Netflix just revived ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ for a brand-new run of fresh episodes. Iconic host Robert Stack passed away in 2003, and the producers of the show elected to go hostless rather than replace him. They also decided not to continue the tradition of cheesy reenactments. Despite the change in format, …
Read MoreDuring the 1980s, Americans absolutely lost their minds–and not just over legwarmers and acid-washed denim. The so-called Satanic Panic swept the nation with lurid tabloid stories of ritual abuse and repressed memories. What really happened? And why were so many people convinced that satanic cults were running rampant in the …
Read MoreWe’ve all dreamed of what contact with an alien race might look like. Would it be like, well, Contact–a benevolent but inscrutable alien intelligence that decides we aren’t ready yet for the stars? Would it be a cosmic farce like Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Or would we straight-up be …
Read MoreChupacabra–literally “goat-sucker”–is a cryptid that hails from Latin America. From Puerto Rico to Mexico, the beast is said to attack livestock and drain the blood from the carcasses of goats and other farm animals. The legend emerged in the 1990s in Puerto Rico. A trail of dead animals, intact but …
Read MoreLizzie Borden is perhaps the most famous female murderer in history. But the legend of her gruesome crimes–and the subsequent haunting of her family home–has evolved over the years. Truth is wrapped up with myth–and, to be honest, a fair amount of misogyny. Lizzie Borden’s Odd Life Here’s what we …
Read MoreWhat a month it’s been, my friends. As we draw a line under July 2020, I’ve got one thing on my mind: killer cults. Two news stories this month demonstrated what happens when dangerous occult beliefs collide with cold-blooded killers. Here’s what happened. Idaho Cult Mom Believed Kids Were ‘Zombies’ …
Read MoreOne in five Americans believes that aliens not only exist but have visited Earth. But if aliens do exist, where are they? That’s the crux of the Fermi Paradox. It’s scientifically probable that, given the size and age of the universe, alien civilizations existed at some point. And yet we’ve …
Read MoreFirst the Pentagon essentially confirmed that UFOs exist. Now we have our clearest picture ever of the Loch Ness Monster. 2020 has been a heck of a ride–and it’s only halfway done. We’ve written a lot about lake monsters on Lurking Beyond. There’s something so iconic about these legends, which …
Read MoreThe competition for “world’s most haunted island” is pretty stiff. North Brother Island off the coast of New York City is a nightmare, but Poveglia Island might just have it beat. The island, located between Venice and Lido, would at first seem to be a picturesque ruin. A bell tower …
Read MoreHow is it possible that the creator of the most famous rational mind in all of literature also believed in ghosts, fairies, and ancient Egyptian curses? Sherlock Holmes debunked supernatural phenomenon, such as the legend of the spectral beast in “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Yet Conan Doyle was an …
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