Aliens & UFOs

Have you ever had a UFO experience or an alien encounter? I have. And I relate my experiences about those encounters in the article, Aliens In My Life – True UFO Encounters.

UFO and alien subjects raise eyebrows in people who don't believe in things they haven't seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted. Some people think that those of us who admit to having witnessed them must be crazy or misguided. I don't judge those people. Until they experience first-hand situations they can't understand, they won't believe in anything that can't be proven to them.

However, I do believe that some minds have opened somewhat in regard to UFO phenomena. Ever since the television show, The X-Files, and, more recently the movie by the same name, attention to UFOs and aliens has interested more than just people who claim to have been abducted by aliens (I'm not one of them) or who have experienced UFO phenomena. The FBI has case files (link provided in the above article) with pages of witnesses who attest to having seen UFO activity.

I saw the cover of the book above while wandering through a book store shortly after Communion was published in 1987. My reaction to seeing that picture was the catalyst for reminding me of my experience with aliens. I invite you to read Aliens In My Life – True UFO Encounters, because I'm still looking for people who witnessed what I saw in the early 1970's in a suburb of Chicago.

Ghosty Girl Leslie Rule

Leslie Rule is a paranormal writer who just happens to be the daughter of one of my favorite crime authors, Ann Rule. Leslie crosses genres when she writes about ghosts who have been murdered. She writes about other ghosts too, but the fact that I have been reading her mother and just can't make sense of the criminal mind just makes Leslie's work all the more fascinating.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing her and posted the article HERE. If you have any interest in reading books about ghostly encounters, you will love her books. She doesn't just write about what she hears, she researches her subjects and introduces them to her readers. Her work is haunting and enjoyable.

The part that I enjoy the most though, is the thought that all those wicked, deceitful rapists and murderers may one day be exposed by the very people they killed. Talk about justice!

Please read the Leslie Rule interview and take advantage of the links provided in the article to read more in-depth synopses of her books.

Supernatural Chicago – Interview with a Necromancer

If the "Goosebumps" books had been around when I was a child, I would have read them voraciously. Anything of a paranormal, metaphysical, or other-worldly nature thrilled me then as it does now. I love that little tingle I get when I find myself on the edge of fear. So when I was given the opportunity to interview a necromancer, I leapt with – confusion – what the heck is a necromancer?

I looked it up and thought how intriguing and mystical it sounded. I imagined telling people I had met a necromancer and hearing them say, "Huh?"

Necromancer. Say it with me – necromancer. Yes I know. It sounds kind of romantic, like romancing the dead (also sounds like a movie for the making, doesn't it?) but doesn't it also sound alluring and interesting?

Want to know more about the necromancer? He is magical and he is mystical and his name is Neil Tobin. You can find him at the Excalibur in Chicago on Friday nights with his Supernatural Chicago show.

Intrigued? If you want to read more about Neil Tobin, necromancer, and you want more information on his performances, read my Interview with Necromancer Neil Tobin of Supernatural Chicago.

Ghosts, Hauntings, and Spooky Stuff

A picture says it all, huh? Halloween is coming after all. But I would like to send you to my newest article, located somewhere in cyperspace awaiting your read. And haven't you always wondered what makes a house haunted anyway? Read

Just In Time For Halloween: What Makes a House Haunted?

I promise that this paranormal blog will include more than just ghosts, spirits, and hauntings. But I can't resist writing these kinds of blogs and articles when Halloween is next month!

The Best Halloween Party Ever – A Ghost Hunt!

As I mentioned in my last blog, the tables are turning in the spirit world. Where once humans were afraid of hauntings, ghosts are now being hunted, and possibly haunted, by humans.

This time of the year is perfect for bringing forth spirits and I'm not talking about alcohol. Halloween is approaching and people are thinking witches and princesses, Spiderman and Pokemon. Little ones are looking forward to tricks and treats and older boos and ghouls will be costuming up for Halloween parties.

I'd like to suggest a slightly unusual party idea this year – how about holding a Halloween ghost hunting party? It's a little more expensive than your average Halloween party, but spooktacularly amazing.

Everything you need to set up your party from listening devices to video recorders is listed in this article: 13 Halloween Must-Haves For Ghost Hunters. Click the link and enjoy the hunt.

Are We Scaring The Ghosts?

Once upon a time in a tiny little apartment, a little girl ran out of her bedroom to tell her mother about the man in her closet. While the mother's first inclination was to grab her 2 year old and run out of the house, she knew she had to also save her other baby who was sleeping in that same room. With trepidation Mom entered the room and shakily opened the closet door to see – no one. *

Or was it somebody she couldn't see? That little girl was me, and I have had ghostly experiences ever since. I've noticed a new trend happening lately, though – instead of people cowering before ghosts, they are actually buying expensive equipment to track them. Some of these devices cost as much as a home did back in the 1960's.

To capture voices from beyond, ghost hunters use a technique known as Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP). While EVPs can cost a minimum of $30 - $40 for inexpensive tape recorders, with a little more investment, filtering programs can be purchased to enhance the sound of the recording.

Thermal imaging cameras, however, can cost upwards of $30,000. These cameras are reputed to capture images of the dead. Skeptics still question the validity of the interpretations made from these devices, but maybe someday somebody will invent a thermal imaging video camera that will capture murders in progress as if they were happening now.

Maybe one day cold case files will warm in the wake of thermal imaging techniques, and we will not only solve these old cases, but also prove the existence of an afterlife. Will the ghosts now be frightened of us?

* Click Dead Man Talking for more information.

Inaugural Paranormal Minds Blog

Welcome to my first paranormal blog.

As somebody who has experienced the paranormal on a personal level, I am no stranger to strange, so to speak. I've been visited by ghosts, though I prefer to call them spirits, and I have even been touched by one of them.

I recount some of those events in my Spirits of Ghosts – True Ghost Stories article. Click on the link and you can read about it.

In this blog I will take you to places you may have never been, to other paranormal blogs and web sites, and I will discuss two of my favorite paranormal television programs, Paranormal State and Ghost Adventures.

Anything even slightly other-worldly sparks my interest. Ever since I was a young girl, I was a fan of Twilight Zone. Rod Serling was an amazing story teller and I sat spellbound as he entertained me with imagination-tingling scenarios. As you might expect, I am also a fan of Medium, Supernatural, and Ghost Whisperer.

Throughout this blog I will explore the paranormal realm with you and introduce you to new paranormal discoveries along with exciting information. We will delve into anything even remotely connected to the paranormal, including dreams, ESP, astrology, and other occult subjects.

I invite your views on the paranormal and would like you to share your finds with me.

And before I go, I want to make one thing perfectly clear – I am a spiritual being living in a physical body. I do not worship the devil, nor do I practice black magick. I believe in Spirit, and I believe in God. But I also believe in your God, whether you call Him Allah or the Divine Spirit. I also believe we truly are one people and that religions and governments are divisive. So, yes, I will be opinionated, but I will always be mindful of my reader.

I absolutely will not tolerate any defamatory remarks made to anybody, nor will I tolerate any pornographic commentary.

And now onto why I chose the name for this particular blog: The Mind, a mechanism that thinks, feels, perceives, and organizes, is the playground for imagination. Paranormal is supernatural, out of the realm of normal. Put them together and you have a chemistry ripe for this blog – Paranormal Minds.