A Third Friday the 13th
2009 is one of those rare years when there are three months that have a Friday the 13th. The first was February followed a month later in March. The third is today. Instead of repeating the Friday the 13th post from earlier in the year, just take a look at it: Friday the 13th
About Halloween
Halloween has many different names such as: All Hallows Eve, Samhain, All Hallowtide, The Feast of the Dead, Haloween and All Saints Eve. All Hallows Eve has its origins as a pagan celebration that dates back over 2000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts believed that on the night before the [...]
Haunted Hotels
During this Halloween season I’m sure everyone will be creating a list of Hotels that are said to be haunted. Why shouldn’t I be any different? I’m not so I will do my list of 6 hotels that are considered to be haunted. Crescent Hotel When the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas was being [...]
The Druids
Druids were the priestly and learned class active in Gaul, present day France and Belgium. They were suppressed by the Roman Empire in the 1st Century. The Druids passed their culture and history along through oral tales. Little of these are known other than through the writings of the Romans. The core points of druidic [...]
The Summer of ’69
When thinking back 40 years to the Summer of ’69, a year also made famous in the Bryan Adams songs, one will see that there are many things to look back on during this summer besides the Moon Landings. In baseball 1969 was the first year that the leagues expanded to 12 ball clubs each [...]
A Witch in Time
A strange period of history occurred in New England a hundred years before the American Revolution. During much of the last half of the 17th century many, mostly women, were accused of Witchcraft. While the most famous of these witch trials occurred in Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex counties of Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May [...]
J. Allen Hynek
Josef Allen Hynek was born on May 1, 1910 in Chicago, Ill. He died on April 27, 1986 at the age of 75 from a malignant brain tumor at Memorial Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hynek was classified as an expert in astrophysics. He received a B.S. from the University of Chicago received in 1931 and [...]
U.S. Route 666
On May 31, 2003, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved a new number for the remaining segments of U.S. 666 in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. At the request of State transportation officials, the route became U.S. 491. Route 666 was an original 1926 route. It was a spur off of [...]
The Lost Continent of Atlantis
The Island of Atlantis is first mentioned and described by the Greek philosopher Plato in the dialogues Timaeus and Critias. In the account, Plato has it lying beyond the Pillars of Hercules in a time about 9000 years before his telling in about 360 BC. While the dialogues tell the tales as true many scholars [...]
Friday the 13th
A Friday that occurs on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in many cultures around the globe. Any month that begins on a Sunday will contain a Friday the 13th. Every year has at least one and some may have as many as three Fridays the [...]
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