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On an inspirational episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio — scintillating paranormal talk Thursdays 9-11pE with hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen — we delve into reincarnation and timeless love with author Beth Jacobellis, whose new novel Cameo is based on true events. We talk with Beth at 10pE; at 9pE Joel and Eric review the latest paranormal news from the America’s Most Haunted Twitter feed. Cameo The future looms mysteriously in front of Samantha Ricks, who at the young age of twenty-three, finds herself at a crossroads. Driven by boredom and an innocent pursuit of divine intervention, Samantha makes an impromptu visit to Ingrid Eloise Cook, the infamous Chicago psychic. The moment Samantha walks through Ingrid’s door marks the beginning of her tumultuous journey, tainted with Ingrid’s quiet foreboding that nothing that lies ahead of her will be what it seems. As Samantha starts to see Ingrid’s predictions coming true, she finds herself thrust into the fas...

I recently delivered a talk at Boring VIII in London titled ‘Insects Caught on CCTV’. The conference was a sell-out despite audience members not knowing who was going to be speaking, or what they were going to be speaking about. The idea of the event is ‘Interesting people talking about boring things’, and to give you a good idea of how it worked, I took to the stage after a talk about doormats which followed a talk about call centres. My talk wasn’t just about insects caught on CCTV, but about insects caught on CCTV that aren’t ghosts but that people think are ghosts. I have a collection of these because I think they’re awesome and this is what I was sharing with the audience. Why are they awesome? Well, they’re funny once you realise they’re insects. However, they also tell us a lot about how people view death and their own mortality. And although that may seem a little deep for what is essentially a fly walking across a camera screen and looking a little bit weird, it’s true. ...

When the still sea conspires an armor And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead Awkward instant And the first animal is jettisoned Legs furiously pumping Their stiff green gallop And heads bob up Poise Delicate Pause Consent In mute nostril agony Carefully refined And sealed over -Horse Latitudes, Poem by Jim Morrison. Thalassophobia is the compulsive fear of the sea or sea travel. That also extends to a fear of any large body of water, or what lurks beneath. Most of us land-dwellers have this phobia and for good reasons. We’re the post Jaws, post Black Lagoon generation and that usually means that we’ll think twice about taking a dip in a beach or lake. In 1879 an out of place object in the Atlantic waters gave Captain Edwards quite a shock. Three miles off the Rhode Island coast, the fishing vessel, the Amelia, was making its way onto the shore. The seasoned captain of the vessel had spotted a dark object,...