The Vortex: Mummified Vending Machines with Aura

(source: Express) March 1, 2016 ‘Did someone put a toupee on this mummified sea captain found in a ghost ship?’ probably shouldn’t be my first question about this story. There is also a slideshow of mummified remains if that’s what […]

The Vortex: Sleep Crystal Hoaxes

(source: Henri Fuseli (1781) via Live Science) February 29, 2016 Check out this beautiful time lapse of crystals forming. (Just try to ignore the jarring nature of the microscope viewer shifting!) [via YouTube] I occasionally get sleep paralysis and night […]

The Vortex: Mothra’s UFO Sighting Ritual

(source: Psychic Punx) February 26, 2016 Do you use the KII meter in your investigations? Perhaps you’d like to, or maybe you can utilize it even better. Dan McMath discusses the pros and cons, and why it’s not a stand-alone […]

The Vortex: Love Ghosts

(source: Uncle Frank Productions) February 12, 2016 In love with horror? Adorably scary Valentine’s Day Cards by Uncle Frank Productions. [via Bloody Disgusting] Over sixteen thousand people perished in the 2011 Japan tsunami. And there is an abnormal number of […]

The Red Circle

(source: daily record) February 3, 2016 How many hundreds, nay, thousands of paranormal photos have we seen with the supernatural aspect circled in a bold red? It’s certainly a style choice that draws people in because it’s a familiar hallmark […]

The Vortex: January 29, 2016

(source: Business Insider) The paranormal and new age stories that were pulled into our realm this week. Are horror films not worthy of Academy Award noms? Arguably the scripts are too violent and formulaic, but not even make-up, special effects, […]

Interview: Brad Mavin from PROO(f)

January 25, 2016 Brad Mavin is the founder of PROO(f) (Paranormal Researchers of Ontario; the (f) is the unknown factor in the investigation: fear). He’s been interested in the paranormal since his early childhood. Ghost stories are part and parcel […]

The Vortex: January 8, 2016

(source: Marja-Terttu Karlsson) THE VORTEX is where we look at what paranormal and new age stories were pulled into our realm this week. January 8, 2016 Happy New Year, Explorers! I hope your holidays were refreshing (as much as they […]

Interview: Mark Larocque & Trevor Bishop from OGPS

(pictured: Mark & Trevor) January 5, 2016 OGPS Filming & Investigations was founded in early 2010 and is Ontario’s first openly gay paranormal society. They’re breaking down the walls within the paranormal world & the LGBT community. They’ve been filming […]

The Vortex: December 24, 2015

(source: A John Leech illustration from A Christmas Carol, 1842.) THE VORTEX is where we look at what paranormal and new age stories were pulled into our realm this week. What do the skies forecast for you in 2016? [via […]

Interview: Sadie Forth of Indico Paranormal

November 25, 2015 Sadie Forth started actively investigating paranormal phenomena “properly” in 2013 with a local group. She founded Indico Paranormal later that year when her passion to understand her past ghostly experiences and a desire to help others caught […]