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

“All the News That’s Unfit to Believe”

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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. · The Occult Desk

    Science of Sand: Desert Divination Said to Be Guided by Jinn Reported Still Practiced

    A Reddit post describes Ilm al-Raml, a 1,200-year-old tradition in which dots struck into the ground are said to be directed by unseen spirits.

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

  2. · The Occult Desk

    Kryon Tells Listeners They Were Born Master Pianists, Only the Piano Is Missing

    In a message posted to Era of Light, the channeled entity argues that humanity's inborn powers are capped by the consciousness of the planet, and that the ceiling is now rising.

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

  3. · The Occult Desk

    Writer Finds Flying Saucers Lurking in 1968 Witch Picture

    Christopher Knowles of The Secret Sun contends that the horror film The Crimson Cult hides a second story about UFO abduction beneath its tale of English witchcraft.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · The Secret Sun (Christopher Knowles)

  4. · The Occult Desk

    From Cellar Stairs to Bathroom Mirrors: Weird Darkness Traces the Long Career of Bloody Mary

    A podcast essay follows a Halloween divination game from a Scottish footnote through a tomcat in the cellar to a self-help bestseller, and asks who, if anyone, is answering.

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

  5. · The Occult Desk

    Federation of Light Fields Reader's Questions on Pyramids, Codes and the Grieving Heart

    In a channeled session published on Era of Light, Blossom Goodchild relays what she says are answers from a collective called the Federation of Light on activations, feelings and life after death.

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

  6. · The Occult Desk

    Anonymous Poster Declares Demiurge 'a Demon' Who Soils Itself in Public; Board Weighs In

    A thread on /x/ about the Gnostic creator-figure draws 46 replies, ranging from Egyptian funerary texts to a claim of being the demiurge's flesh puppet.

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

  7. · The Occult Desk

    Anonymous Board Weighs How to Tell Pan From the Devil; Thread Soon Turns to Egyptian Gods and Cosmic Order

    An opening post warning that the two figures look alike and must not be confused draws 35 replies on the nature of evil, from Set to the Aztecs.

    ◉◉○○○Strangeness 2 of 5 · 4chan /x/ (Paranormal)

  8. · The Occult Desk

    Costa Rican Engineer Asks Machines Whether 1998 Visitor Could Have Known the Future

    Researcher Luis Quiros tells Whitley Strieber's radio program that statements by "the Master of the Key" look very different from the vantage of 2026.

    ◉◉◉○○Strangeness 3 of 5 · Unknown Country (Whitley Strieber)

  9. · The Occult Desk

    Anonymous Vessel Fields Questions for 'Fragment of Source' on 4chan; Readers Suspect a Chatbot

    A poster claiming seven years of contact with an ancient intelligence offers an audience with the entity, and the audience offers a number of theories of its own.

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

  10. · The Occult Desk

    Board Asks Whether Wachowskis' Space Opera Was Secret Disclosure All Along

    An anonymous poster on /x/ argues that a widely panned film about harvested humans may have been a message that slipped past an inattentive public.

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

  11. · The Occult Desk

    Author Promises to 'Turn Conventional Wisdom on Its Head' Over The Exorcist

    Christopher Knowles of The Secret Sun says a documentary decoding the 1973 horror classic is coming within a month, with receipts.

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