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35 Trivia Tidbits About the Paranormal and the Supernatural

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35 Trivia Tidbits About the Paranormal and the Supernatural

July 18, 2024

We hope you appreciate what we’ve done here, you lucky little devils. All you have to do is read these facts after we scoured the spooky trenches for them.

Did you have to visit the haunted hotel at midnight? Nope. Was your camera rolling while an apparition strolled freely through an unfinished attic? Nope!

So enjoy these creepy factoids while we get some rest. We won’t be able to sleep for days, but laying down wide-eyed might help a little.

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Adams, Tennessee THE BELL WITCH CAVE Most caves can be pretty scary, but the legend of a dark witch who tormented the Bell family in the 19th century puts this one right up there. The witch was believed to have hidden away in the cave, making people think she left the area when she never really did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Venice, Italy THE HAUNTED ISLAND Poveglia Island is technically off limits to visitors, and the site was once a home to those quarantined and dying from the bubonic plague. Some believe that the soil is made up of 50% human remains. In 1922, a mental hospital was opened there, and horrible tales of a doctor brutally torturing his patients before jumping out of a bell tower are all part of its legend today. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE FOREST The twisted trees of the Hoia-Baciu forest makes it a unique but eerie site. It's also believed to be the most haunted forest in the world. There are tales of people disappearing, claims of alien abductions, and some believe there are ghosts wandering around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED GUILLERMO DEL TORO Guillermo del Toro said he had an encounter with a UFO while he was hanging out with a friend in Mexico. It was a flying saucer, so clichéd, with lights . It's so sad: I wish - - could reveal they're not what you think they are, he said. OP - Instructional Andress 20 INGMAR BER TURKISH DELIGHT HOUR TOK Going Places 'the positive 21 alamy The Seren and DAY . WE SAMUR DAY FOR NIGHT — Source

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CRACKED 2 1 4 GT 1 1 1 1 2411 12 may 3 1 61 3 1 2 7 1 Wow! 2 31 11 3 1 1 TWIT 1 1 ULCOMO PPW 1 1 4 113 2 1 344111 1 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 برب 1 2 1 1 11 1 AN ODD RADIO SIGNAL In 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio picked up an incredibly strong signal that has never been caught again. Called the Wow! Signal, it's one of the most mysterious things ever observed in astronomy, and some suspect it was sent by — Source

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Ancient Structures

CRACKED AN ANCIENT STRUCTURE The mayor of Șanliurfa, Turkey, suggested that the 12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe archaeological site might have been built by aliens. Не pointed to the purse motifs on the statues, as well as T-shaped pillars that weigh up to 20 tons, as evidence. — Source

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Ancient Aliens

CRACKED ANCIENT ROCK ART The head of the SETI organization's Interstellar Message Composition suggested that ancient rock art could be a sign of aliens, and that scientists might have trouble recognizing signs of alien life because they could look like something natural. — Source

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... TELL US NOW. CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Amelia В. tells US of the now-closed psychiatric hospital that used to house 2500 patients, saying, The place supposedly closed because of abuse of the patients. High schoolers will hang out in the abandoned buildings and see all kinds of creepy things, but I won't go anywhere near there. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Haunted Hospitals

Kempton Park, South Africa THE HAUNTED HOSPITAL A hotspot for ghost hunters, the abandoned Kempton Park hospital has been closed since 1996, but a look inside will give you the creeps. Rumors abound of ghost babies crying in the maternity ward and a shadow of a man roaming the hallways. The fact that the hospital was shut down without any word or warning makes the place even creepier. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Old Town, San Diego THE WHALEY HOUSE Built on the grounds of San Diego's old gallows, the Whaley House is said to be haunted with chandeliers swinging on their own and the ghosts of hanging victims walking around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaquille O'Neal saw a UFO in Madera, California, way back in 1997. Не was with friends, and says he could swear there was a flying saucer coming to the ground with its lights on, then taking off again. CRACKED.COM — Source

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UFOs

Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar didn't just see UFOs-he got abducted. That's what he claims, anyway - and he also says aliens were wirelessly plugged into him. It was a download situation, way before wireless, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nick Jonas saw 3 UFOs while in his backyard in LA when he was 15. O A friend of his was there too, so Jonas turned to him and proceeded to ask him Are you seeing this or am I losing my mind? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aaron Rodgers saw an orange UFO at night in New Jersey, back in 2005. Two other people saw it, too - it was behind the clouds, he says, so they couldn't fully make it out, but it was large and moving from left to right. CRACKED.COM — Source

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UFOs

Miley Cyrus saw a UFO while out driving - and even an alien, apparently. The UFO chased her and a friend in her car, and even saw a being sitting in front of it. They made eye contact, and it shook her, she says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2011 THE INNKEEPERS The movie is based on a haunted hotel Ti West where and his crew stayed while shooting The House of the Devil. During production, they witnessed flickering lights, slamming doors, and according to West, actress Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Insidious

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2010 INSIDIOUS The crew would feel sick while filming hospital scenes. On other parts of the set that were not being used, strange noises would be heard, including a buzzer repeatedly sounding off from an empty room. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2014 GHOST OF GOODNIGHT LANE A movie about a haunted set filmed at said haunted set... had a haunted set. Before production, a specialized team considered Media World Studios actually haunted. Then, while doing the movie, lights flickered, things would move around, and disembodied voices could be heard. People felt slapped by invisible forces, and even reported visions of unknown figures. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2012 THE POSSESSION Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan did not believe in spooks, but he does now. While filming, Morgan would feel random cold breezes, a light went from being turned off to exploding, and a fire engulfed a storage room full of props (including the possessed Dibbuk box prop the movie revolves around). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Ring Two

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE RING TWO A burst water pipe flooded the production office, and weeks later a five-gallon water jug burst wide open and flooded it yet again. Then, on the set, a swarm of bees attacked and then simply vanished. Finally, a set decorator saw an antlered buck running in her direction (no reports on whether it was dodgy CGI, though). CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2012 THE LORDS OF SALEM Some sequences were shot at the Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles, which has an infamous spooky reputation. Filming in the basement would make people sick, and the crew would report weird and random sounds at other empty parts of the hospital. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1976 THE OMEN On two separate occasions, airplanes carrying actor Gregory Peck and the film's executive producers were hit by lighting. The FX artists that designed the iconic decapitation scene were in a car crash and witnessed an actual decapitation not long after production. Oh, and the animal trainer was mauled by a tiger one day after filming the baboon scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Grieving mum Jennifer Hodge, who lost her son in 2016, received a notification on her phone alerting her of an intruder as she was watching TV. Her security camera captured an image of the 'intruder', which she claimed to look a lot like her deceased son. Addio AR LAB CRACKED.COM Save — Source

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This 1968 picture apparently shows Robert Ferguson's brother (who had died in WWII) next to him. Double exposure? Well, as this is a Polaroid, that's almost impossible. And a (rare) double-exposure Polaroid would have less contrast. Also, notice the differences in lighting and in the two men's ears. They don't look like the same person. CRACKED.COM — Source

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This is an unretouched LA Times photo of a supposed UFO over Los Angeles. The thing blocks searchlight beams, so it isn't smoke or a cloud. And its weird oval shape means it isn't a plane or a balloon, either. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a phantom backseat passenger in this 1959 photograph. The photo first started getting analyzed decades ago, so it's unlikely that it had been tampered with, since only professionals could accomplish that before PCs showed up. It's not double exposure, either, because that would duplicate the whole photo, not just one part. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE BROWN LADY OF RAYNHAM HALL In 1936 while taking photos of Raynham Hall for Country Life Magazine, Captain Hubart C. Provand and his assistant noticed a vapoury form gradually assuming the appearance of a woman coming down the stairs towards them and snapped what's widely regarded today as one of the most famous ghost pictures ever taken. — Source

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Is this the ghost of a little girl? The photo was taken this month by a couple on a Baltimore ghost tour. The tour owner said she suspected it might be photoshopped, until she was told that the couple showed the picture to their guide RIGHT AFTER TAKING IT. CRACKED.COM — Source

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