Kevin Mannis admitted inventing the original Dybbuk Box story. Tim Wood examines the evidence, recounts his 2012 box investigation and reports unexplained incidents at Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum.
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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.
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St. Ignatius Hospital, Ghosts and Real Paranormal Experiences
History, reported hauntings, and LiveSciFi’s three-night 2016 ghost hunt at St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, Washington, with the Devil’s Asylum episode.
Read the InvestigationIs the Demon Paimon Real in Hereditary Movie
Is King Paimon from Hereditary real? Tim Wood examines the demon’s historical sources, sigil, the 2018 film’s occult details and The Demon Files.
Read the InvestigationWaterdog Lake, Belmont: Haunted History & Our Investigation
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 […]
Read the InvestigationHaunted McEwan Road of Port Costa
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.
Read the InvestigationIs the Valak Demon Real in the Conjuring 2 Movie
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 […]
Read the InvestigationHaunted Real Estate, Things you Should Know
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
Read the InvestigationReal Ghost Demon Caught on Tape: ZoZo Ouija Board Investigation
Watch the original ZoZo Ouija board video and Tim Wood’s 2012 Sallie House sensory-deprivation experiment, including the reported holy-water neck incident.
Read the InvestigationTypes of Demons: 9 Classes in Historical Demonology
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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