Vol. I · No. 16 Price: One Tinfoil Hat

“All the News That’s Unfit to Believe”

The Morgue

The Archive

Every story we have printed, from the merely odd to the frankly impossible. Filter by strangeness, section, source or month.

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  1. · Oddities & Curiosities

    Earhart 'Wreckage' on Pacific Isle Proves to Be a Stand of Large Trees

    Expedition to Nikumaroro reports the so-called Taraia Object, spotted in satellite imagery, was not the aviator's lost aircraft after all.

    ◉○○○○Strangeness 1 of 5 · Unexplained Mysteries

  2. · Spirits & Specters

    Teenage Girl's 1912 Confession to 35 Axe Murders Anchors Podcast Tour of Haunted America

    A Weird Darkness episode pairs the Louisiana 'Church of Sacrifice' case with phantom hitchhikers, poison-pen letters and a most-haunted house that may never have existed.

    ◉◉◉○○Strangeness 3 of 5 · Weird Darkness

  3. · Skies & Saucers

    Halley's Comet Sheds Debris Over Earth as Orionids Peak; UFO Watchers Urged to Take Notes

    Unknown Country says the annual shower offers a free lesson in telling the natural from the unexplained, though moonlight may spoil the view.

    ◉○○○○Strangeness 1 of 5 · Unknown Country (Whitley Strieber)

  4. · The Occult Desk

    Jinn Were Never Lamp-Bound Wish Merchants, Art Platform Argues; Medieval Baghdad Painted Them Tending Bath Furnaces

    An essay from Exhibo Art Platform, flagged by The Anomalist, sets out to separate the hidden ones of Arabian tradition from the blue, joke-cracking genie of animation.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · Exhibo Art Platform

  5. · Ancient Enigmas

    Tiny Copper Ornament Said to Overturn Old Notions of Far Southern Metalworkers

    A paywalled preview from Ancient Pages claims a paper-thin metal object has upended long-held assumptions about nomadic peoples of the far south.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · Ancient Pages

  6. · The Occult Desk

    12th-Dimensional 'Creators' Tell Humanity: You Hold the Power, Not the Tycoons

    A channeled message published by Era of Light urges readers to stop looking outward at the powerful and to start directing their own reality.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · Era of Light

  7. · Dispatches from the Boards

    Freshman Wonders If Life Is 'Video on Repeat' After Year of Recurring Familiarity

    A Reddit user posting to r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix reports nine to twelve intense deja vu episodes this year, several arriving at a new school.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix

  8. · The Occult Desk

    Retrograde Parade Draws Astrologer and Author to Wednesday Livestream

    Christopher Knowles of The Secret Sun announces an evening discussion of planetary retrogrades and a general sense of being stuck.

    ◉○○○○Strangeness 1 of 5 · The Secret Sun (Christopher Knowles)

  9. · Ancient Enigmas

    Roman Coffin Beneath Westminster Abbey May Hold Saxon Abbot, Not Roman Gentleman

    New study suggests the skeleton in a long-puzzling sarcophagus belongs to an 11th-century churchman, rather than the Briton named on its stone.

    ◉○○○○Strangeness 1 of 5 · The Debrief

  10. · Fringe Science & Earth Changes

    Dancing Plague, Duelling Magicians and Possible Trees Mistaken for Earhart's Plane

    The Daily Grail's roundup of October 21 ranges from Maltese stone tracks to a computer built from living human brain cells.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · The Daily Grail

  11. · Dispatches from the Boards

    Woman Who Knew Dog-Walker's Name Ignored His Husky, Then Vanished After Three Mornings

    A Reddit user posting to r/Paranormal says a stranger met him at the same spot on three days, never noticed his famously jumpy dog, and was never seen again.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · r/Paranormal

  12. · Skies & Saucers

    Cloaked Craft Said to Hover Over São Paulo, Wearing Rainbow and Shedding Rain

    A UFO blogger says a TikTok video shows an alien vessel betraying itself through condensation, though the clip comes from a weather account.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · UFO Sightings Daily

  13. · Skies & Saucers

    Dating-App Stargazing Outing Yields Two 'Cigar' Objects Above Tree Line, Poster Reports

    A 37-year-old self-described average man says a first date and a blanket in a pasture produced a corroborated double flyby, after weeks of orbs that followed a CE5 attempt.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · r/Experiencers

  14. · Spirits & Specters

    Weary Traveller Finds Luxury Smoking Lounge at Heathrow; Room Never Seen Again

    A Reddit user recalls a 10-hour layover, a door marked with a sticker, and a chamber of ottomans and free snacks that failed to reappear a month later.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · r/Paranormal

  15. · Spirits & Specters

    Midnight Carnival Said to Rise Behind Abandoned Gravel Pit as Three Friends Kneel

    A Weird Darkness audio episode describes a boy, his two friends and a dead grandfather's words that summon music from the woods.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · Weird Darkness

  16. · Skies & Saucers

    Transport Canada Collected Fifteen Years of UFO Reports, and Investigated None, Records Show

    A 154-page release under access-to-information law describes an aviation regulator that receives sightings from pilots, police and the public, then files them and moves on.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · The Canada Report

  17. · Ancient Enigmas

    Roman Cave in Eastern Iberia Yields 120 Inscriptions to a Goddess Called 'the Lady'

    Researchers report the largest collection of Latin cave inscriptions known from the Roman Empire, pointing to a sanctuary where women took a leading ritual part.

    ◉○○○○Strangeness 1 of 5 · Ancient Pages

  18. · Ancient Enigmas

    Lost Inca Roads Found Beneath Jungle Canopy Near Machu Picchu

    A Polish-Peruvian team says laser scanning from drones has revealed more than 2.5 kilometers of forgotten pre-Columbian road on Mount Yanantin.

    ◉○○○○Strangeness 1 of 5 · Ancient Pages

  19. · Spirits & Specters

    Hatted Gentleman Hushes Sleepless Woman in Bedroom at 3 A.M., Reddit Post Reports

    A woman in her mid-forties asks fellow readers whether a silent, searching intruder was a ghost or a trick of the waking mind.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · r/Paranormal

  20. · The Occult Desk

    Archangel Michael Advises Readers That Ascension Has Already Occurred, and Will

    A channeled message published by Era of Light says all timelines and selves are happening at once, and that listeners are standing at a dimensional door.

    ◉◉◉○○Strangeness 3 of 5 · Era of Light

  21. · The Occult Desk

    Rose Ley Lines Stir Beneath the Earth, Channeled Message Says; Public Urged to Slow Down

    A transmission attributed to Mary Magdalene and published on Era of Light counsels humanity to trade hurry for tenderness.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · Era of Light

  22. · The Occult Desk

    Broadcasting Executive, 42, Reports Floating From Sofa After Strange Spring Vibrations

    A post from Unariun Wisdom recounts how Robert A. Monroe, a conventional suburban family man, says an afternoon rest in 1958 led to the discovery of a "second body."

    ◉◉◉○○Strangeness 3 of 5 · Unarius Academy of Science

  23. · Fringe Science & Earth Changes

    Brain Cells Read Braille, Neanderthal Bears Old Wound, and a Green Star Appears

    The Debrief's weekly roundup reports on lab-grown brain tissue, a 75,000-year-old skeleton from Iraqi Kurdistan, and white dwarfs in unexpected colors.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · The Debrief

  24. · Dispatches from the Boards

    Journalist Says White House Is Overseeing 'UAP Legacy Program'; Names Devin Nunes

    A post on r/UFOs relays Ross Coulthart's claim that President Trump is now fully aware of the program, though no supporting evidence accompanies it.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · r/UFOs

  25. · Dispatches from the Boards

    Board Weighs Plan to Torture Archons for Their 'Loosh'; Consensus Elusive, Clock Questioned

    A thread on /x/ asks whether Gnostic overlords might be fed upon in turn, and draws fifty-two replies ranging from metaphysics to song lyrics.

    ◉◉◉○○Strangeness 3 of 5 · 4chan /x/ (Paranormal)