On the wall of Mary Willan Mason’s one-bedroom apartment is an ancient Egyptian artefact from Abydos. It was an inspired gift to herself, from one of Canada’s more well-known female archaeologists, Amice Calverley. Calverley was a schoolmate of Mason’s mother, Gladys Willan (nee Hall). She beams when she points to […]
Author: Brian Baker
Etchings: What happens in Vegas …
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS … TAKES A LITTLE LONGER Call it a time warp, or perhaps a money pit, but one paranormal investigator in Nevada alleges to have found a space-time abnormality. Joshua Warren, a History Channel personality, said in a statement that he detected the time warp in a […]
REVIEW: Lack of linear storytelling severs this family’s ties
Hereditary Director: Ari Aster Cast: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Alex Wolff and Ann Dowd Studio: Elevation Pictures 3/5 It seems as though Hollywood is sweet on witches these days. And I do mean Hansel and Gretel sweet as two youngsters are lured into the world of spiritualism unwittingly, […]
Beliefs aren’t at play when reporting on the supernatural
Sometimes, when I was out-of-line as a kid, my mom would warn me she’d make me read the Bible. One other time, when I was older, it was Bible camp — a passing moment where I made a glib comment about the Faith Baptist bus scooting by. I’m sure those […]
ETCHINGS: The Wolfman Taketh Social Media
Much to the bemusement of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff members, social media lit up with full moon fever when a large wolf-like animal was shot and killed May 16. The quarry was bagged by a rancher near Denton, Mont, and it still has officials wondering just what it […]
University of Manitoba reveals its spiritual side to the public
The University of Manitoba’s Investigation of the Human Psyche: Spiritualist & Parapsychology Collections was a project four years in the making for its Head of Archives, Shelley Sweeney. The 59-year-old met up with the Survival Research Institute of Canada’s president at a conference in Utrecht, Netherlands. During that time, collectors of […]
ETCHINGS: Bigfoot finds Nirvana
Sightings from around the globe condensed in a week’s brief observations Making waves New Zealand is known for its picturesque landscapes but it can also dish up some tempestuous seas. A 24-meter wave crashed down during a squall, May 8, and the event was recorded by buoy some 700 kilometers […]
What the paranormal means to me, as a journalist
As a kid, the supernatural captured my imagination like a fox captures a vole under the high north snows. I would dig deeper and continually absorb anything and everything paranormal. Still, it was only a morsel. I was acquainted with every episode of Unsolved Mysteries — the one with Robert […]