by Kristian Gabriel | Jan 5, 2019 | Articles, Editor Picks, Featured, Strange History, The Other Side
Halloween conjures up images of gravestones and ghostly ghouls. People often choose to take a drive or a stroll if they’re more daring through a creepy old graveyard on Halloween night in anticipation of experiencing a few eerie chills up their spine. However,...
by Kristian Gabriel | Jun 16, 2018 | Articles, Featured, Strange History, The Other Side
Are you brave enough to stay in these haunted ghost towns? Ghost towns have an appeal that draws you into another time period like a fictional time machine. Some ghost towns are said to be haunted and some are not. However, they all have a unique mystery that brings...
by Kristian Gabriel | Jun 14, 2018 | Ancient Secrets, Featured, Strange History
Throughout history, symbolism has played an important part in architecture, myth, and folklore. Many symbols have had widespread cultural influence, but the meaning varies as much as the geographical location. The Ouroboros is one of those symbols. What is the...
by Kristian Gabriel | Jun 4, 2018 | Featured, Strange History
Even the most recent school shootings like Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Parkland pale by comparison. On a beautiful Michigan spring morning in 1927, while lilacs were blooming and children were playing, a sometimes benevolent, sometimes charming yet often angry Andrew...
by Brad M Bucklin | Jun 2, 2018 | Featured, Offbeat, Strange History
What is it with Dragon’s? From hit television shows, books to video games, cartoons and Chinese Astrological signs, it seems dragons are popular and have been for a long time. Known to many cultures they were described by Ancient Greeks as Draconta, meaning “to watch”...
by Kristian Gabriel | Feb 26, 2017 | Articles, Featured, Offbeat, Strange History
In a Calvin and Hobbes comic, six-year-old Calvin finds himself the only boy on a playground full of girls and declares: “Oh no! I’m in cootie central! I haven’t had my shots!” Thousands of kids on playgrounds all over the world continue to be infected with—that most...
