN HEAD’ UNEARTHED IN CROATIAN GRAVEYARD

Medjimurje Mayor Ivan Stefic holding the “alien head.” I have no idea what this thing is that the mayor is holding, but I wouldn’t mind having it on display in the Museum of the Weird! Mayor Stefic, if you’re reading this… call me! A baffled mayor has asked scientists to examine the remains of what be believes to be the head of an alien dug up by workers in a graveyard in Croatia. The twisted, soft-bodied remains – which seems to have a beak-like mouth in the centre – were u

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Jun 30, 2013
23 min

FRANK HANSEN’S STORY OF THE MINNESOTA ICEMAN

I received many requests from various individuals and groups for the entire backstory of the Minnesota Iceman. If you want to learn its fascinating history, all I can tell you there is a lot of information out there on the subject, so I encourage you to do your own research. For those of you who have neither the time, patience or inclination to research the subject on your own, I generously provide to you one piece of the puzzle here for your perusal. Below you can read an en

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Feb 22, 2013
1 min

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE AND ‘LOS ROQUES CURSE’

Did a plane carrying a famed fashion designer vanish into thin air over these islands? Last month, a plane carrying famous fashion designer Vittorio Missoni mysteriously disappeared in mid-flight. An exhaustive search found no wreckage or debris, and to this day it remains an unsolved mystery. The region the plane vanished in is known as a dangerous area where other disappearances have occurred. Referred to as ‘Los Roques Curse,’ it is close to the vicinity of the infamous B

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Feb 15, 2013
2 min

BREAKING NEWS: HAS SCIENCE PROVEN THE EXISTENCE OF BIGFOOT?

Today may go down in history as the day the legendary creature known as Bigfoot is finally scientifically proven to exist. In the scientific journal DeNovo, Dr. Melba Ketchum has published her long-awaited peer-reviewed paper on Sasquatch DNA entitled “Novel North American Hominins, Next Generation Sequencing of Three Whole Genomes and Associated Studies.” From the DeNovo website: One hundred eleven samples of blood, tissue, hair, and other types of specimens were studied, ch

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Jan 3, 2013
3 min

THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE DIDN’T HAPPEN, SO IS THIS THE NEW AGE? IT CAN BE.

Many people believed the end of the world would come on December 21, 2012, the date that marked the end of the Mayan calendar. That date has come and gone, and I can’t help but wonder what all the die-hard Mayan Apocalypse believers are thinking now. There were two general ways of thinking about how this end would come: it would either be a horrific doomsday scenario that would be the end of all life as we know it, or it would mark the beginning of a new age of human enlighte

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Dec 21, 2012
1 min

TONIGHT: AN EVENING OF CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES WITH RICHARD WHITTAKER!

Friday, December 21th, 2012 @8:00pm The Museum of the Weird presents its 2nd Annual: An Evening of Christmas Ghost Stories with your host Richard Whittaker Come warm your bones with some hot chocolate as we gather for an age-old Christmas tradition– listening to spooky tales of days of yore! Featuring two terrifying tales by British master of the macabre, M.R. James, as read by resident Englishman Richard Whittaker. The event is $5 and hot cocoa will be served. Seating is e

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Dec 20, 2012
1 min

COLLECTION OF CREEPY PHOTOS

The fine folks over at Daily Mail Online have collected a fantastic set of extraordinarily creepy photos from cemeteries, abandoned houses, in the woods, and even a few normal photos that were taken during the daytime, all with an unexpected guest! The Daily mail writes: These are the things that go bump in the night. From murdered slaves to tortured hospital patients to forgotten sailors, ghost stories will send a shiver down most people’s spines. But this collection of imag

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Dec 18, 2012
2 min

YOUNG BOY HAUNTED BY GREY-SKINNED MAN

Dagan Gerrity who is only 5 years old, is troubled by visions of a ‘man with grey skin’. It would seem this young boy is living in what some would call a real living nightmare. That is… if you believe him. The Daily Mail Online writes: A father has told how his five-year-old son claims he has been troubled by visions of a ghostly man with grey skin who speaks to him in the night. Dave Gerrity, 41, said his son Dagan first complained about seeing something in his bedroom in th

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Dec 15, 2012
2 min

CONSTRUCTION CREW FRIGHTENED BY APPARITION OF HEADLESS MONK

Most construction sites don’t end up on top of a ancient burial ground, but this one did. While building a new water side addition to the Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England, construction crews were haunted by a rather frightening apparition of a headless monk. When inspectors came to see what all the fuss was about, they realized the new water slide was possibly being built on an old burial ground. After some consideration and discussing whether or not a headless monk g

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Dec 12, 2012
2 min

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER RELEASES ‘END OF THE WORLD’ MESSAGE TO PUBLIC

Julia Gillard has released a PSA to the people of Earth. Not your average PSA mind you, but one addressing the end of the world! Watch the video below and read what The Herald Sun of Australia had to say: The Herald Sun of Australia writes: THE Prime Minister has delivered a chilling message confirming what many people around the world feared: the Mayans were right. Julia Gillard’s 50-second message addresses her “dear remaining fellow Australians”. She steps in ahead of CSIR

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Nov 30, 2012
1 min

WORLDS SCARIEST PRANK USES A ‘GHOSTLY’ LITTLE GIRL!

This would scare EVERYTHING out of me! I love a good prank just as much as the next guy but, I really hate when a good prank is pulled on me… as I’m sure we all do. Unfortunately for these folks in Brazil, who think they’re headed to whatever appointment it was they made for the day and are just getting onto just any old elevator. Boy, were they wrong! Watch the video below and see what one of our favorite sights has to say: Ghost Theory reports: Talk about a prank! This is l

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Nov 20, 2012
1 min

INDONESIAN VILLAGERS ATTACKED BY MYSTERIOUS CREATURE

A mysterious creature has been stalking villagers near a small Indonesian village called Kampung Paon Gahat. After a couple of attacks on locals and a foreigner, the creature came upon a farmer with a sickle in hand and decided to attack. The farmer prevailed and even took some pictures! Check them out in the story below and tell us what you think in the comments. The Borneo Post Online writes: SERIAN: An Indonesian plantation worker and a 75-year-old farmer got the shock of

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Nov 9, 2012
3 min

NEW BOOK DELVES INTO THE SCIENCE OF MONSTERS

The Monsters of Universal Studios We all know, love, and have our favorite of the classic monsters from our childhood but, what was the original inspiration for these creepy creatures of the shadows? A new book being published called “Medusa’s Gaze and Vampire’s Bite: The Science of Monsters” delves into what fears and real dangers the people of the time were living with that would have created them. From disease to war, times have most certainly been tough in the past and ev

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Nov 6, 2012
2 min

VAMPIRE BURIAL UNCOVERED IN BRITAIN

Hard to rise from the dead when there's a few stakes in your heart! A new report details a finding from the 1950s that send chills down my spine. A skeleton was discovered in Southwell, Notts in the UK with a number of stakes through various parts of it’s body. Apparently, administered post-mordem, they were to keep this criminal/deviant from rising from the grave as an undead to feast on the life force of the living! The Telegraph writes: The discovery of a skeleton found wi

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Nov 3, 2012
5 min

HAS THE MOTHMAN RETURNED TO GEORGIA?

Georgia has it's own tribute to the legend of the Mothman. Has the Mothman of legend returned to Georgia? Read the story and subsequent email message to Phantoms & Monsters below and see what possible explanations you can come up with in the comments below. Ghost Theory writes: It’s been many years since the Silver bridge collapsed, claiming 46 lives during a busy Friday evening rush hour. It is said that an omen to the incident appeared in the form of an odd looking creature

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