A telecommunications entrepreneur has become the first woman tourist astronaut. It is estimated that she paid twenty-five million U.S. dollars to Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, for the unique opportunity.

These are the original photos taken by Mark Mann on August 20, 2006. Some guys have all the luck.

The tales and folklore of ghostly haunting stretch across the span of time and recorded history. The debate over the existence of ghosts is far from over. The burden of proof lies not with the ghosts themselves, but with the believers and skeptics that seek them out. For the ghost hunter searching f...

A "haunted" Elizabethan castle could be snapped up for the princely sum of £5,000 after being put up for sale by a council.

The ivy-covered ruins of Llantwit Major Castle or "Old Place" in Llantwit Major, South Wales, will go under the hammer on April 3 at the Vale of Glamorgan Hotel.

Bidders ...

RIVAL TV oddballs Derren Brown and Derek Acorah raised spirits — by having a slanging match in a hotel.

Psychic Derek, 56, tackled illusionist Derren, 35, for publicly blasting him.

An onlooker at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Swansea, said: Derren came over to say hello but Derek looked peeved and asked...
‘Why are you always slagging me off?’

“Derren replied ‘That’s the way I am. I’ve never seen your show but I’ve reservations about you’.”

The pair started rowing but Myleene Klass, DerekÂ’s co-host for the new series of Ghost Towns, stepped in.........

It has been over 4 years since Hollywood resident and Rock and Roll Historian Brett Meisner first noticed a strange image in the background of a photo taken of him at the gravesite of former DoorsÂ’ front man Jim Morrison at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.

Winter failed to show up to its winter solstice service yesterday at Second Congregational Church of Greenwich.



Although the arrival of winter and the advent of Christmas were the main themes for the event, the mild weather didn't conjure an image of any winter wonderland.



"We were hoping for better special effects," said the Rev. Robert Naylor, senior minister at the church on East Putnam Avenue, as he noted the lack of snow.



Winter officially arrived at 7:22 p.m. last night. To mark the longest and darkest day of the year, Second Congregational held a service of Scripture reading, carol singing and labyrinth walking on its property at the Greenwich Labyrinth for Peace and Healing. ...

When Anita Goodrich walked into the Red Dog Tavern last Sunday morning at 2:30 a.m., she immediately sensed the presence of a spirit.

Without any prior knowledge of the pub's history, she accurately named him.

"She knew he was important to the bar," explains her mother, Dee Freedman.

"We...

People around the Salt Lake Valley plan to welcome back the light this evening as they celebrate winter solstice.



Celebrations of the shortest day of the year date back more than 5,000 years to Ireland's Newgrange, a stone structure thought to be used to recognize the solstice. Newgrange is built on a hill, and the building contains a chamber with a window that only allows in light from the sun during the winter solstice.



Tara Sudweeks Willgues, a minister at Church of the Sacred Circle, which promotes earth-based spirituality, said while no one knows how the structure was used, it's apparent it was built for the solstice. ...

It has been over 4 years since Hollywood resident and Rock and Roll Historian Brett Meisner first noticed a strange image in the background of a photo taken of him at the gravesite of former Doors front man Jim Morrison at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. After having the photograph and...

When crop designs first began to be made, they had an extraterrestrial overtone. But now, that has changed. Or, has it? Many "terrestrial" manufacturers of these interesting designs have...

Some commonly held Wiccan beliefs and practices include:



_ The Wiccan religion and related pagan religions incorporate revivals, continuations, and adaptations of customs, mythology, symbology, folkways, worldviews, and spiritual practices from pre-Christian Europe.



_ Those who follow the Wiccan religion refer to themselves as Wiccans. Some use the ancient term for wise ones, witches, but others avoid this term because of negative connotations. Groups of Wiccans sometimes are called circles or covens. ...

Scientists analysing 25 years of data find some 80% of animals have extended the northern edge of their ranges.

With incline of self-professed paranormal investigators, spending many long extenuating hours, through out the day, and primarily the night at locations, if we were to believe the stone tape theory - residual energy, perhaps in years to come will we be investigating ourselves?

With food for thought on that matter, lets now discuss the real effects of paranormal investigations, late nights and how we deal with sleep deprivation, are we working ourselves into an early grave?

From speaking with many friends and people within the paranormal field, the general consensus I hear is that people believe they can train there bodies to require less sleep than they may have been used too, which is of course a false belief. Sleep is the key to our body functions, sleep is our rest period where by the body can repair itself and help maintain aspects of ourselves including our most valuable asset, the human brain.

WASHINGTON -- At the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the small town of Fernley, Nev., there is a wall of brass plaques for local heroes. But one space is blank. There is no memorial for Sgt. Patrick Stewart.





That's because Stewart was a Wiccan, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has refused to allow a symbol of the Wicca religion -- a five-pointed star within a circle, called a pentacle -- to be inscribed on U.S. military memorials or grave markers.



The department has approved the symbols of 38 other faiths; about half of are versions of the Christian cross. It also allows the Jewish Star of David, the Muslim crescent, the Buddhist wheel, the Mormon angel, the nine-pointed star of Bahai and something that looks like an atomic symbol for atheists. ...