Nick Gordon’s father tells DailyMail.com that he spoke to his son on New Year’s Eve and ‘he seemed happy, he seemed calm, everything was going good.’

Neil Rushton writes at length about “the 16th century progenitor of the concept of nature spirits” and how his work and that of later thinkers may be rooted in human consciousness and “cultural memory”. Far less charming is The Witch Trial of Thomas Looten, a Man Accused of Cursing Plums. In 1659 this poor fellow […]

The Love Island finalists appeared happy to be heading home as they arrived at Palma airport in Mallorca to board their flight back to the UK on Wednesday.

If you’ve got half a million quid to spend on a burnt out shell near Loch Ness, then Aleister Crowley’s former pad, Boleskine House, is still on the market. Nick Redfern looks at the history of this creepy cottage and considers how and why it suited creepy Crowley so well. But if you’ve got a […]

Airports accused of fuelling binge drinking by serving double measures of spirits in their bars and pubs as standard. Furious airline bosses said airports resemble a night club ‘happy hour’.

Researchers in Switzerland have taken ghost hunting in a new and unexpected direction. Their studies indicate that spectral experiences may be the result of haywire neurology, which in turn may cause body schema issues. In other words, if a brain can’t track the position of its body, stimuli might be interpreted as mysterious. But does […]

At first glance, this line-up of bottles is probably rather recognisable. There’s the distinctive green of Gordon’s gin and the tawny tones of Pimm’s… but are the copycats better tasting?

The clergymen at the Vatican were told the number of possessions was bought on by a decline in the Christian faith and easier access to Satanism and black magic through the internet.

It was far from a silent night for partygoers who pulled on their Christmas jumpers, found the silliest costumes they could and went out for a spot of festive merrymaking in cities including Newcastle.

Finally we have an answer to the burning question, “Are there skanky ghosts?” Apparently, yes, assuming Stephen Briggs from Horncastle, England, actually happened upon specters in the loo and wasn’t just trying to come up with an excuse for why he was in the bathroom for such a long time. All kidding aside, who here […]