UFO Over Norway?
The Internet has been a buzz over videos of a strange blue light seen in the night sky over Norway. What could it be? Articles like this one have appeared all over the web: Mystery Light Show Dazzles...
View Article“Thresholds into other realms”
I have a special announcement to make: I will be appearing as a regular or semi-regular guest on the new radio show “Thresholds into other realms” hosted by Sam Maranto, John Stephenson & Anthony...
View ArticleCase of Mistaken Identity Leads to UFO Claims in Chicago
This was the original newscast from ABC Channel 7: Now, they are saying that “Mysterious lights spotted Saturday night in Chicago were actually part of a memorial to victims of child abuse.” The...
View ArticleTop 8 UFO Encounters in Illinois
The recent case of mistaken identity that led to claims of a UFO over Chicago piqued our interest at the Legends and Lore of Illinois, so we called in John Stephenson, our resident UFO expert, to tell...
View ArticleParanormal 101: Unidentified Flying Objects
In these posts, I will provide a list of books I think anyone interested in the paranormal would benefit from reading. Each list will be arranged by topic and will be accompanied by some notes of my...
View ArticleBook Review: In Search of Ancient Mysteries
By Michael Kleen Trueillinoishaunts.com Alan and Sally Landsburg, In Search of Ancient Mysteries. Non-Fiction. (New York: Bantam Books, 1974). Have you ever seen or read anything you couldn’t explain...
View ArticleIt’s something you have lived with most of your life…
“It’s something you have lived with most of your life, which encompasses the need to investigate the mysterious, the drive to seek out answers and ask some tough and often silly questions. For me, of...
View ArticleAn Excerpt from Chasing Shadows: Investigating the Paranormal in Illinois,...
Chasing Shadows by Larry Wilson is a great book with detailed accounts of paranormal investigations across three states. The chapters on places outside of Illinois are really hair-raising, but it’s the...
View ArticleSt. Clair County UFO
From More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline. On the night of January 5, 2000, Police in the St Clair County received numerous reports of a triangular shaped...
View ArticleStrange Lights Over Cumberland Sugar Creek Cemetery
From Chasing Shadows by Larry Wilson. The moon that night was a waning crescent, which is only about one sixth of a moon. The sky was clear for the most part but the cemetery was very dark. We arrived...
View ArticleMysterious Heartland’s Least Popular Top 10 Lists
Earlier this month, we brought you our list of Mysterious Heartland’s most popular top 10 lists, the most well-read of which has attracted nearly 200,000 views. Sadly, over the past four years we have...
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