Death to Vinyl – make your ashes into a record

September 3, 2010 by Webmaster

The company “And Vinyly” will take your charred remains and press them into your own death vinyl. You can use a personalized message, your own music, or any recording that is 24 minutes in length or less to create an enduring record (pun intended) of you for your loved ones.

The company was founded by Jason Leach, who co-founded the techno group and record label Subhead in the 1990s. They say: >> READ MORE

Baby comes early - to avoid Hungry Ghosts

September 3, 2010 by Webmaster

MALAYSIA - A WOMAN gave birth to her pre-term baby by Caesarean section in a superstitious bid by her parents-in-law to avoid the Hungry Ghost Month, Sin Chew Daily reported.

Fortunately, both mother and child were safe and healthy after the operation.

A gynaecologist and obstetrician told the paper that the mother had insisted in delivering her baby a few days short of 37 weeks, before the infant was ready to be delivered.

This was because her parents-in-law insisted that they didn't want a grandchild to be born on the seventh month of Chinese lunar calendar. >> READ MORE

Hungry Ghosts do not scare Malaysian couples

August 22, 2010 by Webmaster

PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA - The month-long Hungry Ghost Festival isn't usually the most popular time for those who want to get married.

But some are throwing caution the wind and going ahead with their nuptial vows.

In Penang, the Che Hoon Khor Moral Uplifting Society, saw 10 couples getting married last Sunday. For the next three weeks, we only have two or three couples each week, said its secretary Cher Yeong How.

However, those numbers are smaller than usual. The society conducts marriage registrations for about 20 couples every Sunday. >> READ MORE

Bomoh whips duo to rid them of evil spirits

August 11, 2010 by Webmaster

A MOTHER and daughter, who suffered from migraine, went to a female bomoh who caned them in a bizarre treatment to rid them of evil spirits.

The bomoh began the treatment by asking the 19-year-old to lie down while she whipped her with a cane until she screamed in pain.

When the mother attempted to stop the beatings, the bomoh started to hit her instead and threatened to kill her for disrupting the treatment, Harian Metro reported.

Eventually, the teenager had to be taken to a hospital where the doctor advised them to lodge a police report.

Police detained the bomoh who is in her 50s. >> READ MORE

HAUNTED CHANGI - The Movie

July 26, 2010 by Webmaster

In January of 2010, a group of local filmmakers began exploring the famously haunted Old Changi Hospital in Singapore with terrifying and tragic results. This movie pieces together the original Haunted Changi film crew's footage to tell the full story.

In cinemas around Singapore on 2^nd September 2010.

 

 

UFO sighting causes stir at beach resort

July 20, 2010 by Webmaster

SIGHTINGS of an unidentified flying object (UFO) have been reported by guests and employees at a beach resort near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Harian Metro reported.

The tabloid even published a front-page blurb of the object, which had apparently caused much excitement and uneasiness among those staying at the Tuaran Beach Resort.

One of the guests, Jemas Dungil, 27, told the tabloid that a woman shouted when she saw a round blue flying object in the sky.

"We came out of a hall to see what the commotion was all about and I saw a round blue disc in the sky.

"It turned green a few seconds later," she said. >> READ MORE

Russian boy dies during exorcism by Korean shaman

July 17, 2010 by Webmaster

A four-year-old Russian boy with pneumonia died in the Primorye region during an exorcism after his parents told a Korean shaman to remove "evil spirits" from his body, multiple Russian news reports said Thursday.

The child, identified as Dmitry Kazachuk, stopped breathing during the ritual in the local village of Sergeyevka on Saturday, after the parents of the child asked So Dyavor and her Korean husband Kim Sende to perform a ritual to exorcise "evil spirits."

There was no trace of violence on the boy's body and that the cause of his death has not been found, according to news reports. >> READ MORE

Zimbabwean mother kills son to sell ear to witch doctor

July 2, 2010 by Webmaster

A Zimbabwean mother killed her baby son and sold one of his ears for $20 (£13) to a Mozambican witch doctor, police have confirmed.

Christine Hofisi, 21, from Chipinge near the Mozambique border, is accused of strangling the 18-month-old child before removing his left ear.

The body of the little boy, who was named by local papers as Edmore, was found bushes near to the woman's home by a neighbour who alerted the police.

Detectives believe that the boy's ear was sold for $20 to a healer over the border known as Maheza. >> READ MORE