A good ghost story never dies. And neither does the format to share that ghost story. Those were the thoughts shared by “Maritime Haunting” producer Jeff DeEll during a January Zoom conversation with storyteller Steve Vernon and investigator Adam Myles. “Maritime Haunting” was successfully renewed for a second season by […]
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Review: The Borders of Normal dusts stigma off the paranormal
One of the questions that will probably go unanswered for as long as humans exist, which may or may not be for very much longer, is what happens after we die. All the theories that people of faith and atheists seem to postulate are nothing more than ephemeral. And as […]
Review: Karl Mamer pens a skeptic’s essentials for your paranormal library
For those of us raised before the Internet’s ubiquity, books of lists, of records, of miscellany, encyclopedias and field guides were the repositories of choice for random facts, strange tidbits and useless information. School libraries and book fairs were full of these titles, which served as gateways to a deeper […]
Review: Peter Aykroyd’s A History of Ghosts great for academic settings
There’s a delicate line between academia and entertainment when it comes to the paranormal. It’s often a challenge to both keep the reader enthralled with the source material and have them understand it without being diagnosed with temporary narcolepsy. A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Séances, Mediums, Ghosts, […]
‘Paranormal Revenge’ dishes out true crime chills
True crime is the special sauce in a serving of CTV Sci-Fi’s “Paranormal Revenge”. And given that the subject matter is about ghosts, the dish is best served in cold spots. Sphere Media producer Robin Bicknell, who has previously worked on “Haunted Hospitals” and “Paranormal 911”, admitted that the show […]
Review: Avi Loeb’s Extraterrestrial is required reading for his follow-up, Interstellar
Knowing that there is intelligent life beyond our planet should be the impetus to better ourselves. That’s the message Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard, Avi Loeb, wants you to take away from his experience with interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua. His second book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial […]
New Paraflixx documentary Spectre or Spectacle explores how pop culture influences belief
My university undergrad was mostly filled with anthropology and archaeology classes. I had a deep interest in how we as a species had developed from chipping chert in the Olduvai Gorge to standing with our eyes facing down into our smartphones. That interest in the development of people and culture […]
B.C.’s Beyond the Haunting team returns to T+E in ‘History’s Most Haunted’
There’s always a layer of history left behind with hauntings. It’s a salient line proffered by Corine Carey in episode two of “History’s Most Haunted,” where the Beyond the Haunting team investigates some of Montreal’s darker moments in the 20th century. Carey, Kelly Ireland and Leanne Sallenback are returning to […]
Review: Redcaps of Unwelcome remind us who the real monsters are
Unwelcome Director: Jon Wright Cast: Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth and Colm Meaney Warner Bros. UK & Ireland / Ingenious Media 4/5 I’m not much of a meme person. Don’t get me wrong, I find some funny. Some go over my head as maybe my Gen-X self is just getting a […]
B.C. investigators ecstatic to keep ‘We Want to Believe’ alive through Paraflixx deal
Providence. That was the word writer-director Jason Hewlett used to describe the rebirth of “We Want to Believe” with the paranormal streaming service Paraflixx. After the abrupt end of the YouTube channel The Paranormal Network on Halloween 2022, lead investigator Peter Renn, Hewlett and the Canadian Paranormal Society team weren’t […]