There are numerous modern misconceptions surrounding the Middle Ages. One is that medieval people believed the earth to be flat. Almost every medieval scholar believed the Earth to be round. In the 19th century, the idea that medieval people believed in…
Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard and Starvation Heights
In the early 1900s, Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard opened a sanatorium in Olalla, Washington. She named it Wilderness Heights. Dr. Hazzard didn’t have any degrees, but she had written a book on the benefits of fasting. In her sanatorium, she…
Does the Devil Think About You?
We often don’t think about God until the day the devil thinks about us. When things are going great, we go about life in a state of flow, but when something tragic happens to us—or to the world—it stops us…
The Gray Man of Pawleys Island
Pawleys Island is on the coast of South Carolina and is home to a little over 100 residents and the legend of the Gray Man. Some believe the Gray Man to be the spirit of a young man who died…
Haunted Dolls
Why are people afraid of dolls? Is it their likeness to something real—their fake smiles and glassy, still eyes? Is it their lack of animation or the way they seem to watch you no matter where you move? For some…
