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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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The shadow of a person seen on a tree in the woods

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Fresno Nightcrawlers

June 17, 2024 by Lucia

Previously: The Red Piano. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Subject was first observed on Nov. 5, 2007 in the city of Fresno, California. It is not known whether Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Fresno Nightcrawlers

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: California, cryptids, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, PE

The Milky Way in the night sky over a cliff

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Dark Watchers, Or Los Vigilantes Obscuros

January 15, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Gryla. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Subjects’ precise date of origin is unknown; they may date back many thousands of years, or they may have only Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Dark Watchers, Or Los Vigilantes Obscuros

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: California, Dark Watchers, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, folklore, Los Vigilantes Obscuros, PE, Santa Lucia Mountains

Haunted Road Trip: Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign

February 13, 2017 by Lucia

Previously: The Sallie House. It’s a fixture of the landscape: 45 feet high and 350 long, stark white against the surrounding brush of Mount Lee, yet harmonious with the blue of the sky above it. Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: California, ghosts, haunted places, Haunted Road Trip, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Old Hollywood, peg entwistle

Abandoned: The Ghost Town Of Bodie, California (Photos)        

August 15, 2016 by Lucia

Previously: Coco Palms Resort.  In the low mountain range lying to the east of the Sierra Nevadas lies a town that, literally, time forgot. It’s called Bodie, California, and it’s a ghost town Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Ghost Town Of Bodie, California (Photos)        

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Abandoned, abandoned places, Bodie, California, ghost towns, photography

Haunted Road Trip: The Los Feliz Murder House, Los Angeles, California

April 25, 2016 by Lucia

Previously: Boy Scout Lane. All houses rumored to be haunted have one thing in common: A dark, tragic history. Sometimes, this “history” is nothing more than a fiction dreamed up after the fact to Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: The Los Feliz Murder House, Los Angeles, California

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: California, haunted houses, Haunted Road Trip, LA, Los Angeles, Los Feliz Murder House, murder, murders

Haunted Road Trip: The Whaley House of San Diego, California

February 9, 2015 by Lucia

Previously: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Like many places believed to be haunted, the Whaley House of San Diego, California doesn’t look like much. Which isn’t to say it doesn’t hold a Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: The Whaley House of San Diego, California

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: California, haunted houses, Haunted Road Trip, San Diego, Whaley House

The Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeled

Haunted Road Trip: Old Hollywood and the Ghosts of the Roosevelt Hotel

December 31, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: Lake Shawnee Amusement Park. Like most of Hollywood, the Roosevelt Hotel is rife with ghost stories from the golden age of the silver screen. First opened in 1927, it played host to all Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: Old Hollywood and the Ghosts of the Roosevelt Hotel

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: California, haunted hotels, Haunted Road Trip, Hollywood, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, LA, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Old Hollywood, Roosevelt Hotel

The Mojave Phone Booth

Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: The Mojave Phone Booth

October 1, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: The Well to Hell.  Type: UCD (Unusual Communication Device) Period/location of origin: 1948, Mojave National Preserve, California. Appearance: Subject, known as the Mojave Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: The Mojave Phone Booth

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: California, Desert, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Mojave Desert, Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Phone Booth, UCD

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