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'They Pushed Her' – Carmen Winstead

31/5/2013

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17 year old Carmen Winstead is pushed into a sewer and dies. Upon questioning, the guilty party lies, and the death is ruled an accident. Before long those responsible are found dead in the sewer, after being warned to confess.

Now those who are unwilling to spread the truth also face the same fate. Is there any truth to this chain letter / urban legend?


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The Ghost of Ginninderra Drive/Creek

30/5/2013

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Those who travel along Ginninderra Drive, Charnwood, ACT, in the early hours of the morning may come across the local ghost.

Many have seen a man or woman, walking along the road, only to have the person stumble and disappear in front of their car or vanish in the rear vision mirror.


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Bridge, Explosion and Cornflakes

27/5/2013

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May 27- June 2: San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opens and is today the second most common site for suicide, the Dhori Colliery, north-west of Calcutta, India, explodes, killing more than 375 miners, and John Harvey Kellogg patents the Cornflake, in an effort to lessen people's passions...


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Arachnophobia - Fear of Spiders

25/5/2013

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Although arachnophobia comes from the Greek word 'arachne', meaning spider, the fear also branches out to all arachnids, including scorpions.

An estimated 5% of people suffer from arachnophobia, but a much larger percentage of the population cannot avoid the crazy dance one performs after suddenly walking through a spiders web...


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Dancing Plague of 1518

24/5/2013

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In July, 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea suddenly began to dance in the middle of a street in Strasbourg, France. Within a week, 34 people joined Troffea, and within a month, some 400 were caught in this dancing plague.

By the time this event was over, many would be dead from exhaustion...


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Coulrophobia - Fear of Clowns

24/5/2013

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Coulrophobia is defined as an abnormal fear of clowns. The term appeared in the mid 1980's, and is believed to originate from the Greek term for stilt walkers, and, of course, phobia - meaning fear or anxiety.

It is thought the fear itself comes from a revulsion of things similar to human form, yet exaggerated, or not perfect. Plus, clowns are just damned creepy...


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Investigation at Troubridge Island

22/5/2013

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The Paranormal Guide Investigation Team headed out to Troubridge Island after learning of the many tragedies that had taken place there.

We had not heard of any paranormal activity taking place on the island, but soon after arriving that all changed, as the team set in for two nights of investigations.


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Ambush, Bushranger and Mystery

20/5/2013

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May 20-26: Outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are ambushed and killed in their stolen Ford, Frederick Ward aka "Captain Thunderbolt" the gentleman bushranger is shot dead, and a mysterious boy named Kaspar Hauser appears on the streets of Nuremberg, Germany.


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Funeral Strippers

19/5/2013

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Funerals in some cultures can be very large affairs.

In parts of Taiwan, it is not unheard of for funeral processions to be over a mile long, with marching bands, singers, street performers, the deceased's family and friends, people hired to openly and passionately wail, and... strippers?


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Mandy the Haunted Doll

16/5/2013

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Mandy the Doll was donated to the Quesnel and District Museum, British Columbia, in 1991.

Almost immediately she gave the impression of being quite a creepy doll, leaving people feeling uneasy, especially when unexplained activity began to take place around her.


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