There’s been a higher volume of UFO news over the past few months, ranging from the U.S. Navy changing their approach to members reporting sightings to the increased numbers of purported sightings. Often times, the usual suspects — International Business Times and the Independent — are publishing odd-ball claims of […]
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The Canadian UFO Report, Part 3: Moving on with TESA
Author’s Note: It is suggested you read Parts 1 and 2 before continuing. The following is an update of TESA’s continued evolution this year. Additionally, it’s the final interaction between TESA’s Ryan Stacey and ufologist Chris Rutkowski. We continue to encourage Chris Rutkowski to contact Superstitious Times to present his […]
Etchings: The Highlights of the California scenery
The people of Twentynine Palms, Calif., just north of Joshua Tree National Park, caught one heckuva light show this year. A video surfaced on Youtube from Californian Cody Kennedy. Kennedy, who runs an animal-themed Youtube channel, captured a long bar of lights in the sky as the tried to capture […]
Etchings: UFO community mourns loss of Stanton Friedman
Famed ufologist Stanton Friedman, who has written several books on extraterrestrials has died at the age of 84. He was returning from an event in Columbus, Ohio when he died suddenly at Toronto Pearson Airport on May 13. A nuclear physicist by training, the American-born, Fredericton, N.B. resident was known […]
The Canadian UFO Report, Part 2: The Benefit of the Doubt
Editor’s Note: It is suggested you read Part 1 before continuing. The following is a transcript of the conversation between TESA founder Ryan Stacey and ufologist Chris Rutkowski. We encourage Chris Rutkowski to contact Superstitious Times to present an editorial on his work. The Conversation: Between March 31, 2017, and […]
Etchings: Paranormal community mourns Lorraine Warren’s death
Lorraine Warren, the renowned paranormal investigator who worked in tandem with husband Ed, died on April 19. Known for her work on such controversial cases as the Amityville Horror, the Enfield Poltergeist and A Haunting in Connecticut, the 92-year-old passed away peacefully in her sleep at home. A polarizing figure […]
The Warrens helped steer the cultural shift in paranormal investigation
A staticky ring tone filled the receiver as I dialed up the New England Society of Psychic Research while a student journalist at the University of Toronto. It was 2001 and I was looking to write my monthly Window column, “Paranormal Frontiers”, on the Amityville Horror. A calm and pleasant […]
The Superstitious Times chimes in on one year
It could have been inspired by existential angst, but as I sat in my Toronto apartment a year ago, both children snug in their beds and the wife doing the Netflix and chill, I pondered what portion of writing was absent from my career. Clearly the supernatural and how it […]
Etchings: The Girl Next Door
Given the revealing nature of Playboy magazine, one would imagine there aren’t any ghosts kicking around the mansion. But former Girl Next Door, and Hugh Hefner girlfriend, Bridget Marquardt shared a spooky experience on Australia’s The Morning Show in mid-March. The 45-year-old recalled when she was sitting in one of […]
The Canadian UFO Report, Part 1: An inaccurate display of UFO data
As a private investigator, I often hear things like, “What can you tell me about this person? I don’t want him/her around my family”, “Did you know that this person is selling these drugs at this location?” or “Can you follow my partner tonight? I think he/she is cheating on […]