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 […]
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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 […]
Review: Inconvenient facts deconstruct America’s popular ghost stories
When you tour along with Colin Dickey in his 2016 book, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, you get the sense that most paranormal stories are a grift. There may be small details that can trace themselves back to real history, but the rest are part of a slick […]
‘Haunted Hospitals’ gets the green light for Season 5
“Haunted Hospitals” has been renewed for a fifth season, and the producers are looking to revamp the episodes with a thematic refresh. “This season is a little different than past seasons,” series producer Kate Kung said, during an early June phone conversation. “We love stories from people who have spent […]
Review: The Whisper on the Night Wind is the cryptozoology book we all need
Getting lost in a book is like getting lost in a dense forest. You never know when and where you’re going to get out. That’s part of the allure of writer-explorer Adam Shoalts’ 2021 book, The Whisper on the Night Wind, as he brings readers along for a good, old-fashioned […]
Kitchener writer Travis Watson compiles Canadian Sasquatch sightings in new book
Trepidation was stalking Travis Watson like a wild animal when he was writing Sasquatch Canada: Beyond British Columbia. Much like the eight-foot-tall suspected primate of Canadian folklore, his consternation loomed over him, giving him complicated feelings, as the subject of Bigfoot is one that heightens division. “There’s just an awful […]
Brampton writer puts a spotlight on lesser-known cryptids of Asia, Oceania in book
Carol Scott’s idea for her book The Cryptids of Asia and Oceania had been simmering on the creative burner since high school. The Brampton-based writer started the first draft of her book in 2015. Its publication came to fruition in September 2022, allowing her passion for digging deeper into cryptozoological […]