The Paranormal Braintrust

Doomsday Cults: Why Do People Have End Times Obsessions and Apocalypse Dreams? – Marie D. Jones

The band REM sang about the end of the world as we know it, and they felt fine. In fact, many people not only feel good about the world ending, but actually welcome it with open arms, often joining with others of like mind to predict, plan, and prepare for the demise of humanity and…

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The Strange Life of A Soviet Psychokinetic, Nina Kulagina – Ryan Sprague Writes

She was a mere fourteen years of age when she joined the Red Army. The Nazi regime was making its deadly presence in the siege of Leningrad, and along with her father and two siblings, Nina Kulagina was thrust into defending her town in freezing winter temperatures, meager rations of food, and very little electricity…

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The Mystery Satellites – Micah Hanks

MICAH HANKS REPORTS ON UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS IN EARTH’S ORBIT  Humanity has a long history with reports of odd things seen in Earth’s skies. For decades, reports of unidentified flying objects have captured the public imagination, with particular emphasis on descriptions of things likened to “flying saucers”, and more recently, large, ominous triangle-shaped craft that occasionally…

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A Case of Supernatural Murder – Nick Redfern Writes

February 14, 1945 was the date of a very controversial, and still-unresolved, murder in rural England. It was a murder which bore all the hallmarks of death at the hands of a secret society. Some observers of the mystery suggested that a band of witches were the culprits. Others, meanwhile, were of the opinion that…

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The People With No Past – Ryan Sprague

Who were these mysterious people with no past? Paranomal Braintrust writer Ryan Sprague asks. In August of 2004, in Savannah, GA, a man was found sunburned and brutally beaten behind a dumpster outside of a Burger King restaurant. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors were able to save his life. But when the…

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The Exeter UFO Incident: Is This “Cold Case, Closed” Worthy of Being Reopened? – Micah Hanks Writes

Strange things were happening on the early morning of September 3, 1965. At approximately 2 AM, just a few miles outside of Exeter, New Hampshire, an 18-year-old hitchhiker found himself face-down in a ditch alongside Highway 150. As he lifted his head, the youth could see a large object passing above him, fitted with red…

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Endangered Species: Cattle Mutilations on the Big Screen – Nick Redfern

The world of Hollywood has always been quick to (a) pick up on what’s going on in the real world of unsolved mysteries of the conspiratorial and supernatural kind and (b) make use of those same mysteries in hit TV shows and mega-bucks movies. Take, for example, the 1994 movie, Roswell, starring Kyle MacLachlan and…

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The Destiny Question: Do I Have A Choice? Marie D. Jones’ Outer Edge

“Man was predestined to have free will.” – Anonymous “You can’t avoid it, it’s written in the stars.” “He was destined to be a success.” “Life is what you make it.” “Choose your thoughts and choose your life.” Life can be so darn confusing. Social media and self-help gurus bombard us with contradictory claims that…

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Albert Bender and the Men in Black: Enduring Influences on Sci-Fi Entertainment – Nick Redfern

On March 29, 2016, Albert Bender died at the age of 94. Most people with an interest in UFOs will know of Bender’s name. He was the man who thrust the Men in Black – and the mystery surrounding them – into the public domain in the 1950s. Bender was not the first person to…

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Beyond The Bermuda Triangle: Visiting Other Mysterious Triangles Around The Globe – Ryan Sprague’s Hidden Auditorium

On December 5th, 1945, five US Navy bomber planes were making their way over the waters of the Atlantic during a training mission. Lieutenant Charles Taylor was in constant communication with the base, updating them on the progress of the mission. Without warning, the line went dead over the radio. The base tried to make…

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