Tag: Eerie

Eerie shipwrecks, a lucky stone and a forsaken castle with a ‘murder window’: Fascinating photos show Ireland’s abandoned treasures

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History is alive and kicking in Ireland – as is revealed in this book of deserted treasures. 

Abandoned Ireland by Dominic Connolly, published by Amber Books, shows the extraordinary past of the small island country, exploring everywhere ‘from the sparsely inhabited west coast to the urban buzz of Dublin and Belfast‘. 

Beautifully illustrated with 180 photographs, readers are taken on an enthralling tour of the ‘lesser-known corners’ of the ‘enchanting island’ – where they’ll see stranded shipwrecks, a

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The eerie truth about New York’s FAKE buildings: Inside the very mysterious structures spread throughout the city – and the sinister conspiracy theories that lurk behind their doors

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If you’re taking a stroll through Brooklyn Heights, you may unknowingly stumble upon 58 Joralemon Street – one of New York City’s many ‘fake buildings.’

On the outside, it looks like your average townhouse, but behind the rustic, red-brick façade lies a steel girder filled with various technologies that are vital for the function of New York City’s train system

Disguised as a stunning three-story family home in the heart of Brooklyn, hundreds of people pass it everyday unknowing that

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A spook-tacular vacation destination: Inside America’s ‘most haunted small town’, whose cast of ghostly characters inhabit an eerie mansion, an abandoned hotel and an Irish pub

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If you’re in the market for a spook-tacular vacation, then make a beeline for Alton in Southwest Illinois.

If you dare.

Alton has a deserved reputation as the most haunted small town in America, with a long roll-call of ghostly residents, from phantom nuns to a bank robber who haunts the local Irish pub and hotel guests… who can never leave.

We asked Cory Jobe, President & CEO of Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, how long Alton has had

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Fascinating photos capture the eerie quiet of New York City’s most famous drinking haunts at dawn – from Ernest Hemingway’s favorite watering hole to an iconic Manhattan gay bar

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Devoid of customers and with sunlight on the horizon, these photos show a different side to New York’s bustling bar scene.

Captured by photographer Daniel Root and published in a new book titled New York Bars At Dawn, the shots range from well-known establishments like Balthazar, McSorley’s, and the Stonewall Inn to nameless dives.

One shot shows the Minetta Tavern in Greenwich Village closed for business with the lights off and the shutters down. The restaurant and bar – famed

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Many frogs glow in blue light, and it may be a secret, eerie language

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In the dim twilight hours, many frogs may be capable of emitting a faint green or orange glow.

A survey of hundreds of frogs in South America shows that far more frogs are biofluorescent than previously thought, researchers report in a preprint posted July 28 at bioRxiv.org. The ghostly colors may have a role in the frogs’ communication with members of the same species, the scientists say.

The findings “are a reminder to check our own perception as humans,” says

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Lori Vallow’s murder trial hears eerie call with former best friend about missing children

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Lori Vallow insisted her son JJ was ‘safe and happy’ months after she allegedly partnered with her doomsday cult husband to murder the little boy.

Jurors at her murder trial were played a damning phone call that the Vallow’s former best friend Melanie Gibb made in December 2019. 

During the call, which Chad Daybell was also on, Vallow also makes the haunting claim she could reveal JJ’s whereabouts, but that ‘that would not be good for JJ’. Several months later,

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Eerie pictures show decay and bones at prison where Al Capone was jailed

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Eerie pictures reveal the inside of one of America’s most haunted prisons where the notorious gangster Al Capone was jailed for eight months in a cell dubbed Park Avenue.

The crumbling stone walls, dark corridors and claustrophobia-inducing cells that once housed thousands of dangerous criminals are laid bare in a series of photographs taken by an urban explorer. 

The infamous Eastern State Penitentiary, in Philadelphia, which closed its doors in 1971, is considered by many people as one of the

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