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A View From The Other Side at this Weekend`s Psychic Faire In Salem (VIDEO ADDED)

Residents and visitors can look forward to an afternoon of fun and enlightenment.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Tea Party Bookshop and SynergetInc are coming together Saturday, September 26th, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m., to present their third Psychic Faire.

Tad Stuck with the The Tea Party Bookshop, said, "We have an incredible program, with local psychics, astrologists, channelers, tarot readers, energetic healers and more." Stuck says this is the perfect opportunity to meet a wide array of talented individuals, ask questions, set up a session, and learn something new.

Cops Get Paranormal Help from Above and Beyond

A Michigan State Police Officer's book reveals that law enforcement officers go beyond Sgt. Friday’s old refrain from Dragnet, “Just the facts.”

(TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.) - It started as a routine traffic stop by two Detroit police officers, but seconds later, bullets from an Uzi-style submachine gun came screaming into their vehicle, piercing the hood and doors and shattering the windshield. Then something really weird happened.

The cop behind the wheel has no other explanation but to call it a divine mystery.

Do Near-Death Experiences Alter the Brain?

Author Says It Definitely Changed Him Forever.

(WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.) - After he drank a cobra venom cocktail to simulate death, Jamshid Hosseini knew his worldview was forever transformed, but he also believes his brain was physically altered – rewired into something different.

The experience led him to create a spiritual “roadmap to bliss” that he and co-author Dave Cunningham detail in their critically acclaimed self-help book, Travel Within: The 7 Steps to Wisdom and Inner Peace.

New Book is a Compelling Examination of Oregon`s Paranormal Places

Haunts of Western Oregon is a wonderful introduction to the paranormal, equally interesting to die hard enthusiasts!

(SALEM, Ore.) - The first thing I detected about Haunts of Western Oregon, is the inviting cover art. The positive impression that made only grew once I started reading. One great short story after another, easier to read than to put down- and you have a chance to not only buy the book, but also meet the author this weekend here in Salem.

As a respected Oregon author and lecturer, Kent Goodman's specialty is the unusual; things like prehistoric sacred sites, crop circles, and other supernatural subjects in the United States and England.

Tour of Historic Oregon State Hospital`s Final Day

Haunted history and Hollywood hype shadow old asylum's last tour.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The old Oregon State Hospital buildings on Center Street have been the center of ceaseless activity this week.

Destruction crews have been busy rendering them into rubble as a new stage is set for psychological and psychic treatment in Salem.

How Witches Evolved

Trials of persons who claimed to be witches simply confirmed that they possessed what they always claimed they had, power.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Rev. Montague Summers who wrote the Introductions to the MALLEUS MALEFICARUM, spoke of witches as late as the 1920s as if they truly existed, nor have I read anywhere that the Church has reversed its position on the matter. Summers also defended the Inquisition's methods as necessary to keep the Catholic flock under control.

Many Evangelists claim their followers alone are real-Christians, and that “intelligent people” who question what they say is the word of God, “are evil." They use politics to achieve their end by appealing to the Religious Right of the Republican Party’s base composed of Conservative die-hard traditionalists.

Introduction to Witches

Real? Not real? At the common level, even today, the elements of presumed witchcraft are fear of the unknown, belief in supernatural powers, and a tendency to symbolize so as to give substance and identity to intangibles.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Belief in mysterious forces is not uniquely a Christian phenomenon. Witches and witchcraft fall into the mysterious category that was, and is, common to ancient, isolated or primitive societies, and continues to be a relevant part of cult-belief in many parts of the world, including the U.S. Southwest.

Psychic excitement may actually produce physical manifestations, as in the Easter phenomenon of bloody palms, etc. - suggestive of the wounds caused by the crucifixion of Jesus - a demon-stration [metaphorically speaking] of faith that approaches the level of witchcraft.

Julio Caro Baroja, author of THE WORLD OF THE WITCHES - published in Spain - says there are two sides to the question, what are witches?

Hauntings Include Restless Ghosts, Chilling Sounds and Vampires

New Orleans, not surprisingly, has its share of local lore.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In a city that attracts crowds for Mardi Gras celebrations and blues festivals, beautiful architecture and fine cuisine, New Orleans is, in some circles, even more famous for its established inhabitants.

It's a shame they're all dead.

Many bars and shops boast of their ghostly inhabitants. Even La Petite Theatre du Vieux Carre is known for strange happenings and the eerie ghost Caroline. Reports say that Caroline was an actress at the theatre in the 1920s.

Vietnamese Government Confirms UFO Explosion (VIDEO)

UFO debris rains down over Phu Quoc Island coastline.

(KIEN GIANG, Vietnam) - An unidentified flying object exploded at about 10:00 AM on May 27th over the northern part of Phu Quoc Island, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

This is a region off the coast of the southern province of Kien Giang. Col. Nguyen Van Qui, military chief of the island district, reported the explosion and consequent discovery of debris.

Blue Ghost Recorded on Ohio Gas Station Camera (Video)

The owner told Salem-News that this isn't the first time he has been witness to something that defied explanation.

(PARMA, Ohio) - Could an Ohio gas station be built atop an old Indian burial ground? That's what one man says in Parma, Ohio, an incorporated city southwest of Cleveland, where a gas station owner caught something he wasn't at all trying for.

A security camera caught a blue ghost on video, and it seems to be in no apparent hurry; the recording lasted half an hour.