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Horror movies based on true events

7 Horror Movies Based on Real Hauntings: What’s True and What’s Hollywood

Hollywood loves the phrase “based on a true story.” But how much of it is real? From Amityville and The Conjuring to The Exorcist, Annabelle, Enfield, Fire in the Sky, and Mothman, we check seven famous horror movies against the records. Some started with real tragedy. Some started with a family’s firsthand account. See which stories hold up and which ones Hollywood made up.

NASA lied

NASA Said It Had No UAP Records. A 3,668-Page FOIA Release Shows a Paper Trail

NASA says it holds no UAP records, yet a 3,668-page FOIA release shows its Director of UAP Research spent 2023 asking Goddard librarians for papers on spherical drones, exotic propulsion, and perception. Here is what the emails say, what NASA’s records officer asked, why the Goddard library closed, and why the real story may be paperwork rather than a cover-up.

Pascagoula 73

Pascagoula 73: The 1973 Mississippi Abduction Gets a New Four-Part Docuseries

On October 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker said they were taken aboard a craft while fishing on the Pascagoula River. More than five decades later, the four-part docuseries Pascagoula 73 retells the case with a new eyewitness. Here is what the two men reported, the secret police tape, and why skeptics are still not convinced.

Sandown Clown

Sam the Sandown Clown: The Isle of Wight’s Strangest Entity Case Is Back

In May 1973, two children on England’s Isle of Wight said they spent time with a seven-foot figure in a pointed hat who carried a microphone, then watched him and his hut vanish. The case barely surfaced until 1978, but 2025 brought a woman claiming to be the child witness and a wave of new talks and podcasts. Here is the case and the questions around it.

More Paranormal Posts

Horror movies based on true events

7 Horror Movies Based on Real Hauntings: What’s True and What’s Hollywood

Hollywood loves the phrase “based on a true story.” But how much of it is real? From Amityville and The Conjuring to The Exorcist, Annabelle, Enfield, Fire in the Sky, and Mothman, we check seven famous horror movies against the records. Some started with real tragedy. Some started with a family’s firsthand account. See which stories hold up and which ones Hollywood made up.

NASA lied

NASA Said It Had No UAP Records. A 3,668-Page FOIA Release Shows a Paper Trail

NASA says it holds no UAP records, yet a 3,668-page FOIA release shows its Director of UAP Research spent 2023 asking Goddard librarians for papers on spherical drones, exotic propulsion, and perception. Here is what the emails say, what NASA’s records officer asked, why the Goddard library closed, and why the real story may be paperwork rather than a cover-up.

Pascagoula 73

Pascagoula 73: The 1973 Mississippi Abduction Gets a New Four-Part Docuseries

On October 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker said they were taken aboard a craft while fishing on the Pascagoula River. More than five decades later, the four-part docuseries Pascagoula 73 retells the case with a new eyewitness. Here is what the two men reported, the secret police tape, and why skeptics are still not convinced.

Sandown Clown

Sam the Sandown Clown: The Isle of Wight’s Strangest Entity Case Is Back

In May 1973, two children on England’s Isle of Wight said they spent time with a seven-foot figure in a pointed hat who carried a microphone, then watched him and his hut vanish. The case barely surfaced until 1978, but 2025 brought a woman claiming to be the child witness and a wave of new talks and podcasts. Here is the case and the questions around it.