Graveyards are notoriously scary places, especially after dark, and the same is true of old church houses. Churches, despite being houses of God, can also attract opposing forces, making them concentrated gathering points for both good and evil. My first experience with the darker side of churches came right after high school. After taking a vocational floor covering class … [Read more...]
Haunted Museum in Fairview, Utah: Utah Ghost Hunter Registers Voices From the Other Side
There is something to be said about big old buildings, especially ones that have lived more than one life, and as in the case of the Fairview Museum of Art & History, are now filled with relics of a different era. However, being old does not automatically mean that a building is haunted. While I don’t spend every weekend running around the state investigating haunted … [Read more...]
Strange Sightings In Utah County: Don’t Walk Alone After Dark
I have spent my entire life collecting tales about the weird and mysterious elements of Utah — stories that at first seem completely unbelievable, but sometimes, just sometimes, there ends up being more of a foundation of truth than we’d like to admit. (See my article about The Giant Flying Manta Ray of Provo for evidence of this.) Since 2011, I have been documenting sightings … [Read more...]
Mysterious Monolith found in Utah desert. Digital Sleuths Find Location
Nobody is asking the obvious: Did this object come from another planet? What is 10’ tall polished, made of a steel-like metal alloy, triangular and firmly planted into a canyon somewhere in Southeastern Utah? It’s a monolith that is now making national headlines. Two men working for the Utah Department of Public Safety were flying a helicopter to count sheep in the … [Read more...]
Neat Utah Places to Explore – If You Can Get In
Neat Places to Explore - If You Can Get In As if Utah doesn’t have an endless supply of natural landscapes and historic sites to discover, the state is also packed with mysterious underground wonders just begging to be explored ― if you can only get into them. Driving up Little Cottonwood Canyon, I often forget there is an entire world tunneled into the granite. … [Read more...]
Parowan Gap: Secrets of the Past
When considering the greatest archaeological treasures and the sophistication of the former ancient inhabitants of Utah, the small town of Parowan may not come to mind. But in Southern Utah there is a mysterious place known for its sliding sunsets, moon maps, and a strange outcropping of rocks known as the Overseer. Welcome to the Parowan Gap. The Gap is the first … [Read more...]
Aliens at Dugway Proving Ground: Spaceships taking off from “the new Area 51”?
As home to 1,400 residents, you might call Dugway Proving Ground the ultimate gated community. There are an estimated 300 miles of roads around Dugway, but residents have clearance to only a fraction of the secret areas surrounding this mysterious place in Utah’s west desert. Conspiracy theorists claim that Dugway is the “New Area 51”, and that US Government secret programs … [Read more...]
A Christmas Ghost Story
The Holiday Season. Beneath the theological ownership (you had better say “Merry Christmas”, damn it!), mindless, competitive consumerism, and talking caribou with bizarre otorhinolaryngological symptoms, there lies an often-ignored tradition of folklore, myth, and legend—traditions that are steeped in occult practices. Occult, when properly defined, means “Hidden Knowledge” … [Read more...]
Pete Marshall Has No Issues with the 24 Ghosts Who Inhabit His Shop
Four years ago we sent writer Paige Wiren to investigate the most notoriously haunted shop in downtown Salt Lake City—Utah Book and Magazine at 327 S Main Street. The story garnered Pete Marshall, the shop’s owner, a lot of community attention. He signed autographed copies of the story for customers and requested all of our back issues. We were told by several readers that we … [Read more...]
Terror at the Bottom of The Lake
For centuries there have been tales of unknown water monsters lurking within some of the world's waterways. Utah is not stranger to these legends. Danny B Stewart attempts to shed a little light on Utah Lake Monster Lore! There are some wonderful and eerie tales crawling out of Utah's lakes and waterways. Stories that involve what pop-culture and cryptozoology would … [Read more...]