Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS, POLTERGEISTS:

The true story of Annabelle, the haunted doll from The Conjuring
Annabelle is real. One of the creepiest parts of the truly scary The Conjuring is the evil possessed doll Annabelle, who makes up the cornerstone of Ed and Lorraine Warren's spooky museum of trophies. Director James Wan redesigned Annabelle for the movie, giving her a much more disturbing appearance, but in real life Annabelle was just your run of the mill Raggedy Ann doll...

(Also read: The Possessed Doll)

Is the house from The Conjuring still haunted?
The real owners of the house featured in The Conjuring are experiencing troublesome disturbances not from ghosts but with obsessed fans, who have watched the horror flick. The Conjuring's intense popularity has brought unwelcomed visitors to the house, especially at night when fans snoop in the backyard in the middle of the night...

WEIRD CREATURES:

Has the legendary chupacabras turned up in Belarus?
A mysterious beast that has been attacking cattle has been killed on a farm in Belarus, baffling people living nearby and the local vet with its bizarre appearance. This freakish monstrosity, which some cynics might say looks a lot like a normal woodland animal, had been attacking cows and calves, drawing parallels to the chupacabras of Latin American legend...

The problem with werewolves
Nick Redfern: When it comes to werewolves, it's not so much the fact that we have reports which is the problem. Rather, it's the fact that the very mention of the word "werewolf" provokes controversial imagery born out of Hollywood movies...

(Also read: The Werewolf of Bedburg)

9 best Alaskan native hairy man stories
In Alaska they have a cryptid "Hairy Man" that goes by many names. The Delta Discovery, a local publication owned by Native Alaskans has been chronicling the Hairy Man stories since February 2013....

Did a historian document a battle between Vikings and Bigfoots?