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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: The end is near and it's nothing new]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Will the world come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:03:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: UFOs in McDowell?]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[If you are out stargazing one clear night and see something in the sky that you can't explain, then who is willing to hear your story and approach it with an open mind? ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:56:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Rines never found his 'Nessie']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Many years ago as a boy, I once saw a murky, grainy photograph in a magazine that showed the face of a horned, dinosaur-like creature that lived underwater. Another dark grainy photo showed the creature's flipper.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: 'Witches' get a very late apology]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[On Halloween in 2001, the governor of Massachusetts proclaimed that a group of people who had been found guilty in a court of law and executed as punishment for their alleged crimes were actually innocent after all. These 19 people had not been put to death for killing someone or even stealing. They had been executed more than 300 years before for the crime of witchcraft.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Sanatorium has spooky reputation]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/21/mike-conleys-tales-weird-sanatorium-has-spooky-rep/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In 1910, a new hospital opened in Louisville, Ky. for the treatment of around 40 to 50 tuberculosis patients. In those days, the Louisville area was severely stricken with an outbreak of the dreaded disease, which was highly contagious.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:54:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Make room for a ghost]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/14/mike-conleys-tales-weird-make-room-ghost/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[CORONADO, Calif. – For more than 120 years, it has stood like a heavenly vision along the white sandy beach just a few miles from downtown San Diego. But for almost as long, both the famous and the not so famous who have stayed there tell tales of a tragedy which continues to haunt this beautiful resort.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:24:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: A visit to 'nation's most haunted house']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/07/mike-conleys-tales-weird-visit-nations-most-haunte/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO – The tour guide asked me to stand in a certain spot in the upstairs hallway, close my eyes and wait for the paranormal energy to take over.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Man recalls '86 encounter with strange craft]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/oct/01/mike-conleys-tales-weird-man-recalls-86-encounter-/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you're driving at night through North Carolina mountains, you may spot something out of the ordinary, something that might even change your life. It happened for one couple back in 1986.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Birth of an urban legend: Paul is dead]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/16/mike-conleys-tales-weird-birth-urban-legend-paul-d/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It was 40 years ago today that an article first appeared in a university student newspaper which gave birth to a weird rumor about the greatest rock band of all time. It left music fans everywhere taking a closer look at their album covers and listening intently to some of their favorite songs as they searched for the hidden clues.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:18:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Tale of ghostly tunnel has multiple versions]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/09/mike-conleys-tales-weird-tale-ghostly-tunnel-has-m/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In Kingsport, Tenn., there is an old tunnel that is seldom used and judging by pictures on the Internet appears to be something that the Tennessee DOT has forgotten.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: An unexpected encounter with a hairy visitor]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/sep/02/mike-conleys-tales-weird-unexpected-encounter-hair/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Sixty-eight years ago this month, a family in British Columbia had a scary visit from an unexpected hairy visitor. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:03:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Ghost brings murderer to justice]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/aug/26/mike-conleys-tales-weird-ghost-brings-murderer-jus/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[More than 100 years ago, a man in Greenbrier County, W.Va. was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife. But it wasn't just physical evidence or eyewitness testimony that brought about his conviction in a court of law. Many believe that it was the ghost of his late wife that brought him to justice.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Brush with Grinning Man no laughing matter]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/aug/19/mike-conleys-tales-weird-brush-grinning-man-no-lau/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you are walking along a lonely road late at night, you might encounter the Grinning Man.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:26:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Hunter has shocking encounter with robot]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/aug/12/mike-conleys-tales-weird-hunter-has-shocking-encou/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[One September evening in 1964, a group of friends decided to go bow hunting in the northern California mountains. But while they were out hunting, one of them encountered something so scary it would send even Ted Nugent running for the hills.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:40:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Helter Skelter still creepy 40 years later]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/aug/05/mike-conleys-tales-weird-helter-skelter-still-cree/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In the early morning hours of Aug. 9, 1969, the stillness and security of the affluent Benedict Canyon hills above Los Angeles would be forever shattered with the horrific sounds of gunshots, stabbings and innocent, helpless people begging for their lives.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:13:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Legend of the Wampus Cat]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/jul/29/mike-conleys-tales-weird-legend-wampus-cat/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In the tales of the supernatural, cats have always played a prominent role. If a black cat crosses your path, it is a sign of bad luck. And stories about witches and witchcraft usually center around a black cat also.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:48:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Man describes possible Bigfoot encounter in McDowell]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/jul/22/mike-conleys-tales-weird-man-describes-possible-bi/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[For a long time, this column has featured some weird stories about Bigfoot sightings in the western North Carolina mountains. It seems that folks in Burke, Buncombe, Caldwell, Rutherford, Ashe and Macon counties have some strange tales to tell about a mysterious monster in their mountains. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:51:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Lunar or looney? Conspiracies surround moon landings]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/jul/15/mike-conleys-tales-weird-lunar-or-looney-conspirac/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Monday will mark the 40th anniversary of the first men walking on the moon. It is hard to believe that it has been that long since Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin first set foot upon the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited above as the command module pilot.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:22:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Mausoleum bleeds for little girl, her family]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/jul/08/mike-conleys-tales-weird-mausoleum-bleeds-little-g/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Cleveland, Tenn. is a city of almost 40,000 people located not far from Chattanooga and the far eastern corner of the Volunteer State bordering North Carolina. Founded in 1837, Cleveland has many interesting and historic sites including the beautiful St. Luke's Episcopal Church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:39:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mike Conley's Tales of the Weird: Of winged beasts and lizard men]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/jun/24/mike-conleys-tales-weird-winged-beasts-and-lizard-/news-weird_news/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In a previous column, we took a look at the thunderbirds, the legendary large winged creatures that are believed to fly above the skies of the Western states. Various American Indian tribes knew about these awesome creatures and told myths and legends about their mysterious powers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:25:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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