Behind every haunting is a story worth investigating.
From disturbing eyewitness accounts and haunted-house histories to Ouija board encounters and demonology, explore the cases and mysteries we've researched, filmed and experienced firsthand.
Some answers are buried in historical records. Others may be waiting in the footage.
Read the stories. Examine the evidence. Decide for yourself.
Waterdog Lake in Belmont, California, has always been more than another supposedly haunted location to me. I grew up hearing stories about its wooded trails, the lake, and a terrible crime. On October 2, 1984, I was at soccer practice at the middle school when 12-year-old Lance Turner disappeared and was murdered nearby. That personal connection is why the story has stayed with me—and why I eventually returned to the area to investigate its paranormal […]
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Investigate haunted McEwan Road in Port Costa, California: Tim Wood recounts the Lady in Red with glowing green eyes, alleged missing time and his midnight ghost hunt.
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When The Conjuring 2 arrived in theaters in June 2016, one of the questions I kept seeing was simple: Is Valak a real demon, or was the terrifying nun invented for the movie? The answer depends on what we mean by “real.” The name Valak—also written Valac, Volac, or Valu—appears in historical books about demons and ceremonial magic. That is verifiable. What those texts do not establish is that a supernatural being exists, or that […]
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Three years ago I purchased one of the most haunted houses in Pennsylvania. Initially I thought it would be great to have my own haunted house
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Watch the original ZoZo Ouija board video and Tim Wood’s 2012 Sallie House sensory-deprivation experiment, including the reported holy-water neck incident.
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The nine types of demons in one influential historical classification are False Gods, Lying Spirits, Vessels of Iniquity, Revengers of Wickedness, Deluders, Aerial Powers, Furies, Accusers, and Tempters and Ensnarers. These are categories of supposed activity, not nine individual creatures or a list accepted by every religious tradition. For centuries, religious scholars, occult philosophers, and demonologists have attempted to identify and categorize supernatural beings believed to influence the human world. While many people recognize names […]
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I’ve spent years investigating the entity known as ZoZo, often called the Ouija Board Demon. What started as a series of unexplained experiences during my early LiveSciFi ghost hunts eventually became one of the most intense and personally significant investigations of my paranormal career. Since then, I’ve received countless emails from people around the world who believe they’ve encountered ZoZo through a Ouija board. Their experiences often share disturbing similarities: violent planchette movements, repeated messages, […]
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Was The Texas Chain Saw Massacre a true story? Discover Ed Gein’s real crimes, Leatherface’s origins, the fate of Gein’s house, and what’s true in Netflix’s Monster series.
Read the InvestigationIs the Bagul demon real? The terrifying child-stealing entity from the 2012 horror film Sinister may appear to come from ancient mythology, but Bughuul—often spelled Bagul—is a fictional character created for the movie. That doesn’t mean the filmmakers invented every element of his legend. The story draws upon themes found in historical accounts of demons, supernatural beings, and ancient religious beliefs. For comparisons, explore the supernatural entity in Other Mommy and our guide to the […]
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