MYSTICAL: Occult Elvis

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THE UNKNOWN: Meowing Nuns

During the Middle Ages, a French convent experienced an epidemic like no other—the nuns couldn’t stop acting like cats. The behavior was so strange it caused an army to intervene. But it’s not the only time in history a plague like this has affected nuns—which makes many wonder i ...  Show more

MYSTICAL: The Aquarian Foundation

In 1927, a group called The Aquarian Foundation opened a private compound on Vancouver Island designed to study the occult. It was led by Edward Arthur Wilson, who claimed he’d received a message about the end of the world–and he, and his followers, were destined to save mankind ...  Show more

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