A Brief History
This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in March! Please click on the dates below to learn more information about that date’s paranormal history.
Digging Deeper: The Month of March in Paranormal History
On March 2, 1933, the classic monster movie, King Kong, opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
On March 4, 1918, the USS Cyclops kept a date with destiny!
On March 7, 321, Roman Emperor Constantine I decreed that dies Solis Invicti (‘sun-day,’ or Day of Sol Invictus, Roman God of the Sun) would be the Roman day of rest throughout the Roman Empire.
On March 7, 1274, Saint Thomas Aquinas died having not completed his masterpiece, the Summa Theologiæ, in which he defines evil as the absence or privation of good.
On March 7, 2017, we at History and Headlines along with members of John Carroll University’s Paranormal Research Group were privileged to preview the major motion picture Kong: Skull Island.
On March 13, 1997, the skies over Arizona from the Nevada state line through Phoenix and on to Tuscon, a 300 mile stretch, were lit by a series of lights that fascinated and baffled thousands of witnesses that observed them, including Governor Fife Symington of Arizona.
On March 16, 2008, Allen3 nominated the article titled “Creepypasta” for deletion from Wikipedia.
On March 19, 1987, under fire for sex and financial irregularities the star of one of televisions most popular evangelist Christian shows resigns!
On March 20, 2000, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin was arrested for shooting 2 police officers, killing one of them.
On March 20, 2015, John Carroll University’s Paranormal Research Group, the Boo Streaks, will investigate the Agora Theatre and Ballroom in Cleveland.
On March 21, 630, Emperor Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire returned what he believed to be the “True Cross” (the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified) to Jerusalem to its current place in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre.
On March 22, 2017, John Carroll University’s Paranormal Research Group had the privilege of viewing an early screening of the new science fiction/space/alien movie Life, and despite high expectations we were not disappointed.
On March 26, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate awaited transport for their souls to a waiting UFO with $5.75 in each person’s pants pocket to pay for tolls!
On March 26, 1997, 39 members of the “Heaven’s Gate” cult were found to have committed suicide with the intention of being picked up by an alien spacecraft and taken somewhere into outer space where they presumably would find eternal happiness.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Clarke, Roger. Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015.
