Few people are aware that Ouija boards (also known as a spirit boards) have been around since the late 1890s. First introduced by Elijah Bond as a parlor game, it has since become something altogether different.
In 1907, Elijah founded The Swastika Novelty Company in 1907, which sought to mass produce these boards and sell them to the eager public; however, similar talking boards were already the vogue in the 1880s. It just took the right man to capitalize on the craze and make a fortune from it – and Elijah Bond was just the man for the job.
So, how did a harmless toy lend itself to the serious passion of speaking to the dead? As it turns out, spiritualism was very big in the 1880s, and a prudish America embraced any frowned upon curiosity they could enjoy in the privacy of their own homes. However, another segment of society benefited as well – the obsessively shy.
Few legends are lodged deeper into mythology than than of Count Dracula. While there are those who claim Dracula never existed, in reality he did – but much that has been written about him is nothing more than a myth. Interestingly enough, the truth paints a picture of a man who is much more violent than portrayed in books and movies.
Though he was but a man, his heroic exploits would earn him a beloved remembrance in Romanian history, and his dark malevolence would later earn him a place in modern history, through a book published 400 years later by Bram Stroker. Known by his enemies as Vlad the Impaler, you will soon see how his real life transformed him into a seemingly supernatural being among his enemies. Dead for nearly 525 years, his legend still lives on. Follow along with us as we explore the mythology of this man’s life and uncover the grisly truth.
Many of us believe the biblical account of Noah’s Ark, but when we dive deep into the facts of the story the logic quickly falls apart. And yet … every continent (except Antarctica) has its own version of the story. How could so many different cultures speak of the same event if it wasn’t true? Was there really a great flood that threatened all life on Earth? If so, how did Noah and his family gather all of the animals onto an ark and spare their lives?
To make sense of this ancient myth we must first look into the facts provided by ancient people, and then judge from there how the story could possibly be true. After all, a great myth will always dissolve over time, unless there is some truth to be told underneath.
Did the Navy make a whole ship disappear on October 28th, 1943? The Navy says no, but there are many out there who claim it actually occurred. To dissolve the mystery we will need to take it apart piece by piece and examine the evidence, and the first place we will start is with the ship itself.
According to the claims, it was the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Eldridge that was made to disappear, and if you check through historical documents you’ll find that a ship by that name did exist at that time; however, this in itself doesn’t make the story necessarily true.
When I was young, I remember being frightened by the prospect I might spontaneously combust. In fact, there was a time as a child when I was walking up the street to my friend’s house and I felt a burning in my leg. As it turns out that was nothing more than a leg cramp, but it did have me worried.
So, do people actually spontaneously combust? As always, we will examine the evidence and let you decide for yourself. In doing so, we will examine the probably causes and look into a few case histories. What we are certain of is the fact that these people did catch on fire, but was it spontaneous human combustion?
If ever a witch was in mortal danger, it was during during the Salem Witch Trials, that occurred between 1692 and 1693. Of the 150 accused, 29 were found guilty and 19 were hanged, but were any of them really witches?
Betty Parris, age 9, and her cousin Abigail Williams, age 11 (both related to the Reverend Samuel Parris) started behaving as if they were possessed, leading the local communities of Salem, Ipswitch, Andover, and Salem Town on a witch hunt. Faced with what they believed to be the active work of the devil, they had no choice but to find those responsible and put them to the stake. But was there more to all of this?
First off, Darren Brown is a fake mind reader … and he freely admits it. In fact, it’s a part of his act. For you see, Darren is an illusionist, and a very darned good one at that. All over England he performs, amazing all with his ability to seemingly read and control the minds of others, and yet, he freely admits that psychics don’t exist, and his whole act is just that – an act.
Considering how good Darren is in his act, one might wonder. What if someone decided to profit from such an act, leading everyone to believe it was all real and not being willing to share the fact that it’s all a con. And this is how we choose to enter the shady world of psychics and mediums, with our eyes wide open and ready for the trickery that will come.
All great legends have a beginning. This one reveals itself around 350BC, in the writing’s of a Greek philosopher by the name of Plato.
The city of Atlantis … It was a marvel of technology, according to Plato. A city with so many amenities, including hot and cold fountains. And if that wasn’t enough to impress everyone, there were the large tunnels that shipped sailed through as they left the city, giving notion to the effect that one had just left a major place of importance. Too bad it never existed …
What many of us fail to realize today is the fact that Plato was an author, and as such, he allowed himself the privileged to invent the past to impress his readers. Of course, this isn’t to say we’ve been fools for thousands of years. In fact, everyone knew it was all just a story until the late 1800s, when a man named Ignatius Donnelly wrote a book called, Atlantis: The Antidiluvian World. Interestingly enough, Ignatius had taken Plato’s account of Atlantis as a factual one and wrote the book under the perceived notion Atlantis actually had existed.
Few people are aware that Ouija boards (also known as a spirit boards) have been around since the late 1890s. First introduced by Elijah Bond as a parlor game, it has since become something altogether different.
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