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dactyliomancy - Any of a variety of methods of divination using rings; for example, by using a ring as a pendulum or dropping it into a glass of water.
daemon - AKA daimon, demon. In Greek mythology, a being who is part mortal and part god. May be benevolent or malevolent. The Greek spellings are used in modern times to distinguish Greek daemons from Jewish and Christian demons.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Paranormal Experience - Was Dale Earnhardt Jr saved by an unseen force or spirit?
Dare, Virginia - A story of a toddler was part of the Roanoke Island and disappeared with no trace.
daylight discs - One of the six Hynek categories of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), defined as an anomalous object seen in the distant daytime sky.
Dead Womans Crossing - In the early 1900s in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Katie DeWitt James left her home with her baby after she filed for divorce from her husband. Now she haunts the area where she was last seen alive.
Dealey Plaza - Dealey Plaza is a city park in the West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It also was the location of the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963.
Dean, James - James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. He starred in the film adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel East of Eden, for which he received an Oscar nomination. His next starring role, in Rebel Without a Cause, made him into the embodiment of his generation. Shortly after completing work on the film Giant, Dean was killed in a car crash and quickly became an enduring film icon.
Death By Elephants - Humanity has conjured a constellation of ways to conduct executions, and this may be one of the wildest methods of them all.
death chart - A figure in astrology constructed to show the date and/or time of death.
death panorama - An out-of-body experience for the newly-deceased, in which the person's life is shown to them as a panoramic view. This experience is said to last for two to three days.
death prayer (1) - A prayer said by the living for the dead, to help the deceased in the afterlife or to ask for help for the living.
death prayer (2) - A technique used to cause the death of a person, for example, commanding a demon to murder.
Decebal Hotel Ghost - The Decebal Hotel Ghost is a modern day ghost story where one construction site dug up some unwanted spirits.
Deer Island Pirate - A paranormal report dating back to the early 1800s.
Degree, Asha - On the morning of February 14, 2000, the parents of 9-year old girl Asha Degree went to wake her up and discovered she was not in her bed.
Deja vu - An unexpected sense of familiarity when encountering what you believe is actually a new experience, place, person, or object.
demon - An evil spirit in traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
demonic sins - A description of the seven deadly sins, with the belief that each is controlled by one of seven demons
demonomancy - Divination with the assistance of demons.
Desert Sands Motel - Built in 1957, the Desert Sands was considered a first-class establishment with a fancy roadside sign. Now it's in a rundown neighborhood, just a cheap place for drifters to hide out ... with a fancy vintage roadside sign.
Destination Truth - Destination Truth is a weekly American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 6, 2007, on Syfy.
deva - In Buddhism and Hinduism, a higher-level being or minor god.
Devil - Another name for the biblical Satan, the fallen angel who tests man's relationship with God. The Devil is often taken to mean the embodiment of all evil.
Devil's mark - A birthmark or other blemish on a person, said to have been placed there by the Devil as a sign of ownership.
Devil's Triangle - A synonym for the Bermuda Triangle. Sometimes used to refer to the Dragon's Triangle in the Pacific Ocean.
divination - The supernatural art of prophesy; foretelling the future.
Doppelganger - In German folklore, a wraith or apparition of a living person; a "spirit double" or exact replica of a person.
double - An exact duplicate of a person, usually an apparition located at a distance from the original.
dowsing - A technique which employs a forked stick, bent wire or pendulum to locate things. The most common applications are searching for water, oil, etc.
Dracula - The name of a vampire in the Bram Stoker novel of the same name (published 1897).
Dragon - A mythical creature generally represented (in western society) as a huge, winged, sometimes fire-breathing reptile with crested head, a long tail, and enormous claws and teeth.
Dragon's Triangle - AKA Devil's Sea, one of 12 Vile Vortices originally plotted by Ivan T. Sanderson.
Druid - Member of the pre-Christian Celtic priesthood of Britain and Gaul. Literally means "knowing the oak tree", the oak being sacred to the ancient Celts.
Dutch Schultz Treasure - This story of the lost treasure of Dutch Shultz