Exploring the Unknown, Myths, Lores, and Legends
If you’re into UFO lore, aliens, and hidden military sites, this stop has a strange pull. It’s one of the best-known roadside viewpoints for Area 51 watchers, yet it is not open to the public. To understand why it matters, you have to look at five pieces of the puzzle: the base, the gate, Rachel, the Extraterrestrial Highway, and the stories that refuse to die.
That mood is why this place sticks with people who chase haunted history, ghost lore, and odd corners of the American West. Old Tonopah Cemetery in Tonopah, Nevada, began in 1901, closed in 1911, and gathered its reputation from two things that rarely stay apart for long, real grief and the stories that rise around it.
A lot of roadside motels blur together. The Clown Motel does the opposite. In Tonopah’s high desert quiet, it pulls you in as part fun stop, part paranormal legend, and part sleep-with-the-lights-on dare. Not far from the Extraterrestrial Highway, located next to the Old Tonopah Cemetery, in Tonopah, Nevada.
From the spirit-haunted caves of Homo habilis to the glowing circuits of techno-mystics, this groundbreaking work traces the evolving relationship between humanity and the unseen forces that animate our world. Drawing from a lifetime of mythic living and academic inquiry, shaped by the teachings of Anthropologist Bruce Grindal, the magical theories of Real Magic author Isaac Bonewits, and workshops attended with psychedelic visionaries Timothy Leary and Terence McKenna, author Thomas Baurley delves deep into the forgotten, the forbidden, and the freshly reawakened.
Few figures haunt the imagination and pop culture like the zombie, a nightmarish archetype straddling the line between folklore and modern horror. From Haitian origin stories steeped in myth and pharmacology to the feverish tales of the American backwoods where young people encounter the undead in their most vulnerable moments, as captured in movies like 28 days later or Cabin in the Woods, zombies hold a peculiar sway over our fears and curiosities. These restless entities, often stripped of memory and will, echo through history as both warnings and expressions of collective anxiety.
Ah the infamous “Fountain of Youth.” I was excited when I saw this, but quickly realized it has nothing to do with Ponce de Leon and his fountain. From the first frames, “Fountain of Youth” invites viewers into a world where ancient tales and elusive springs are more than stories passed down through centuries. The film draws on a rich mix of folklore, magic waters, curses, and cures; subjects that have fascinated both scholars and explorers for generations. These themes aren’t just footnotes in legend; they live at the crossroads of belief and science, where archaeologists and storytellers alike find meaning.
I missed this one at the theaters. By the time I saw the previews, it had already left the big screen … at least in my area. I saw it available on Amazon Prime, but I have no idea when it would be discounted or have free streaming. I got impatient. Being a big fan … Read More “Death of a Unicorn (R: 2025)” »
Midnight fog drapes the Mississippi Delta, thick with secrets and shadows. In Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ the land itself feels haunted; cotton fields blanch under moonlight, echoing with sorrow and threat. Set in 1932, this horror epic stitches together the nightmares of the past with stories too real to quiet.
The legend of Black-Eyed Children, or B.E.K., is a modern urban legend of mysterious, ghastly, ghostly evil children who appear late at night with solid black eyes. It apparently first dates from Texas folklore in the mid-1990s.
One of the most common Fae species known in folklore … “Changelings” are faerie creatures that replace stolen human children.