What could go wrong? Carl Kolchak had a “talent” his editors found annoying — and somewhat disturbing… Whenever they sent him out on an assignment — cover a speech, new business opening, or even a homicide — the same thing always happened. Whether it was with the International News Service (INS) in Chicago in…

It wasn’t quite a public crucifixion… But Sir Arthur Conan Doyle suffered a figurative pillorying from his readers, the press, and other spiritualists. His offense? In December 1920, Doyle published “Fairies Photographed — An Epoch-making Event” in The Strand magazine. …

Misery, injury, even death… …have followed the harmful decisions of people who’ve confronted the horrors of the supernatural world. But even weirder,… …the psychological causes for most of those encounters can help marketers, web designers, copywriters, and content creators convert more website visitors. So how can you boost inquiries, shares…

(It’s so logical even Sherlock Holmes would have loved it) “This agency stands flat-footed upon the ground, and there it must remain. The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.” Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson faced potential paranormal peril…

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Boozer AND loser? Perhaps. Yes, he did die at age 40. And yes, that happened shortly after turning up in a drunken stupor in an alley near a Baltimore, Maryland, tavern. Yet during his poverty-stricken, alcohol-addicted life — 1809–1849 — Edgar Allan Poe was the most talked-about man of letters…