Stay home, kids. Lock your doors. There’s a maniac roaming the streets of YOUR town dressed as the Cat in the Hat from the popular children’s books and movies. He’s been seen lurking in a sinister manner in driveways, peering through windows and caught in security camera footage… Warnings are all over the internet aboutContinue reading “Cat in the Hat Serial Killer Panic!”
Author Archives: Paul Weatherhead
Demonic Lancashire: Coming Soon…
My new book will be out by Halloween. It’s called Demonic Lancashire: Possession and Exorcism in the Red Rose County. Here’s the back blurb: Seventeenth-century Lancashire was a divided and demon-haunted land. Religious conflict, accusations of witchcraft and fear that the End Times were approaching created a world in which the Devil seemed frighteningly real.Continue reading “Demonic Lancashire: Coming Soon…”
The Incredible Shrinking Manhood! Black Magic Penis Theft
One evening in early July 2026, nineteen-year-old Ruphus Chai Ngala was walking to his home in the Kenyan village of Mdangarani. Kilifi County. On his way he passed a local woman named Asha Samini who was wearing traditional Muslim dress. They exchanged greetings and the woman asked Ruphus ‘Uko sawa (Are you ok)?’ The youthContinue reading “The Incredible Shrinking Manhood! Black Magic Penis Theft”
Blinded by the Light: Kids on LSD stare at the sun until they go blind
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun But mama, that’s where the fun is (Manfred Mann’s Earthband) I heard about this guy once. Took LSD, lay down in a field and stared at the sun until his eyes melted… He was discovered later by friends staggering round the fieldContinue reading “Blinded by the Light: Kids on LSD stare at the sun until they go blind”
Three-eyed Tibetan Monk flies to Venus in a Flying Saucer: The Story of Dr Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
Ever wondered what it’s like to have your third eye opened surgically? In his bestselling 1956 book The Third Eye, Tuesday Lobsang Rampa describes the procedure that he underwent on his ninth birthday in a Tibetan monastery. One lama held young Rampa’s head between his knees to keep him still. Another lama applied a herbalContinue reading “Three-eyed Tibetan Monk flies to Venus in a Flying Saucer: The Story of Dr Tuesday Lobsang Rampa”
Funny Smell Fears Fuel Fainting Fits Across Britain
Feeling anxious? Feeling stressed about war, terrorism, inflation, pollution, infection, shortages? If so, you’re not alone. But…what’s that smell? Sort of chemical-like… You’re feeling a bit nauseous and your head is starting to spin… And down you go. And then someone else bites the dust. And then another….They’re dropping like flies… Could this be aContinue reading “Funny Smell Fears Fuel Fainting Fits Across Britain”
Spiked with One Sip!
O, take heed girls! One sip is all it takes…Look what happened to Millie Taplin. She accepted a drink from a strange man and was rendered paralysed, trapped in her own body and squirming and gurning as if possessed by a demon. Millie’s mother released a shocking video of her daughter taken while she wasContinue reading “Spiked with One Sip!”
Wind-Heeled Jack: The Terror of Brum 1886
A strange and terrifying figure haunted Birmingham in the autumn of 1886. He was tall, powerful, shrouded in white and his hideous face burned with an unearthly fiery glow and the sight of him was enough to send you insane. Some thought him a ghost and some thought him a devil. Others suspected he wasContinue reading “Wind-Heeled Jack: The Terror of Brum 1886”
Mellow Yellow ~ The Great Banana Hoax
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if a cheap, easily available store cupboard ingredient could provide you with unlimited and totally legal psychedelic experiences? Enter Musa sapientum, ‘the fruit of the wise’, otherwise known as the humble banana. Some called it ‘Mellow Yellow’, some called it Bananadine or Bananadine Acid or simply Banana Sunshine, the store cupboardContinue reading “Mellow Yellow ~ The Great Banana Hoax”
Mother Cuthburt and her Daughters: The Forgotten Witches of Lancashire
The story of the 1612 Lancashire Witch Trials is well known. Eight women and two men were found guilty and executed for heinous crimes involving witchcraft, often accused by each other, their own families or convicted on the testimony of a little girl. Their names still resonate today – Old Chattox, Old Demdike, Mouldheels, SquintingContinue reading “Mother Cuthburt and her Daughters: The Forgotten Witches of Lancashire”
Paul Weatherhead 