Wednesday night I had the pleasure of chatting with the folks from “The Beer Latte Podcast,” a podcast originating from Toms River, New Jersey. On their side of the line was Steve Del Prete, his wife, Danielle, his brother, Nick, and their friend, Dani. On my side of the line was…just me (but I think…
Ghost Horses
Back in the mid-seventies, Michael Martin Murphey performed a song called “Wildfire.” It was a song about a horse that gets lost in a blizzard and its owner, a young woman, goes out searching for it. Both the woman and the horse die in the storm. (See, it’s one of those uplifting kinds of songs.)…
Dancing Plague
In Illinois, we have been ordered to stay-at-home, not that it’s unusual for me, because I work at home. But it’s unusual because I have company now, there are three other adults who are sharing my normally isolated space. As I look through Facebook, I’m finding quite a few reports of people who suddenly are…
Doctors and Nurses – Our Heroes
A few years ago, while at dinner with my friends the Juliens and the Lights, Ophelia told me about a hospital-sponsored program that she thought I would have loved, about medicine and spirituality. The guest speaker was Scott J. Kolbaba, MD and he is the author of “Physicians’ Untold Stories.” After hearing some of the…
Can Dogs Sense Death?
I was reading a thread in a forum today and someone brought up the Grim Reaper, as a joke. But the responses to that post had me wondering, so I thought I’d share this with you. The first response was: “Reminds me of an incident from a long time ago. I had two dogs, an…
Oklahoma – Ghost Hollow and Satan’s House
For the past few weeks, we’ve explored some of the creepy places and creatures that come from Ohio. Today, we’re going to go cross-country and visit another great state in our Union – Oklahoma. (Admit it, you just sang the song in your head when you read that word.) I’m not sure if Ghost Hollow…
The Gallipolis Ohio Mothman
If you’ve heard of The Mothman, you’ve probably heard of him connected to the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, right? If not, you might have heard about the 2002 movie called “The Mothman Prophecies” starring Richard Gere. The movie was based on a book by John Keel also called “The Mothman Prophecies.” There’s even…
Ohio Monsters – The Loveland Frogman
Why is it whenever I hear the word “monsters” anymore, the voice in my head is the Gingerbread Man from Shrek? “You’re a monster!” Sorry, I digress. Here we are, back in Ohio, and today we are going to be exploring one of Ohio’s favorite monsters. My starting off website is Akron Ohio Moms website,…
Let’s Go Back to Ohio!!!
Last week we started our journey into the weird and wonderful paranormal happenings in Ohio. And, I really was going to write about something else this week – until I found this amazing story by Chris Bambam on the Astonishing Legends Facebook page. I contacted Chris and he was kind enough to let me share…
Elderberry Syrup
With the news going around about the coronavirus spreading – and just because it’s flu season, I thought I’d share my recipe for Elderberry Syrup. Although it may seem like a “Grandma’s Home Remedy” studies have proven elderberry syrup to be efficacious in either preventing or reducing the symptoms of virus-related diseases. Although there have…