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31 Trivia Tidbits About the Paranormal and the Supernatural

August 30, 2024

This list is for the ghost hunters and UFO seekers out there. Treat this as a map of the places you really need to check out. We scoured the globe and spent nights in some incredibly creepy places to gather up these facts for you.

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Myths with real-life consequences Ghosts (that check up on you from the afterlife) According to someoone close to him, David Bowie said his dad's ghost called him every day for a week after he died. It was always at the same time, so he was sure it was his dad WX from beyond. CRACKED — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Slender Man A12-year-old thought stabbing her classmate would protect her and her family from the memetic monster. Her lawyer says she was mentally ill, so, uh, she's not guilty, somehow. CRACKED — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Aliens (romantic ones) Fran Drescher and her husband Peter Marc Jacobson both say aliens abducted them and put a chip in their hands. They think it made them meet, and Drescher insists the chip caused the scar on her hand (although Jacobson doesn't believe that part). CRACKED — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Ghosts (the vengeful kind) A Zimbabwean woman admitted to murdering her husband after his spirit started haunting her, keeping her up at night. She chopped him up and dumped the pieces in three toilets, which she told her family about much later. CRACKED — 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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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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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The Craft hired a practicing witch to keep the film authentic. CRACKED.COM To make sure they were getting everything right, filmmakers hired Pat Devin, the (at the time) First Officer of Southern California's Covenant of the Goddess. Devin had a great experience on set, saying that a lot of my suggestions were acted upon and virtually all of my suggestions were given careful consideration. — Source

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CRACKED DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Daniel Day-Lewis said he literally saw his father's ghost when he was performing in Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1989 - though he later denied it in an interview with Time Magazine, and explained he meant it metaphorically. — Source

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CRACKED CARLOS SANTANA Santana has said he's been talking to an angel called Metatron since 1994 and has gotten spiritual messages from him. Не believes these messages have helped him make changes in his life that have led to his success. — Source

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CRACKED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said she could sense Abraham Lincoln's spirit when she stayed up late working in his bedroom, which she had turned into her office. — Source

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CRACKED JIMMY CARTER In 1976, Jimmy Carter, who would soon become President, said he saw a UFO in Leary, Georgia. Не called it the darndest thing I've ever seen and said it was very bright changing colors and about the size of the moon. — Source

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CRACKED CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS In 1493, Christopher Columbus, who was exploring near what is now the Dominican Republic, spotted three manatees which he thought were mermaids. Не said they weren't as pretty as they were made out to be. ACTEST NISAND COLVMBRANTIPODY M.PRI N ORBEM. ATECONT PENE TRAVIL IN — Source

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Stanley Kubrick Movies The spaceships were designed by actual spaceship experts. Not happy with just hiring concept artists, Kubrick got in touch with NASA specialists Frederick Ordway and Harry Lange, and commissioned them to design the ships like they were real ships-down to the labeling on individual buttons. 2001: A Space Odyssey CRACKED.COM — Source

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One of the most famous Marian apparitions happened in Cairo, Egypt in 1968 above the church of the Virgin Mary. At first people reported to the police that there was a woman attempting suicide. Then a crowd gathered in front of the church. What they saw was captured in this picture, which according to the many viewers was a clear apparition of Saint Mary. The apparitions became more frequent CRACKED.COM until they stopped in 1971. — Source

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CRACKED.COM On the night of December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Colby Landrum were driving home when they noticed a diamond-shaped object hovering in the sky. When they returned home, they all experienced vomiting, diarrhea, and a burning sensation on their skin. Over the next few days, blisters formed on Betty's skin, and large clumps of hair started falling out of her head. A radiologist examined the group and determined that they suffered from secondary damage to ionizing radiation. — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE WHITE LADY OF WORSTEAD CHURCH In 1975, Diane Berthelot's husband took a photo of her sitting in a pew at St. Mary's Church in Worstead, UK. When they developed the picture, they noticed a mysterious ghostly figure. Diane, now in her 80's, claims the White Lady healed her and has kept her healthy through the years. — Source

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In the background of this hiker's photo, a tall, thin figure with apparently no face can be seen standing on a slope too steep for a human and in an inaccessible spot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM This anomaly appeared in a I I single frame of Costa Rican mapping data in 1971. A two-part report in The Journal of Scientific Exploration ruled out a double exposure or a reflection. The report concluded: While it may not be inexplicable, it is at least unidentified. I | EI-H II- wereb LICENSE ...... BOLICIA 248 — 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 CRACKED.COM 5. Save LOS — 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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A picture taken by Sharon Boo, a firefighter in New York, shows what she claims to be a guardian angel at the scene of a car wreck. The driver, Rose Benvenuto, didn't suffer any major injuries despite the damage to her car. CRACKED.COM — 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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The Hampton Court Palace 'Skeletor' In 2003, security staff noticed a strange skeletal figure opening and closing the palace doors on the CCTV. The video is strangely compelling. CRACKED.COM — 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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In 1978, Australian pilot Frederick Valentich and his plane disappeared during a supposed UFO encounter. CRACKED COM His last communication was Melbourne, that strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again... (two seconds open micro- phone)... it is hovering and it's not an aircraft... — Source

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CRACKED.COM The first flying saucers weren't flying saucers. Pilot Kenneth Arnold, the first person who reported seeing UFOs, said they were flying like a saucer if you skip it across the water. Не was very annoyed when he was misreported as saying they were saucer-shaped - an image that was then cemented by hoaxes. — Source

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