A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in May! Digging Deeper On May 5, 1993, 3 innocent 8 year old boys were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, the apparent victims of 3 Satan worshipping teenagers. May 13, 1981: The Third Secret of Fátima! May 14, 1878: Last American Witchcraft Trial (You Guessed it, In Salem!) May 23, 2006: Choose Your Own Adventure! May 26, 1896: 10 of the Greatest Horror Stories Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: Have you ever experienced anything paranormal in May? If you liked this article and would like…
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A Brief History On April 18, 1857, Frenchman Hippolyte Leon Denizard Rivail, writing under the nom de plume Allan Kardec, published The Spirits Book, marking the beginning of the Spiritism philosophy (or religion or movement, if you prefer). Today, the International Spiritist Council has representatives in 35 countries with its headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil. Digging Deeper The publishing of The Spirits Book is celebrated by Spiritists, and today, April 18, 2017, is National Day of Spiritism in the United States. The total number of adherents is unknown, but said to be in the millions, with 5 million followers in Brazil…
A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in April! Digging Deeper On April 5, 2019, the chilling Stephen King story, Pet Sematary (novel 1983) is ready once again for widespread release on the big screen as a reboot of the 1989 movie version. April 10, 1904: “Wickedest Man in the World” Finishes “The Book Of The Law” April 14, 1561: UFOs Battle in the Sky Over Germany! April 17, 1897: UFO Crashes at Aurora, Texas! Alien Buried with “Christian Rites!” April 17, 2015: History vs. Hollywood: Unfriended (Cybernatural) April 18, 1857: The Spirits Book is Published in…
A Brief History On January 12, 2006, during the ceremony associated with the final day of the Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca), 362 Muslim pilgrims were stampeded to death in a sudden movement of the vast crowd. The Stoning of the Devil takes place in Mina, outside of Mecca. Digging Deeper The annual Hajj gets enormous crowds of Muslims from around the world to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, with as many as 500,000 people crossing one small bridge in only an hour! This sort of crowd density is highly dangerous and even minor crowd movement often results in large…
A Brief History This article presents a calendar of alleged historical paranormal events! Please click on the links for each month below to learn more about that particular month’s alleged paranormal history. Digging Deeper: A Calendar of Paranormal History January February March April May June July August September October November December Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What if your favorite paranormal event in history? If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us on Facebook and becoming one of our patrons!…