Ectolog

Picture generated with AI Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America Dates Active: 1930s to Present Category: Demons, Evil Spirits, Mysterious Sounds, Poltergeist, Spontaneous Combustion, Witchcraft Cause: Witchcraft and/or Evil Spirits Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 041424B-00093 Summery:   A small wine cabinet dating from World War II is said to contain an evil spirit. In Depth: A dybbuk is a malicious spirit from Jewish mythology that can possess or cling to a person. The name comes from a Hebrew verb that means "to cling" or "adhere," and according to legend they can cause all sorts of problems, including speaking through those that they possess or create a separate (or "alien") personality similar to schizophrenia. They're also known to cause physical harm in the form of accidents. According to Hebrew folklore, a dybbuk is either a demon or the spirit of a deceased person (a ghost) who was not laid to rest and became a sort of demon. ...

Picture generated with AI Location: U.S. Route 466, Shandon, California, United States of America Dates Active: September 30, 1955 to 1960. Category: Curses, Disappearances, Spontaneous Combustion, Villainous Vehicles Cause: Car Accident Status: Closed Entry ID: 031824A-00086 Summery:   The tragic death of actor James Dean was not enough to satisfy the dark forces surrounding this cursed automobile. In Depth: Actor James Dean loved a good, fast car, and the silver Porsche 550 Spyder he purchased was certainly one of those things. However, multiple friends of the actor have gone on record to state that of the two things 'good' was not a descriptor the car deserved. They would often tell him that they felt like the car gave off weird vibes, and that there was a dark presence surrounding it. He subsequently named the car 'Little Bastard', and had the name painted onto the vehicle's rear decklid. It also happened to be the last vehicle that James Dean would ever d...

Picture generated by AI Location: Odon, Indiana, United States of America Dates Active: June 21, 1940 Category: Curse, Haunting, Poltergeist, Spontaneous Combustion Cause: Unknown Status: Closed Entry ID: 010624A-00002 Summery:   Hundreds of witnesses watch spontaneous fires sprout all over a family's home with no explanation as to the cause. In Depth: The Hackler family home has 28 individual fires break out in their home, all of them within a single 24 hour period. Many of these fires occurred in separate rooms at different times, sometimes igniting right in front of witnesses ranging from curious neighbors to firefighters. Every fire only burned a single item, with no visible damage to surrounding objects or the rest of the house. The first fire started sometime after 8:00am on June 21, 1940, when a strip of wallpaper in an upstairs bedroom suddenly caught fire. There was no damage to the wall or surrounding furniture, and no source of the fire was immediately found. The f...