Paranormal Dispatch from The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum! 8 May, 2026

--By Maddie Kosloski of the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum

Photo by Edan Cohen on Unsplash

May is fairy time at the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum! Stop by our new, expanded Magic of Fairies exhibit, and be sure to grab your free download on Fairy Offerings HERE.

And now, here are my top five picks for paranormal news of the week!

1) First up, there's fresh pushback on the old idea that infrasound explains away haunted houses. You know the one—low-frequency rumbles from pipes or whatever supposedly make people feel watched or scared. A new study got a bunch of headlines claiming it cracks the case, but when you read the details, the researchers themselves say it's not that simple. The infrasound made folks annoyed or a bit stressed in tests, sure, but it didn't spark actual fear, cold spots, or anything like a proper apparition. Nice try, science, but the ghosts around here still feel plenty real.

2) Then there's this piece worrying that some folks in the scientific community are trying to slap labels on people who report spooky stuff, basically pathologizing them as having "Haunted People Syndrome" or high "transliminality." It comes off as a way to dismiss witnesses instead of digging into what they saw. I've dealt with enough odd visitors and exhibits here to know that not every strange encounter fits neatly into a psychological box. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the weirdest one.

3) Over in Ohio, people are on edge about a possible Bigfoot-like creature. Eerie howls, massive footprints around 17 inches long, reports of a tall, dark-furred beast in the northeast part of the state. It's got locals thinking a family of them might have moved in after a rough winter pushed them closer to town. Reminds me how these sightings pop up in clusters—same thing happened back in the late '70s there.

4) And not to be outdone, a woman in Louisiana apparently stumbled right onto a Sasquatch. The details are classic: unexpected encounter, that mix of shock and "did I really just see that?" I always perk up at these cryptid stories because they feel so grounded in everyday life until suddenly they're not.

5) Finally, a fascinating one about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe described the book coming to her in visions, almost like she was taking dictation rather than inventing it all. She said things like "I did not write it. God wrote it." Spiritualists have long wondered if it leaned into automatic writing territory.

If you're enjoying these weekly dispatches and want more ghostly mysteries with a side of small-town sleuthing, you might like the stories I've lived through myself in the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum cozy mystery series. Swing by the museum in San Benedetto sometime—we've got signed copies on the shelves, and I'd love to chat about your own spooky encounters. Can't make it? Stop by our online shop!

Speaking of tools for tuning into the unexplained, our UnTarot deck has been flying off the shelves lately—perfect for asking the spirits (or just pondering your next cozy read). We'd love to see you at the San Benedetto Paranormal Museum down the street.