The Ovilus is a piece of electronic equipment from Digital Dowsing designed to assist paranormal investigators. The Ovilus II will replace the Ovilus I which is no longer in production and has sold out. There is an iPhone version; the i0vilus which can be downloaded here. The device became famous after it was used in […]
Castle Menzies: Ghost hunts and history
Once known as Castle Weem, Castle Menzies is believed to be haunted. It’s a popular venue for organised ghost hunts for tourists and more thorough investigations from paranormal investigators. The castle was built in 1488 by Sir Robert Menzies and was then rebuilt some tween between 1502 when the castle took significant damage and 1571. […]
Interview: Impact on Paranormal Investigation: Live
Team Impact will soon be appearing on UK TV in a prime Halloween slot. They’ll be staring alongside Team GPS who’ll use scientific equipment to try and investigate paranormal happenings at an apparently haunted location. Here’s the interesting part. Impact will be using traditional techniques such as Ouija boards and scrying for their side of […]
Caller ID: 000000000000 – could be a phone haunting (via @ghostseekeruk)
Phil Hayes is a ghost hunter with a decade of experience. He’s the lead investigator for Paranormal Research UK and he’s in the tabloids today because of research from Tesco Mobile. In what appears to be a piece of mutual PR / research between Tesco Mobile and Paranormal Research UK statistics out today so that […]
River Monsters: Nearly mythical Goliath tigerfish caught and filmed
The goliath tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath) was thought by some to be a myth and by others to be extinct. Not any more. A 45kg tigerfish has been caught and caught for a British TV program called “River Monsters“. River Monsters is a TV program that examines myths of unknown creatures attacking people. The Goliath tigerfish […]
The 21012 Mayan apocalypse might be a calculation error
A new book called Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World highlights that the “end of the world” 2012 date may be incorrect. It might be out by as much as 100 years. The issue centres around the translation of the “Long Count” calendar to our Gregorian system using […]
What is Féile na Marbh?
The festival Féile na Marbh is Gaelic by tradition. In Scotland and Ireland, it has become bundled into Samhain. The phrase “Féile na Marbh” is Irish for Festival of the Dead. In the past the festival itself could have lasted up to three days; beginning at the end of October. As a result, Féile na […]
Most Haunted Live 2010 replaced by Paranormal Investigations Live
This year UK Living has replaced Most Haunted Live with a new show called Paranormal Investigations Live. Yvette Fielding quit Most Haunted earlier this year. The new show, being provided by STV Productions, will be hosted by presenter Naga Munchetty (from BBC 2’s Working Lunch) and features two teams apparently “competing against” one another. One […]
Madeira Island – the remains of Atlantis?
According to some legends the Canary Islands where once the site of Atlantis. Plato described Atlantis as being larger than Libya and Asia together in “Timeos and Critias” and that it was located beyond the Columns of Hercules. That would put it on the Atlantic side of the Straight of Gibraltar. Zeus is said to […]
Blog Action Day: Viral Water #bad10
Today is Blog Action Day 2010. This post is written to support clean water. In this post we look at some of the social media and viral success stories for the promotion of clean water. As today’s about supporting clean water around the world please do visit Blog Action Today’s fundraiser page or donate directy […]
