Thomm Quackenbush
Location
Hudson Valley, NY
School
SUNY New Paltz, Mount St. Mary
Expertise
Paranormal, True Crime, Mental Health, Education
- Thomm is a published fantasy novelist.
- He is a presenter about Fortean phenomena.
- He works as an educator of adjudicated, learning disabled, and gifted students.
Experience
Thomm is a former author for Double Dragon Publisher and a contributor to ABC-CLIO and Arc Digital. He has been a speaker at Otakon, No Such Convention, and the Pine Bush UFO Fair, where he amused attendees by picking apart the paranormal or telling the truth about the publishing industry. He has also managed to coax A+ essays out of juvenile gang members at his day job. He's had appetizers with Bigfoot hunters, misidentified airplanes as spaceships with skywatchers, has slept at a murder house for two nights, and once groped a ghost accidentally.
Education
His master's degree and the subsequent teaching (to the best and brightest the world has to offer and a few convicted murderers) has given him a keen eye for research and allowed him to be a bit less skittish when it gets dark.
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Stories By Thomm Quackenbush
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It's easy to get lost in the woods, but most people make it out. Some, though, were seemingly swallowed alive by the forest, and their stories are creepy.
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Some UFO incidents just seem to defy explanation. Here are some bizarre details about UFO sightings that don't add up.
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It's the world's most debunked UFO claim but there are parts that don't add up. Here are some bizarre details about Roswell that still don't make sense.
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Many celebrities believe in ghosts, magical unguents, or the efficacy of crystal healing. Here are celebrities who have been involved in the occult.
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No matter how hard the police and investigators try, no matter how famous the cases get, some murders remain solved.
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Since 2001, more than 50 Chicago women have fallen victim to a potential serial killer, the Chicago Strangler, and the case is more messed up than you know.
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The 1970s played host to the criminal careers of 14 men who collectively ended over 600 lives. Here are the most dangerous serial killers of the 1970s.
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The U.S. was gripped by the 2011 trial for the tragic death of Caylee Anthony. Here's the messed up truth about her mother and accused murderer, Casey Anthony.
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In the 1970s, two men, both claiming to wield magic, set out to destroy a supposed vampire stalking a 100-year-old cemetery in London
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Robert Hansen, who earned the nickname "The Butcher Baker," could have been caught for good a decade before he was, saving at least 10 lives.
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The death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was a defining moment for the grunge movement and the '90s in general. Here's what it was like the day he died.
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On Nov. 30, 1989, an abduction occurred that revolutionized how ufologists approached the subject, or an erratic woman and a few ufologists spun a tale.
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In 1948, a body was found in Australia, and to this day, no one's sure who he was or how he died. This is the bizarre true story of the Somerton Man.
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On Christmas morning 1945, the Sodder home burned down, but five children were never found. This is the true story of the disappearance of the Sodder Children.
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon is often cited as the premier case of mass hysteria. In the 1940s, a town was terrorized by a mysterious gas-spraying culprit.
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Largely placed in and around Philadelphia in the 1980s, the Toynbee tiles are shrouded in mystery, with cryptic messages about planetary resurrection.
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On Aug. 21, 1955, eight adults and three children were allegedly harassed by diminutive, impervious goblins who tried to invade their home.
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The FBI has had decades of practice perfecting the art of convincing a serial killer to work against his best interest to, in a sick way, do the right thing.
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Heaven's Gate is known for being the UFO cult where all the members committed ritual suicide in 1997 to hitchhike onto a spaceship. Some members survived.
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The life of a child star is predictable -- parental mismanagement, addiction, mental illness, and a refusal to believe you are no longer everyone's darling.