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Maddie Kosloski
- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 6 September
Welcome to September! Autumn is almost upon us and that means pumpkin lattes and all things Halloween! Until then, here's this week's paranormal news update. 1) Why the Ghost Hunters team is super selective about which tech equipment they use. (As a side note, the paranormal museum sells a wide array of tech for all your ghost hunting needs...). 2) What do you do when your home is too haunted to sell? You rent it to ghost hunting enthusiasts via AirBnB. 3) The Witch's Tree at
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Maddie Kosloski
- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 30 August
Amidst all the usual craziness in the news, the paranormal crazy just keeps on coming. So here's my top five roundup of this week's paranormal news! 1) Do not storm Area 51. Repeat after me: do NOT storm Area 51. But since no one listens to me (sigh), a second Nevada county has declared a state of emergency in the face of the upcoming "Storm Area 51" event, which aims to... release kidnapped aliens from the military's not-so-secret site? 2) Is the infamous home from The Conju
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Maddie Kosloski
- Aug 23, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 23 August
The end of summer is approaching. Bad news for school kids. Good news for moms. Great news when you live in California's central valley where it is HOT. So let's all cool off with another dose of your weekly paranormal news! 1) A group of moms start their own ghost hunting group. And they're awesome. 2) Ghost boy caught on security camera? Hm... You be the judge. 3) Fashion witch (yes, it's a thing now) gives tips on how to incorporate magic into your beauty routine. 4) Certa
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Maddie Kosloski
- Aug 16, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! Aug 16th, 2019
Welcome to your paranormal news for the week. I'm super excited about this week's batch of news, because item number one is simply... inspiring! At least, it's inspiring if you run a paranormal museum... 1) The York Ghost Merchants opens today in the historically haunted city of York, and what does it sell? Ghosts, of course! Yes, you can buy your own, unique ghost to take home. (Now why didn't I think of that for the museum?) 2) Archaeologists are still digging up interestin
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Maddie Kosloski
- Jul 26, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 26 July
Welcome to another week of the strange, oddball, and just plain paranormal! A lot of aliens and cryptozoology this week, so let's get started! 1) The Loch Ness Monster, captured on sonar! (Maybe) 2) And a Bigfoot howl captured in Kentucky? 3) So, the whole, "let's storm Area 51 and set the aliens free" thing turned out to be a joke gone awry. (Much like the Rosecrucians, but with the possibility of death by US military). Here's how this joke went so badly wrong. 4) And speaki
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Maddie Kosloski
- Jul 5, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 5 July 2019
Happy Independence Day (belated), America! Here's this week's paranormal news. 1) Paranormal investigator claims demonic hauntings are EXTREMELY rare. So... that's good news. 2) Seen over Colorado and caught on a security camera, something plummeting from the sky and then suddenly banking left. Is it a UFO? 3) In entertainment news, The Good Witch was renewed for a sixth season on Hallmark Channel. 4) Gatlinburg will host the first ever Bigfoot conference in the Smoky Mountai
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Maddie Kosloski
- Jun 29, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 29 June, 2019
Maybe Susan from Wits' End should start taking over this blog, because it sure has been filling up with UFO news... 1) Strange objects seen over Kansas City, and no one seems to have any answers... 2) And Joe Rogan interviews Bob Lazaar, who is crediting with bringing Area 51 to the attention of UFO enthusiasts. And Bob's story is... out of this world. 3) Thinking of witchcraft as a career? It's not all spell casting and Tarot reading. There's also Instagram... 4) UFO museum
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Maddie Kosloski
- Jun 22, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 22 June 2019
Welcome to another week of paranormal news from the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum! We've got ghosts, Bigfoot, UFOs and entertainment news! 1) Woman faints in a paranormal museum (not mine) after being touched by an orb. Is this video evidence of the paranormal? As a side note, at the San Benedetto museum, we only run our video cameras at night, after the museum has closed. 2) Have you heard the mournful call of Bigfoot? No? (Me neither, alas). Then maybe you should go to In
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Maddie Kosloski
- Jun 14, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News: 14 June
I know, I've been a little off schedule with my usual paranormal news. But things have been crazy at the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum. A team of ghost hunters flooded the bathroom in the tearoom next door, and the orbs have gone crazy. (The owner of the tearoom hasn't been too happy about it either). Anyway, my top five paranormal news picks are here! 1) Too bizaare (and weirdly funny) not to share. A woman's outdoor security camera catches... a drunken alien? Dobby the ho
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Maddie Kosloski
- Mar 29, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 29 March 2019
Whew! With all the chocolate and murder, I've had to take a hiatus from posting. But I'm back this week with my top five in paranormal news. 1) First, in honor of St. Paddy's, there's a hidden leprechaun house at Disneyland in Anaheim! It looks more like a tree than a house, but... 2) An interesting article from the BBC on the witch trials in Scotland. 3) And speaking of witches... Here's an article on a new photography collection of modern American witches. 4) Fact or faked?
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Kirsten Weiss
- Mar 8, 2019
- 1 min
Chocolate a'la Murder is Here!
Chocolate a la Murder Series: A Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery, Book 4 Author: Kirsten Weiss Genre: Cozy Mystery Amazon - B&N - Kobo - Google Play - Audible Maddie gets rattled by a candy-coated murder. It's Wine and Chocolate Days in San Benedetto, and paranormal museum owner Maddie Kosloski has sweet dreams about her new Magic of Chocolate exhibit. Her latest attraction is a haunted Mexican whisk called a molinillo that rattles if someone lies. When Maddie visi
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Maddie Kosloski
- Jan 11, 2019
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 11 January 2019
The Paranormal Museum is back from hiatus after the Doyle Witches took over the blog. It's hard to compete with, well, that tale. But I'm game for trying with this week's paranormal news! 1) The witch who solved a murder... It sounds like the title of one of Kirsten Weiss's stories, but this tale of modern Salem witch, Laurie Cabot, is weirdly true. 2) And speaking of witches and murder, was witchcraft an element in this Texas killing? 3) 5 myths about witch hunts. In honesty
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Maddie Kosloski
- Dec 14, 2018
- 1 min
Paranormal News of the Week! 14 December
Whew! The holiday season has kept Leo and I at the museum hopping. But we're not too busy to fill orders. So be sure to check out our online store and get an EMF reader for the ghost buster in your life. 1) Looking for a historically haunted house? The Forge Mansion in Womelsdorf, PA, is for sale! The mansion includes four bathrooms and... ghosts. 2) Haunting with the rich and famous --Jennifer Aniston admits she once lived with a ghost. 3) Were the prehistoric skeletons foun
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Kirsten Weiss
- Dec 4, 2018
- 8 min
The Christmas Witch
Original, short fiction from The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum! Unforgiving, black and white photos of executed murderers stared down at me from the museum’s glossy white walls. Their glowers were nothing compared to Herb’s. Quivering with indignation, Herb deposited the museum cat on my checkerboard floor. The black cat darted to the haunted rocking chair in the corner and sprang onto its wooden seat. “I found GD outside.” The little man blinked accusingly through his c
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Christine Hirlehey
- Dec 2, 2018
- 5 min
7 Tarot Myths Debunked
Thank you to Maddie and the Paranormal Museum for letting me share on one of my favorite topics today! While the idea of Tarot has taken root in popular culture, there are also many myths about Tarot that have made their way into the popular psyche and made the art seem magical and elusive. While this is part of what makes Tarot interesting, it can also make Tarot seem inaccessible. Let’s have a look at some Tarot myths that should be debunked! 1. Tarot is an Ancient Egyptian
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Maddie Kosloski
- Nov 30, 2018
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 30 November
Did you know the Victorians had a tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve? Maybe it's because winter was the traditional spooky season back in the day. Cold. Darkness. Not a lot of food. At the paranormal museum, starting December 1st, we're exploring the supernatural elements of the holiday season -- from St. Nick to Grylla the Christmas Ogress. So stop on by! In the meantime, here's your weekly roundup of paranormal news: 1) 2018 is the 30th anniversary of the S
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Maddie Kosloski
- Nov 23, 2018
- 1 min
Happy Thanksgiving from the Paranormal Museum!
Happy Thanksgiving from the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum! (I know, it's actually the day after Thanksgiving, but we can give thanks every day!) We are so thankful for all our friends who share are love of the oddball and possibly paranormal. There will be no paranormal museum blog today as everyone at the museum is still in a turkey coma. However, for your Thanksgiving pleasure, I offer the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ritual Sacrifice with Pie. Which is second only t
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Maddie Kosloski
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1 min
Paranormal News! 16 November
I'll be honest. It was a slow news week for the paranormal world, and I really had to struggle for these crumbs. I'm not asking for your pity, just explaining why this is so alien-heavy. 1) Several airplane pilots flying into Ireland spotted a UFO. The sighting is currently being investigated, though some are saying it was most likely a meteor. 2) Fed up with shadowy government investigators, a billionaire is funding is own initiative to seek alien life. 3) A doorbell camera
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Kirsten Weiss
- Nov 10, 2018
- 2 min
The Paranormal Museum Mysteries Are Now Audio Books!
More audio books have arrived! The first three books in my Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum series are available as audio books on Audible and iTunes, and I'm loving the covers the publisher designed! Audible | iTunes When Maddie Kosloski’s career flatlines, she retreats to her wine-country hometown for solace and cheap rent. Railroaded into managing the local paranormal museum, she’s certain the rumors of its haunting are greatly exaggerated. But a new ghost may be on the
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