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UFOs, strange encounters, forgotten folklore.
A journal for minds that won’t stop wondering.
ConsciousnessHuge audiences now listen to strangers describe dying and coming back. Here is how NDE videos are made, what the accounts share, what researchers propose, and how to tell a firsthand story from a recycled one.
Stairs that end at the ceiling, doors that open onto air, and a century of ghost stories. Here is what the record shows about Sarah Winchester's San Jose mansion, where the legend came from, and how to visit it today.
Atlantis, alien visitors, time warps, methane blowouts, a river inside the ocean: the Bermuda Triangle has a theory for every taste. Here is where each idea came from, what it claims, and how it holds up against the record.
Lucid dreaming is a trainable skill, but most people quit too soon. Here is how the main techniques work, which to try first, a sample one-week plan, and what researchers have and have not shown about knowing you are dreaming.
A widowed caseworker, a drowned family and a ghost in white. Here is the plot and ending of The Curse of La Llorona, how it fits the Conjuring films, what critics said, the 2027 sequel, and how the movie bends the old legend.
A 130-foot single-rail coaster named for New Jersey's most famous monster. Here is how the Jersey Devil ride at Six Flags Great Adventure works, why it is obsessed with the number 13, and the Pine Barrens legend it borrows from.
From the domovoi behind the stove to the rusalka in the millpond, the spirits of Slavic folklore were tied to the places people lived and worked. Here is who they were, where their stories come from and why they still matter.
Phoenix sits far from the auroral zone, yet on rare storm nights the northern sky over Arizona glows red. Here is what it takes, how to read the forecast, where to look, and why a red sky has unsettled people for centuries.
Nessie is usually drawn as a long-necked plesiosaur, a holdover from the age of reptiles. Here is where that image came from, why paleontology and the loch's own history rule it out, and what still keeps the idea alive.
Millions of people picture Rich Uncle Pennybags with a monocle pressed to one eye. He never had one in his classic artwork. Here is the character's real history, why the memory feels so certain, and what researchers and theorists make of it.
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