Strange Tales

The Kola Superdeep Borehole did not record literal screams from hell, but the real science behind the deepest hole ever drilled is strange enough on its own.

Most viral skinwalker videos are unverified, but the fear behind them is real. Here’s where the legend comes from, why Appalachia gets pulled in, and what skeptics see in the footage.

The Heaven’s Gate website is still online decades after the group’s mass suicide. Here’s why it remains active, who appears to maintain it, and what it reveals about the early internet and cult history.

The giant oarfish is one of the strongest real-world candidates behind some sea serpent sightings, though it cannot explain every report.

The dyatlov pass mystery remains one of the most chilling unsolved cases of the twentieth century: in February 1959, nine experienced Soviet ski hikers died in the Ural Mountains under circumstances so bizarre that official investigators could only conclude a “compelling natural force” was responsible. Decades later, declassified documents, competing theories, and a persistent cryptid […]

A terrifying entity encounter originally documented in a 1970s unexplained mysteries book has resurfaced on Reddit and gone viral — proving that genuinely frightening accounts don’t have expiry dates. The Devonshire Night Thing is the latest case in a growing trend of old paranormal stories being rediscovered by new audiences. In a digital landscape saturated […]

A March Vatican meeting between Pope Leo XIV and representatives of the International Association of Exorcists has triggered a fresh wave of interest in demonic-possession narratives, occult panic, and institutional religion’s response to spiritual warfare claims. The group reportedly urged the pope to ensure every Catholic diocese has one or more properly trained exorcists, citing […]

Few threads in modern conspiracy culture are as explosive as the one that links Jack Parsons, the Collins Elite, occult ritual, UFO manifestations, and contact with entities from outside our dimension. It is a theory complex that refuses to stay in one category. It is not just UFO lore. It is not just occult history. […]

The paranormal is not only trending through sightings and speculation right now — it is resurging through pop culture itself. The newest signal is Hulu’s X-Files reboot, which has reportedly cast Himesh Patel opposite Danielle Deadwyler in Ryan Coogler’s reimagining of the franchise. On the surface, this is an entertainment story. In practice, it matters […]

A March 2026 Religion News Service feature put a spotlight on the growing starseed subculture: people who believe they are extraterrestrial or cosmic souls inhabiting human bodies, here on a mission to awaken humanity. The belief system is not new, but it has exploded online in the TikTok/Instagram era and now sits at a fascinating […]

A March 2026 paper revived one of the stranger anomalies in UFO-adjacent astronomy: bright, short-lived flashes captured on archival sky plates from 1950—years before Sputnik. Former NASA developer Ivo Busko argued that the image characteristics are consistent with sub-second reflections from flat, rotating objects in orbit around Earth. That is where the story gets irresistible. […]