Laurinburg team to investigate the paranormal

Laurinberg Exchange-- Ever had an experience you couldn't quite explain?

Perhaps there were items in your house that seemed to move of their own volition, or strange sounds that lacked a rational origin, or perhaps a feeling that you were in the presence of something that falls outside of the parameters of everyday phenomena.

If so, a newly formed paranormal research team in Laurinburg is prepared to help explain your experiences.

"Our group is based on scientific research, and we may be able to ascertain whether or not what you've experienced has a paranormal origin," East Koast Illusions co-founder Scott Sessoms said. "The most common way to describe 'paranormal' is by using words like 'ghost' or 'haunting'. A lot of people believe that what they've witnessed is rooted in the so-called supernatural, and with our equipment we can tell whether or not that's true."

‘Ghost Hunters’ investigates Absecon Lighthouse haunting claims

Shore News Today-- The Atlantic Paranormal Society, aka TAPS, from the SyFy Network series “Ghost Hunters” recently completed a week of investigations at the Absecon Lighthouse investigating claims that the local lighthouse is haunted for an episode of the show due to air in February.

“Ghost Hunters” is an hour-long weekly reality show that follows a group of real-life paranormal researchers as they investigate haunted claims across the country. The Absecon Lighthouse sent TAPS an invitation to explore the rich, historical site after experiencing some strange phenomena.

Perhaps the earliest recorded story of paranormal activity dates back to 1905 when a newspaper article reported that the Jersey Devil had been seen by the head lighthouse keeper at the top of the 171-foot tower.

Terry Pratchett Argues For Assisted Death

Guardian.co.uk-- Should those with incurable illnesses be allowed to choose how and when they die? In his Richard Dimbleby lecture, author Terry Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's disease, makes a plea for a common-sense solution.


When I was a young boy, playing on the floor of my grandmother's front room, I glanced up at the television and saw Death, talking to a knight. I didn't know much about death at that point. It was the thing that happened to ­budgerigars and hamsters. But it was Death, with a scythe and an amiable manner. I didn't know it at the time, of course, but I had just watched a clip from Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, wherein the knight engages in protracted dialogue, and of course the ­famous chess game, with the Grim Reaper who, it seemed to me, did not seem so terribly grim.

The image has remained with me ever since and Death as a character ­appeared in the first of my Discworld novels. He has evolved in the series to be one of its most popular characters; implacable, because that is his job, he appears to have some sneaking regard and compassion for a race of creatures which are to him as ephemeral as mayflies, but which nevertheless spend their brief lives making rules for the universe and counting the stars.

Ouija Boards for Eight Year Old Girls?

One News Now-- Toys R Us is selling Ouija boards, promoting them as acceptable for children as young as eight years old.

The pink edition of the Ouija board is listed for girls eight-years-old and up while the regular version is designated for all children eight and up. Stephen Phelan, communications manager of Human Life International, checked the website and reports that the findings are disturbing.

"It is just troubling that these things are treated as casually as any other game, like Monopoly or anything else on this Toys R Us site -- and I think it's something Christians should be aware of and really not support," he states.