A fall of stones in a military context occurs in the middle of the sixth century, when the Abyssinian Army, laying siege to Mecca, was put..

One of the earliest Christian martyrdom for which an eyewitness account survives is that of Saint Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna (today know

The heavens have always been a screen on which people projected their deepest beliefs and hopes in the order of the cosmos. Weather might be

Mysterious detonations—booming noises apparently unrelated to thunder or earthquakes—are among the most widespread and puzzling phenomena of

The modern age of flying saucers began with the Arnold sighting. Although it was by no means an isolated incident in 1947, it was the most

In mid-April 1956, in Arnhem Land, Australia, a young aborigine named Lya Wulumu fell sick and was taken by airplane to a hospital in Darwin

For reasons unknown, perfectly normal people sometimes suddenly exhibit a dramatic change of being. Their actions become violent and seeming

Count Saint Germain was a confidant of two kings of France, a dazzlingly rich and gifted social figure, the subject of a thousand rumors...

The Times of London on November 6, 1840, printed this account from a correspondent in the Bahamas: A large French vessel, bound from........

One reason the parental advice “never accept candy from strangers” became a very familiar phrase was the sensational July 1874 kidnapping of

In 1872 Captain George Musalas Colvocoresses was found shot to death on a well -frequented street in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A pistol and..

Spontaneous human combustion was such a well- known phenomenon during the late 18th and 19th centuries that a number of authors used it to..

n 1847 a French couple was indicted for murdering the man’s father and burning his body to conceal the crime. They claimed that the 71-ye...

Two of the most tragic and dramatic deaths in American history, the assassinations of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and , involve the follo...

Everyone, from time to time, experiences one of those perfect days when everything seems to fall into place, a day that exceeds the most....

When Clara Germana Cele was 16 years old, she made a pact with Satan—or so she told, her confessor, Father Erasmus Horner, at the mission...

The most famous medium of the late 19th century—the golden age of mediums and spiritualistic phenomena— was a Scottish-American named Daniel

Stationed in Asia on a U.S. government assignment during 1960 - 1961, Mr. and Mrs. John Church spent their vacation in India. It was while..

From the days of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to modern times in Haiti, Australia, Africa, and elsewhere, healthy people have turned sick a

The repeated reports of zombies, people in a trance like state working as slaves in the fields of Haiti, gain credence by virtue of a ......

As far as many doctors and psychiatrists are concerned, the diagnosis of demonic possession is one that reeks of medieval superstition and..

The victim of one of the most detailed instances of demonic possession in 20th-century America was a mid western woman whose real name was..

Robert Nixon, a rural visionary who, by reputation, was held to be mentally retarded, was born around 1467 on a farm in the county of...

In 1809 England sought to persuade Austria to join the confederation opposing Napoleon. Benjamin Bathurst, a 25-year-old diplomat who had al