THE PARANORMAL
Interesting web sites that give background information and links to the paranormal, parapsychology, cryptozoology, ufos, ghosts, and the generally weird or strange. A few sites may also border on the crackpot!
INDEX
PARAPSYCHOLOGY
The nation's oldest psi-related organization.
Charles McPhee is the former Director of the Sleep Apnea Patient Treatment Program and founder and President of Ask the Dream Doctor an interactive website where readers can submit dreams for interpretation and have questions on sleep disorders answered. Also contains the useful Dream Symbols Dictionary; find out what that dream you had about coffins really means.
Famous whistle-blower and debunker of the paranormal, genuinely despised by all psychic types.
Owned by webmaster Kevin Williams, computer scientist and NDE researcher. The site separates accounts into categories and by religious perspectives.
Although Inteligen is a commercial vendor, they have supplied a comprehensive FAQ about what Out of Body Experiences are and how to get one, or at least, how to get what you think is one..
Paralumun New Age Village's site about the history of palmistry, what each line means, and how to take a palm print. Oddly, there are no illustrations with examples.
Includes contact and membership information, an excellent FAQ which introduces and explains the basics of parapsychology, full-text articles, abstracts from convention proceedings, and links to related sites.
PARANORMAL
- Astrology.com
Horoscopes, past lives reports, celebrity horoscopes. Read your horoscope, THEN start your serious research! - Chinese Fortune Calendar Online
Use an alternative fortune telling system to the one you see in the newspaper every morning! - Dark Side of the Net
Stella's cool links to paranormal phenomena and ghost stories, vampires, and witches. - Dark Side of the Net
By Carrie Carolin, this was originally called Dark Side of the Web. It contains over 10,000 links to horror in the fields of literature, music, movies, TV series, Halloween & haunted houses, vampires, cemeteries and death. Also, resources for Goths, including home decoration ideas. You can't have too many Dark Sides. - Day of the Day/DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Explanation of Day of the Dead, experiences, customs, and the recipe for baking Day of the Dead bread. - Enigma Project Homepage
Maryland based organization; covers UFOs, cryptozoology, parapsychological phenomenon, fortean events, and mysterious lights. - Fate
Fate magazine articles. Fate has reported on all sorts of strange, paranormal, true ghost stories. It first hit the stands in 1948 and has been going strong ever since. - Fortean times
The journal of strange phenomena: news, reviews and research on strange phenomena and experiences, curiosities, prodigies and portents. Founded in 1973 to continue the work of skeptic Charles Fort. - Junk Science Homepage
The purpose of the Junk Science Home Page is to help distinguish good science from bad. - Laws of Magic
MYSTICA, the online encyclopedia of the occult and mysticism, offers information on the laws of magic. The laws include the law of knowledge, names, power, association, similarity, contact, identification, synthesis, polarity, balance, infinite data, finite senses, infinite universe, true falsehoods, and belief. MYSTICA is a service of Alan G. Hefner. - Museum of Unnatural Mystery
Fun site includes the Hall of UFO Mysteries, the Lost World's Exhibition, and Dinosaur Safari; asks the important question, "Does the Loch Ness monster exist?" - Mysterious and Unexplained
Bradley Keye's site on unexplained phenomena and other mysteries, providing such information as a history, timeline, maps, FAQs, vital statistics, skeptics' views, theories, articles, and glossaries on various topics. Offers access to essays and reference materials. Includes such topics as lost civilizations, missing treasure, psychics, ancient monuments, cryptozoology, and unidentified flying objects. - Mystica
Alan G. Hefner presents an encyclopedia of articles about the paranormal, mysticism, magic, the occult, and other related phenomena. Topics include ancient beliefs, divination, witchcraft, magic, past and presents beliefs, people, religions and sects, and rituals and texts. - Skeptical Inquirer
Magazine published by the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), located in Amherst, New York. Notes that the magazine is opposed to sensationalism and publishes articles about what the scientific community knows about claims of the paranormal. Includes subscription information and an index of online articles. The Committee's site can be found at: - Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
- Skeptic's Dictionary
Includes over 400 skeptical definitions and essays on the occult, paranormal, supernatural, and pseudoscientific ideas, with links to other skeptical literature. Created by a Professor of Philosophy, Robert T. Carroll.
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CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Bigfoot Sightings staff compiles and analyzes Bigfoot research evidence, and participates in Bigfoot expedition activities on the USA West Coast.
At last a place to report your sighting and track other sightings on the map. As of 2008, Texas had reported 174 sightings, but Washington state topped out at 467 sightings.
A website to act as a base for a group of British Big Cat Investigators who actively pursue actual hard evidence wherever it should present itself in the British Isles.
Big Cat quote of the year for 2003: The big cat sat down looking at me. I went, 'Shoo!' and it didn't move so I ran instead. Christine Tye on encountering a big cat in Lincolnshire April 2003.
United Kingdom's Center for Fortean Zoology's site reports on sightings all over the world, including the exciting "Search for the Chupacabra."
Subtitled "the scientific study of hidden animals, this California site speculates about such 'cryptids' as the Grail Bird, the chupacabra, Mothman, and other usual suspects. Includes fictional stories as well.
This web site is a collaborative project created by students in English 415/516, "Research and Technology in the Humanities," taught by Professor Eric S. Rabkin at the University of Michigan in Fall of 1999. It contains links to monsters of all types: technological, human, ecological, and reanimated. Also includes a Taboo Table, which includes taboos embodied by monsters. A lot of fun!
A group which investigates and photographs cryptozoology, ghosts, Bigfoot, and normal wildlife.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Richard Hoagland, author of The Monuments of Mars, sponsors this site; Hoagland suspects the government is hiding a lot of UFO information.
Site created by the State Director of MUFON CT. Site includes Collections of UFO Cases, Classification Systems, Issues and Controversies, and Personally Investigated Cases. Some cool photos, too, but "scientific" is sort of iffy a definition, IMHO.
Report your UFO sighting or look at others' sightings. Who maintains this webpage is also unidentified!
Website funded by Whitley and Anne Strieber supporting their Communion Foundation; contains links to similar UFO sites.
GHOSTS
International Ghost Hunters Society homepage, plus the Ghost Hunters Gallery with over 4,000 ghost photos.
Live, 24-hour a day camera inside a haunted library in Evansville, Indiana. See if you can catch the ghost on camera.
Links to definitions of seance, ghost ships, ghost phone calls, Alcatraz haunting, Ocean Born Mary, and many more.
From Mysterious Britain comes Some Well Known Hauntings which includes Glamis Castle, the Tower of London, and Culloden.
"International Ghosts and Hauntings Society's founder and members have been researching ghosts for years, some even before the WWW even existed. Many are trained paranormal investigators, counselors, and psychics. All are dedicated to reaching out to people without trying to mislead them or make a profit from them. You will not find any mail order kits here, no phony degrees, and no criticism of anyone's religious beliefs."
Photos taken by Melodie Fahrenfhold and her son, as well as other contributors, with a nice essay on skepticism, FAQ, and links to other ghostly sites.
American Ghost Society, hosted by author Troy Taylor. America's top ten haunted places; how to hunt ghosts; ghost photos.
Take a trip through old New England, by way of Spider Gates, Quija Boards, Cemetery Ghosts, Dead People, Hauntings and Recordings. Thanks to an alert reader for pointing out this site!
True life experiences; haunted inns and restaurants; authored by Dennis William Hauck.
Since 1998 Lone Star Spirits has been investigating and collecting tales of paranormal activity in Texas. Centered in Houston, the site includes a list of their investigators, investigations, photos, and stories.
"NTPI has been conducting paranormal research for over ten years in the DFW area. We are skeptics. We look for any and all logical explanations for activity before considering the paranormal. We use scientific equipment to help us locate and document paranormal activity. We also are believers. We have all had personal experiences that we truly believe to be paranormal, and we keep an open mind on all investigations"--from the site.
From the United Kingdom's Psychics and Mediums Network, a chronology of Spiritualism
Descriptions of hauntings at the Borley Rectory, Tower of London, Queen Mary, and others. Links to Earth Mysteries, Dowsing, Out of Body Experiences, and other paranormal activity.
This author's site looks at the rich literature in areas which often intermingle with the paranormal.
