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Electronic Voice Phenomena & Me

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Gene Stewart

In 1976 I was in Gelnhausen, Germany listening to AFRTS radio as I was writing one afternoon about local and regional alchemists, having visited a few of their haunts. On came an interesting segment about EVPs, a topic I’d not … Continue reading →

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The Thing Is… What?

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Gene Stewart

To our misfortune, photographic and video evidence no longer suffices as evidence we can trust, if ever it did.  Illusionists and hoaxers have been with us always.  They present amazing things for their own purposes, often to manipulate or exploit … Continue reading →

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A Shadow In the Flesh

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Gene Stewart

They had three days in the new apartment and Karen had promised they’d leave it as they’d found it, but already one of the crew had clunked one of the big sound consoles on a door frame, chipping the paint.  … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft at the Beach by Gene Stewart

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Gene Stewart

Oliver Hollis Howich, archaeologist Trevin Moore Auster, crank preacher Janet Hampton (Howich), student Olive Jane Howich, illustrator, artist # Howich squatted between the door jambs picking at the rotten wood saddle, on the threshold. How many people had trodden on … Continue reading →

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People, Places, or Landscapes?

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Gene Stewart

We have spoken about haunted houses for as long as we’ve had houses. This causes me to wonder if there were haunted caves, tepees, or Viking long houses. In other words, were all human dwellings haunted? Has it to do … Continue reading →

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Review: Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay Wm. Morrow, ©2016 hc, 1st edition, 327pp A Review by Gene Stewart Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay is a delineation of the details of a missing child from the mother’s and … Continue reading →

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RAT STEW: TV, and HistorLatelyy – What’s Been In My Head

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Gene Stewart

A few days ago in Omaha, near where I live, a man was killed by gunfire at a park. He was driving and tried to escape the bullets by going cross-country, breaking through a split-rail fence onto a grassy field. … Continue reading →

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My Name is Marnie by Tracy L. Carbone Shadow Ridge Press, 2014 trade pb, 245p, ISBN: 978-989-77963-0 cover design by Kealan Patrick Burke

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Gene Stewart

A mystery ghost story with oomph, crisply written, with sharply-drawn characters, this book is a one-sitter. It pulls you through seamlessly, adding layer, shadowing the tangles, and delivering you to a denouement that has you wondering how it got so … Continue reading →

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Review of Grave’s End by Elaine Mercado

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Grave’s End, A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado, R.N. Introduction by Hans Holzer Llewellyn, 2001, 2nd Printing ISBN: 0 – 73870 – 003 – 7 Trade Paperback This is a well-written, rational portrait of a family dealing with the … Continue reading →

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Book Jump

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Gene Stewart

No clue, but true department: We were playing cards here once and a book lying flat on a counter fell loudly flat onto the floor. We all looked. Hm, we thought. We put it back. It did it again, this … Continue reading →

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