A Fascination with Darkness | M.P. Pellicer

What would you do if your 8-year-old daughter was inspired by the movie The Omen, and waited with bated breath for the sequel titled Damien?

The girl's name was Kim Goytia, and she lived in Sacramento, California. When The Omen premiered in 1976, viewing the film kicked off a fascination with the devil. She went on to collect several copies of the novel, based on the screenplay. Two years later, the sequel Damien was released, and she was still enthralled with the dark side. According to her mother Carol Sommers, her daughter went goth before it became a thing, dressing in black, growling like an animal, and performing satanic rituals in her room.

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Doorway to Forever | Interview with Todd Wilcox | Stories of the Supernatural

Todd Wilcox, known as the “Slipstream Shaman” discusses his books and his experiences with Shadow People, The Watching Man, ghosts, the afterlife and near-death experiences.

The Business of Stolen Body Parts | M.P. Pellicer

Did a robber who broke into a truck parked in Denver's Central Park neighborhood realize they were making off with human remains?

In March, 2022, a medical truck used to transport body parts for medical research was considered not the usual mark for thieves. What was taken was a white carboard box measuring 20 x 15 x 18 inches marked with "Science Care" on the exterior which is the company that accepts bodies donated to science. There was another label “Exempt Human Specimen”. Inside the box were human heads.

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The Ring of Thoth | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Nightshade Diary Podcast

The Ghost of Lady Anne | M.P. Pellicer

It's not hard to believe a woman, who started out as a mistress, became the wife, and was ultimately killed by her husband does not lie easy in her grave. The lady's name is Anne Boleyn.

Anne was born in an old medieval manor around 1500. Her great-grandfather, Sir Geoffrey Boleyn bought the Tudor house in 1452.

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Beware Curb Side Treasures | M.P. Pellicer

Have you ever driven by furnishing and belongings left at the curbside, which seem too good to be true? Why would anyone give these things away for free, you ask yourself. If you knew the answer you would peel out, and just watch the items grow smaller in the rear-view mirror. Lastly, you would sigh in relief.

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Ten Miles to Nowhere | M.P. Pellicer

It was Saturday, the day before Halloween, 1926, when Marvin Aaron Clark, one-time marshal from Linnton, Oregon, took a motor stage to Portland. He's never been seen since.

Clark was born in Iowa in 1852. Along with his wife Mary Ann Leach née Lewis, a young widow with two young children they ended up in Linnton, Oregon, where he worked as the marshal of the small lumber town.

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If Walls Could Talk | Interview with David Oman | Stories of the Supernatural

David Oman owner of the Oman House located on Cielo Dr. which is notorious due to the Tate-LaBianca murders committed by the Manson family in 1969. David describes his experiences living in this house for over 20 years, and the unique geomagnetic anomalies of the land where the structure is situated on and which appear to be the catalyst for the supernatural events produced and witnessed by David, and others who have come to experience contact with otherworldly beings.

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Ritual Murders and Occult Crimes | Interview with Charles Del Campo | Podcast

Ritual murders and occult crimes. When are humans killed as part of a sacrifice? Join Marlene as author Charles Del Campo discusses this subject and prior cases based on his experience as x-law enforcement and present day private investigator specializing in cult investigations, cold case re-investigation for family members, human trafficking and other areas. | Host - Marlene Pardo Pellicer

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Who Goes There? | Classic Sci-Fi Story | Nightshade Diary Podcast

Shadows on the Wall | Volume 4 | Supernatural StoryTime E280

Astral Adventures | Interview with Garnet Schulhauser | Stories of the Supernatural

BURIED IN OBSCURITY | M.P. Pellicer

July 31, 1973, was the last time Mary Raskin knew exactly where her son Joseph “Joey” Norman Spears was at.

He was only 17 years old when he escaped from the Harrison County Youth Detention Center in Mississippi. Since then it was as if the earth had swallowed him up, and in a way it had.

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Adults and Children Sacrificed to Serve in the Afterlife | M.P. Pellicer

In 2021, a mummified man was found in Peru, then a year later the remains of 20 sacrificed victims were discovered around him.

Cajamarquilla is an ancient city on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. The site is considered a pre-Hispanic mud city, which could have housed between 10,000 and 20,000 people in an area of 413 acres. It is here that the mummy of a man, bound in a fetal position was found inside a tomb. His age is estimated to be either in his 20s or 30s. He was dubbed "Chabelo".

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Farewell to the Master | Harry Bates | Nightshade Diary Podcast

Story on which the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was based.

The Black Canon of Lyons | M.P. Pellicer

In early 1893, Joseph-Antoine Boullan died. A defrocked priest, he was the head of a schismatic branch called the Church of the Carmel. He was also known as the Black Canon of Lyons.

Born in 1824, Boulan was ordained in 1848. He became a follower of Eugene Vintras, once a foreman in a cardboard box factory who claimed to be the reincarnation of Elijah.

Vintras founded two sects, the Work of Mercy and the Eliate Church of Carmel. He was dogged by rumors of demonic rituals and sexual excesses. In an 1846 pamphlet he was accused of homosexuality, conducting black masses in the nude and masturbating on the altar. He was condemned by the Pope, which would have made him a very unsuitable person for a Catholic priest to fraternize with.

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Disturbed Paintings | M.P. Pellicer

Some paintings by the effect they have the subjects portrayed, or those who view them are known as disturbed. They carry the essence of the artist that in some instances turns out to be unlucky, or plain deadly.

ARSHILE GORKY

Arshile Gorky (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian) is an Armenian American artist born in 1904, in a village on the shores of Lake Van in the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey). His mother starved to death in 1919, while living in Yerevan, Armenia. 

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The Last Resting Place of the Boy Bandit King | M.P. Pellicer

On August 30, 1950, a tombstone with the inscription, "The Boy Bandit King — He Died as he Lived" disappeared from a grave in the Old Fort Sumner cemetery. It was also inscribed with "Truth and History, 21 Men", below this were crossed revolvers.

Fort Sumner was a military post in the 1860s. It was established on the east bank of the Pecos River in New Mexico. As many as 700 infantry and cavalry troops were stationed at the fort until 1869, then it was abandoned. The buildings and land were purchased by Lucien B. Maxwell. He lived there until his death in 1875. 

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Spoken of Only in Whispers | Volume 6 | Supernatural StoryTime E279

What Happened to these Cold Cases | Volume 4 | Stories of the Supernatural

The Cursed Women | M.P. Pellicer

Many of these creations on canvas are at times described by the artist as being inspired from something outside themselves. Are they portraits or portals?

THE RAIN WOMAN

Ukranian artist Svetlana Telets was a newly minted artist who graduated in 1996 from Grekov Odessa Art School. Then she started to suffer nightmares and the feeling of being watched, by someone or something. The spell she had endured for six months was broken one day, when she took her paintbrush and produced the painting The Rain Woman in only 5 hours. She had never seen this subject before. 

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John Barrington Cowles | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Nightshade Diary Podcast

It's Waiting For Me | Volume 2 | Supernatural StoryTime E278

Sarah's Sins | M.P. Pellicer

Most people are familiar with the notorious murder committed in Fall River, Massachusetts by the axe-wielding Lizzie Borden in 1892. However there was another crime just as heinous that occurred 60 years before.

In 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell, 30, died from what was assumed to be suicide by hanging. She was found fastened to a stake-pole used to dry hay. Her reason for ending her life was thought to be the shame of being pregnant and unwed. She was buried, but didn't stay there for long. 

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