The Vortex: Conjuring Poisonous Hobbits

Looking for a hobbit who loves to laugh. (source: Scientific American) Arsenic wafers, lead powder, and mouse fur eyebrows – the deadly and gross ways women kept up their appearance in centuries past. [via All Day] Why would I want […]

The Vortex: Night Dancing Murder Trees

Get out of the road! (source: Week in Weird) These things found in walls are not strictly paranormal but they’re certainly not normal (let’s hope not). [via Ranker] As if “fourteen-year-old Nancy Kerlin married William Bartlett, popped out eleven kids, […]

The Vortex: Swirling Arctic UFOs

Boring place to suntan and/or haunt. (source: Atlas Obscura) What could be causing this strange swirling mist? Investigators claim it’s the spirits of seven dead monks. [VIDEO via Daily Mail] Myanmar’s new capital city of Naypyidaw: “The project has been […]
Woman Films Supposed Poltergeist
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Woman Films a Supposed Poltergeist ‘Trashing’ Her Home

Is this poltergeist activity? From Occult Museum on YouTube: “Filmed in 2015 by Ashy Murphy from Ireland, who claims her home is haunted. Lights swinging, cupboard doors opening by themselves and objects flying around the room.” I know why I […]