Paranormal Magazine UK

By Charlene Kemp

There is a certain criteria that a story meets in order for it to be classed as a hoax. Below is a list of criteria that the stories below meet and unfortunately is classed as being a hoax.

Criteria

The hoax must be deliberate and may have a motive to what is wanting to be established.

The hoax must include an obvious “paranormal” occurrence of some kind.

The hoax must have achieved a reasonably high public profile.

The hoax must have made a lasting impact on human society. This is the deciding factor—more important than how well the hoax was executed or how believable it appears to be. Lack of information/background information or records to back the story up.

http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/directory/top/hoaxes.html
so here is a list of the Top 10 paranormal Hoaxes in History

10. King Tut’s Curse
Tutankhamen’s Tomb was discovered in the 20th Century. Upon the Tomb a curse was found inscribed over the entrance which read ‘Death shall come swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king’ 

Not long after there was many stories being told about unnatural deaths of the workers on the site. It wasn’t long before this news spread and found its way into popular culture, which over time as set the stage for a whole sub genre of horror stories and movies.

In 1980 a security officer for the original excavation site admitted that such stories had been suggested and circulated to scare away any thieves. There are also historical records which back this claim up that show most excavation workers went on to lead long and healthy lives.

9. The Cottingley Fairies

Young cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffith produced a series of photographs in 1917 and 1920. These photographs displayed themselves interacting with fairies. In todays society it is hard to picture how so many could be fooled by such clear fake photographs but in the 20th century people was convinced and a huge following supported this.

It wasn’t until 1981 that Elsie and Frances admitted that in deed some of photographs was indeed a hoax but still claimed that they did indeed had seen fairies and that one of the pictures was genuine.

8. The Cardiff Giant

Workers digging a well in Cardiff, New York in the year 1869, uncovered what appeared to look like the petrified remains of a giant, The remains was of a man who was 10 foot in height.

Archaeologists declared that the body was indeed a fake but the public was more accepting to the idea and the reaction was in support of the claim, this was especially popular among those who thought it was evidence in support of biblical history. The body became popular and became somewhat of a business assets as crowds of people would pay for a glimpse. Showman P.T Barnum tried to have ownership of the body but after failing decided to make his own replica, which caused confusion to which one was the actual genuine giant found.

In 1869, George Hull a tobacconist, admitted it was indeed a hoax and that the body had been sculpted from concrete and buried a year before work commenced on the well digging.

7. Uri Geller – Spoon Bending 

During the 1979 Uri Geller enjoyed success with his mentalism acts. This was based on his ability to bend spoons with his mind. Throughout the years Uri Geller stood firmly by his claims of having supernatural powers up until James Randi published a book with hard evidence exposing Uri’s tricks. Geller was also caught numberous times on camera manipulating his stage props (mainly pre-bending spoons) before shows.

Uri Geller has never offically outted himself but he did tacitly confess to the hoax in 2007 expressing the following

‘Ill no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer….My entire Character has changed’.

6. The Amityville Horror

Ronald Defeo Jr shot six members of his family in 1974 in Amityville, Newyork. A year later The Lutz family moved in. 28 days later the family fled from the house claiming to have terrorised by an unseen forces ( a ghostly presences).

Jay Anson wrote a best selling book and made a series of films based on their story, which was highly successful based on the claim of a true and verifiable story.

However, on closer investigation, it seems that not much of any story can be verified. Police and other records contradicted the book’s claims and many holes had been found in the story. In 1979, A lawyer William Weber claimed

‘ I know this boom was a hoax, We Created this Horror story over many Bottles of wine.’

5. Loch Ness Monster – The Surgeon’s Photo

There are many hoaxes which surround the Loch Ness Monster but the one which stands out amongst them all is ‘ The Surgeon’s Photo’. This was submitted to the London Daily Mail in 1934 by Dr.R.Kenneth Wilson.

It wasn’t the first reported sighting of the monster, or even the most convincing but had somewhat became an icon in the world of cryptozoology.

It is believed that Marmaduke Wetherall orchestrated the hoax, a photographer who had previously been humiliated after taking pictures of a fake monster footprints.

In 1975 Werherall’s son, Ian, explained how the monster in the photo was actually a toy submarine what was attached to a wooden neck.

4. Alien Autopsy Footage

Ray Santili shocked viewers when he released what was alleged to be autopsy of an alien that was found in a craft.
The 17 minute black and white film titled the ‘Alien Autopsy’ featured what appeared to be real life dissection on film.

When Ray Santili was asked where he had got such footage, he claimed he had received it off a retired military cameraman who wished to remain anonymous.

After broadcasting and selling the footage to the television, 16 years later, in 2016, Santilli finally admitted that the film was indeed a hoax. He admitted that even though some of the film was fake there was a few scenes which was actual real autopsy footage but never stated or made clear which ones these were.

3. The Fiji/ Feejee Mermaid

P.T Barnum ( owner and founder of Barnum and Bailey Circus) rented what he believed to be a mermaid for $12.50 a week.

American sea captain Samuel Barrett Edes bought the mermaid off Barnum from Japanese sailors in 1822, this was displayed within several outlets and was believed to be caught off the coast of Fiji.

Barnum believed the mermaid was 100% real, sources close by stated they believed it wasn’t. A naturalist debunked the mermaid has being that of a head of a monkey attached to the flesh of a fish.

Despite this, Barnum had already prepared a show with fake advertisements, which shown a half women and half fish. The advertisements looked nothing like the mermaid he had on display and even hired a phony naturalist to give him a back up story that the mermaid was in fact real.

Nobody really knows what happened to the mermaid, Barnum’s museum caught on fire many times and it was rumoured that it had been destroyed by this along with countless other artefacts.

However, The Harvard University Peabidy Musueum of Archaeology and Ethnology had an artefact which appears very similar to the Fiji mermaid but had been given the name ‘The Banff Merman’ So over the years there has been many speculations and questions to whether or not it’s the same artefact or not.

2. The Well to Hell

A team of Russian engineers drilled a hole in an unknown part of Siberia. They said the hole, was deeper than what they had expected it to be. The hole according to them seemed to reach temperatures of 1,090 degrees. They also claimed to have heard noises and they decided to send down a heat tolerant microphone along with other sensory equipment. When they brought the equipment back from the well the team claimed to be shocked by what recordings they had captured.
They reported listening to strange noises and screams as though people was being tortured.

It was said that the whole crew was in a state of panic and they believed they had discovered the portal to hell.

The story was sold to the news and made major headlines, it even caused a stir between spiritual organisations who took to praying and preaching but this all came to an end when it was realised that the actual recordings was fake, they did indeed drill a hole but admitted that the screams and strange noises heard was actually a recording they had on a loop of the 1972 film ‘Baron Blood’

1. The Fox Sisters

The Fox Sisters are responsible for one of the most influential hoaxes of all time, although it is not well known today.

Even to this day more then 150 years on since the original events, the effects can still be seen in the spiritual beliefs of millions and millions of people.

In 1848, two sister Kate and Margaret Fox living in New York claimed that they could communicate with a spirit in their home. They claimed they could do this by audible tapping or ‘Rapping’. Later joined by their older sister Leah, the three toured the U.S and build a support for the spiritual movement.

By 1853 spiritualism claimed over two million followers worldwide, influenced hugely by the Fox sisters.

They influenced the idea that humans might be able to communicate with spirits and this became a part of western culture, which still continues today as we know it.

‘Rapping’, however has since long gone out of fashion and isnt used as it was.

Margaret Fox signed a confession which was published in the New York World in 1888 stating…

“My sister Katie was the first to observe that by swishing her fingers she could produce certain noises with her knuckles and joints, and that the same effect could be made with the toes. Finding that we could make raps with our feet – first with one foot and then with both – we practiced until we could do this easily when the room was dark. Like most perplexing things when made clear, it is astonishing how easily it is done.”

The Fox sisters Fell out and difted apart and all three sisters died within 5 years of each other.

Even with the confession regarding the ‘rapping’ that did not stop people believing that the Fox sisters indeed have a genuine power.

Its rare we do an expose about people faking their evidence because its an hard job to 100% achieve this, to back up our claims and then present the evidence, but when the fakers drop their ball and chain we will pick it up and expose to the paranormal community that indeed these people are faking their evidence of paranormal activity!!

with today’s subject i have full 100% confidence in presenting to you and saying that this guy has made mistakes in his videos which shows he is indeed hiding something which he doesn’t want you to see..

This is not to create drama this is not Bullshit! this is to make the “Real” paranormal community aware of the monsters out there who play on their audience.. this person has the trust of 1000s and 1000s of through his claims of poltergeist activity, he also claims to be the “The Haunted Man” i wouldn’t be a very good skeptic if i was to let these people just do what they do without spreading the word of what they are really doing, when caught out.. LOL. I know this guy fakes its ok community continue to follow him he doesn’t harm us in any way!!! WRONG! ALL WHO FAKE DOES!…

with today’s evidence if you choose to still believe this guy isnt 1 editing his videos “in a oddly  manor” 2. hiding something he doesnt want you to see.. 3 using more then one video still of the scene so he can blend the objects out.. then.. i just dont know all the evidence is here clear in black and white!

MichaelDMagee has made a few movie mistakes but hes very good at what he does i give him that he is very skilled and good, way better then me at video editing, this is the only one peice of footage which we can say safely that indeed fakery is involved.. all the other minor movie mistakes are not very visable and are debatable but this one is the one to crack the nut.

Anyone who is getting crazy paranormal activity’s with objects flying left right and centre in my eyes theirs only one explanation fake… but i cant prove it without evidence.. but that is my gut feelings when i see any evidence like this, Mediums and full blown believers will say that ghosts and spirits dont do that kind of thing, and especially not as often as what some have it happen. ANYWAY..

The Mistake

The mistake MichaelDMagee made was a video edit within the video. what we see is an object falling down from an high place, “we dont see no string ties to the object” but as the object falls down there is something odd taking place on the floor with some shoe laces

As the object falls, the shoe laces on the right hand side of the box disappear and then FADE back into the shot, this is because there is a MASK applied to the video and the mask runs past the Black Lace, which makes it disapear there is no reason why that lace would disappear and re appear unless the ghosts decided to move it and place it back in the same spot “duck of truth!!!” love it!

Here is the shot again in case you can see what we are talking about look at the change!

You will see that the lace leads from the back of the box and curves around down to the other black object just below the trainer or shoe. the complete lace disappears “this is not a shadow cast, or a trick of light” also look at the floor look how it changes pattern and you will notice like a circle like shape 😉 Sorry to say but this is well enough evidence this is not normal for a shoe lace to randomly disappear and re appears “while the object falls”

Below is my video on how MichaelDMagee does most of his videos, where i show you how its done and the evidence presented.

after watching my video please watch this one of  MichaelDMagee and you will see the resemblance to the video i did at the end, and how it seems likely he did his latest “but i cant prove that one 100%” unlike the example above where the evidence speaks for it self!

Masking is done to only show a certain area of the video like this. http://imgur.com/zcYJIFi Without adjustments, everything outside of the mask will be completely black. But when you put another video layer underneath with a background clip where nothing happens, you can see both the background and masked in object. http://imgur.com/KBChz0Z This can make it seem like there’s a poltergeist in a video. It’s quite easy to do as well. If this is done right, it will look natural as if it’s happening in real life. But if it’s done wrong you’ll end up with this: http://imgur.com/SjHFPYT Or in Michael’s case, this:

By Charlene Kemp

The Northern lights have intrigued many over the years and has somewhat scared communities to what they believe they represented.
There is also a southern lights which is less reported as it appears in the South pole, which I’m sure if penguins could talk they would tell you the fantastic stories of the displays they have seen.

So here I am going to detail some of the many stories and superstitions from different cultures and communities around the world and what they believed this display of lights represented.

It seems we have been festinated with the lights for many years and It is  believed that the northern lights is mentioned in the old testament in the bible.

The Ancient Greeks and Romans

The Northern Lights also known as Aurora Borealis. Aurora Borealis is derived from the Greek Words ‘Aurora’ meaning ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Boreas’ meaning ‘Wind’.

For the ancient Greeks to have even experienced seeing the Northern Lights suggests that some incredibly strong solar activity must have occurred as sightings to this day so far south are almost unheard of.

The Greeks believed that the Aurora was the sister of Helios and Seline, which was the sun and moon. If was believed that she would race across the morning sky in her multicoloured chariot to alert her siblings to a dawn of a new day.

The Romans also linked the northern lights with a new day belief with also associating them to be Aurora, Aurora who they believed to be the goddess of dawn.

North America

Omen of War – The Fox Indians, who lived within Wisconsin, thought that the lights represented that of war and that the lights was the ghosts of those who was their enemies, they believed that the ghosts of their enemies was that restless that they sent this as a sign for revenge and that they had tried to rise again in order to settle it.

Evil Thing – The Point Burrow Eskimos believed  that the lights was evil and carried knifes around with them in order to prevent seeing them.

Spirits of Children – The East Greenland Eskimos believed that the lights represented that of children who had died during birth. They believed that the dancing of the children round and round caused the streamers and draperies of the aurora to constantly move.

Game of Ball – Even though some Eskimos communities had varied belief’s to what the lights was a sign of, Most  Eskimo groups believed that it was spirits of the dead playing ball and that they played this with a warus head or skull. A different opinion on this was by the Eskimos of Nunivak, they thought it was Warus spirits playing with a human skull, so even though the same concept it was slightly different on what was potentially being portrayed to them.

Fires in the North – The Mahak Indians of Washington thought the lights was a fire that was occurring in the far north, over which a tribe of dwarfs, half the length of a canoe paddle and so strong that they caught whales with their hands, boiled blubber.

The Stew Pot – The Mandan of North Dakota also believed that the lights was a fire, which the great medicine men and warriors of the northern nations set their dead enemies alight in enormous pots. The Menominee Indians of Winsonsin however, regarded them as torches that was used by great, friendly giants in the northern nations to spear their fish at night.

Creator Reminder 

An Algonquin myth of Nanahbozho, believed to be the creator of the earth, travelled to the North after finishing his task of creation, where he remained and built great fires to create reflections, as a signal to his people that he is still thinking of them even though he is so far away.

Europe

Scotland 

In Scottish Gaelic Folklore the lights was know as the Na Fir Chlis meaning ‘the Nimble Men’ also known as the merry dancers. It was believed the Northern Lights was epic fights among sky warriors or fallen angels.

Finland 

 In Finland the Northern lights was known as ‘Revontulet’ which was associated with the arctic fox.

Folk tales of the arctic fox, is that it runs far in the North, touching mountains with its fur, while doing this they believed sparks would fly off into the sky which created the lights.

Another tale with the arctic fox tells the story that the fox throws the lights up into the sky by sweeping snow upwards with its tail, later on a more developed tale was told was that it was actually the moonlights reflection on the snowflakes that caused the lights by the fox’s tail.

Iceland Greenland

It was believed by people living in Iceland that the lights was associated with childbirth and that they would relieve the pain of delivery as long as the expecting mother didn’t look at the aurora while giving birth.

Greenland

In Greenland people believed the lights was also linked to childbirth but it was believed it was the souls of still born babies and babies who was killed at birth.

Sweden

In Sweden the lights was often regarded as a coming of good news. Many believed that the lights was a gift from the benevolent gods providing warmth and light in the form of a volcano which was located in the North. Others believed the lights to be a light reflection from large shoals of herring and bode well for the local fisherman. The Swedish farming community took the lights as a sign that a good harvest was coming in the coming year.

In Norse mythology the lights was often mentioned and one of the legends surrounding them is that it was the lights was reflections or a glow from shields and armour of the Valkyrie. It was thought that it was a sign that female warriors who choose or may have died during battle and who may have lived to fight another day.

It was also mentioned within Norse mythology that the lights was ‘Bifrost Bridge’ a glowing and pulsating arch which could led to those fallen in battle to the warriors, where was their final resting place in Valhalla.

The Baltic States 

The Estonians believed the northern lights to be a magnificent horse drawn carriages carrying guests of the heavens to a spectacular celestial wedding.

China

Even though the lights should have been a rare occurrence within china they also must have experience a significant solar event to have witness them, but they were in absolute awe of them and early legends believed the lights was associated with dragons. The main belief was that the lights was fire and that battles was happening between good and evil dragons and while fighting the dragons would roar fire from their mouths.

Japan

The Japanese believed that if a child was conceived underneath the lights that the child would be bless with intellect, good fortune and good looks.

Australia

Aboriginal Australians would have experienced seeing the southern lights and also watched in awe and believed it was their gods dancing overhead.

Even though in some communities many have tried to turn to science for an explanation such as ancient greeks who did try to explain it has the sunlight reflecting of the earths surface  Even to this day modern day solar scientists admit that there is so much that is still not understood, which in turn continues to fuel stories passed on throughout the world from generation to generation.