George Gascón, district attorney for Los Angeles County, will seek a reduced sentence in the case of two brothers imprisoned after murdering their parents in 1989. Gascón announced his decision to seek resentencing in the case of Erik and Joseph Menendez on Thursday. If a judge grants Gascón’s request to resentence the Menendez brothers, the pair could be made eligible for parole. “After very careful review of all the arguments … I came to a place where I believe that, under the law, resentencing is appropriate, and I am going to recommend that to a court tomorrow,” Gascón said on Thursday afternoon, according to Fox News. Gascón plans to ask the court to resentence the Menendez brothers to 50 years to life with the possibility of parole, a term longer than the sentence they have currently served. The brothers would be immediately eligible for parole under state law, however, because they committed their crime when they were not yet 26 years old. “I believe that they have paid their debt to society,” Gascón said, according to The New York Times. The Menendez brothers ambushed their parents in the living room of their Beverly Hills home in 1989, fatally shooting them with shotguns. The brothers were put on trial for murder, but the case ended in a mistrial. The brothers were tried a second time and convicted in 1996 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The brothers, now in their 50s, were 21 and 18 years old at the time of the murders. They have served 34 years behind bars. In his announcement Thursday, Gascón cited a recent Netflix documentary on the Menendez brothers’ case in his decision to seek resentencing. The documentary, he said, “brought a tremendous amount of public attention” to the case. Gascón is currently in a tough reelection battle against Republican-turned-independent Nathan Hochman, who previously served as the president of the L.A. City Ethics Commission and as an assistant U.S. attorney general. Earlier this month, Gascón trailed Hochman by 30 points in a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll. During their trial, the Menendez brothers claimed they had been sexually abused by their father. They allegedly killed their parents fearing that their father intended to kill the brothers to keep them silent about the molestation. Gascón said that, after reviewing the evidence, he now believes the brothers’ claims of molestation. The brothers’ uncle, Milton Andersen, opposes the resentencing and requested on Wednesday that the court reject any effort to release the brothers. “It’s Milton Andersen’s continued belief that the claims of molestation were made up, and they were false, and he believes that the correct verdict was issued by the jury and the correct sentence was also committed,” Andersen’s attorney told Fox News.

Legions of fans fell in love with Celine Dion’s iconic voice nearly 40 years ago and stood by her during difficult times. She fell in love with Rene Angelil, and the pair shared three sons. She lost her husband in 2016, and while many thought that was Celine’s most difficult battle, she faced her own health crisis. Celine noticed symptoms of Stiff Person Syndrome in 2008 while on tour. Her health continued to decline, and she announced her diagnosis to the world in 2022. She’s made only a handful of public appearances since August 2022, most notably her performance at the Paris Olympic Games. On October 22, Celine Dion appeared at City of Hope’s 2024 Spirit of Life Gala to the delight of her fans. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Céline Dion (@celinedion) The Crowd Gave Celine Dion A Standing Ovation According to People, she attended to present the Spirit of Life Award to Jay Marciana, chairman and CEO of AEG Presents. When she walked on stage, the crowd went crazy for Celine. She told attendees, “This is the first time I’ve been on stage since I was up in that tower. And I kind of miss it,” referring to her performance at the Olympics. The gala is vital to City of Hope’s annual philanthropic campaign. Funds raised benefit childhood, adolescent, and young adolescent cancer survivorship programs. “This City of Hope is so well-named,” she continued. “It does so much more than the important research leading to new treatments. It provides care to people in their greatest time of need at the most difficult and challenging moment of their lives. That is so important,” she added. “It provides the most precious ingredient, it provides hope. And I know how important that is,” Celine said. “I know that in our wonderful lives, filled with family and joy and love, we can also be presented with tremendous challenges, with great tests about faith and strength. To many of us who experience this at some point, what a joy it is to come together with everyone in this room tonight to do everything in our power to help spread this great gift of hope.” Although she’s been battling her health lately, she’s determined to make a comeback. Celine Dion told the BBC in June that she was ready to perform. “We have been working so hard to put this show together because I’m back,” she said. “I’ll be on stage. I don’t know when exactly, but trust me I will scream it out loud. “I can’t wait.” This story’s featured image is by Tom Rose via Shutterstock. The post Celine Dion Gets Standing Ovation During First Stage Appearance Since Olympics  appeared first on InspireMore.

Celebrity Halloween costumes can be a lot of fun. Some go all out to be the spookiest, funniest, and most daring. Heidi Klum has long been the queen of Halloween, but there’s a new contender this year. Maggie Sajak, daughter of iconic Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajek, shared her Halloween flair with two costumes on Instagram, and fans love it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maggie Sajak (@maggiesajak) Maggie Sajak Incorporated Some Fun Into Her Halloween Attire Choosing one Halloween costume can be tough, so Maggie decided to try a few different options. Piggybacking on the excitement of the upcoming Wicked movie, Maggie chose a couple of witch costumes. Her “Wheel-y Good Witch” incorporated a pink bodess and a skirt that resembled the big wheel with nothing but big prizes. Maggie Sajak’s other Halloween costume option was the “Wheel-y Bad Witch,” a black outfit with green accents and nothing but bankrupts. The two outfits were a perfect nod to her dad’s legacy and were totally giving Glinda and Elphaba. Maggie shared a bit of behind-the-scenes footage of her costume creation on Instagram. “Went to artistic genius @migsoutloud with a simple idea for a Halloween costume…minutes later, he had already made incredible sketches…and a couple weeks later his creativity, hard work, and talent brought them to life even more detailed and amazing than I could’ve imagined!! And thank you @spauldo for the perfect creative hair looks to bring it all together!! Here’s a little look into this awesome process!” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maggie Sajak (@maggiesajak) Of course, fans were obsessed. One wrote, “Amazing!!! I hope you bust these out other times of the year, too.” This person loved it, too. “Whatever the designers are charging, DOUBLE IT!!!” Some fans hope Maggie Sajak sticks around on Wheel of Fortune far past Halloween. “You’re wonderful. Please stay with the show. We love you.” We love Maggie, too, and hope she will continue her dad’s legacy on Wheel of Fortune for years to come. You can find this story’s featured image here. The post “Wheel Of Fortune” Fans Praise Maggie Sajak For Her Truly “Iconic” Halloween Costumes appeared first on InspireMore.

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A young Irish man was at his grandparent's home, as his grandfather was close to death. Before his passing, the young man encountered a Banshee just as his grandfather passed.I received the following account:"Hello. Thanks for reading my story. I was walking home one night from my Grandmother's house. We lived in a village in rural Cork County, Ireland. Granny's house was on the outskirts of the village, so I had to walk up a narrow country lane to get to Granny's house and back down the lane to get toward the village. My grandad was dying and the priest gave him the last rights. He pulled through the night and my granny told me to go home and get a bit of a rest. I reluctantly agreed and walked home. Down the country lane, I've been walking on since I was a boy. Only this time it seemed weird in some way. Almost eerie and I never get spooked. I pushed the feeling to the side as my mind was in shock about Grandad.I was walking toward the bottom of the lane when I noticed a blur of white down the bottom of the lane beside one of the farmer's gates to the field beside my grandparent's house. I thought it was a lamb escaped. It happens a lot. I walk toward it to investigate. When I walked toward the blur of white, it felt like electricity entered every inch of my body. The hairs were standing up on my arms and what was left on the top of my head. I stood frozen in perpetual fear as the figure was an old hunched woman in a white robe and she just screamed the most merciful scream. The guttural scream was so frightening, that I actually stopped breathing with sheer fear. I looked up into her face and saw nothing just a blur. The cry was ungodly. Like a mother finding out their child is dead. The most scariest scream I've ever witnessed.Adrenalin must have kicked in because I legged it straight back up the lane toward Granny's house and legged it in the front door. I could hear my granny rushing out of Grandad's room crying. She said, "Grandpa's gone!" Imagine he just passed away within five minutes of me leaving and encountering the woman on the lane. I remember telling my elderly aunt and a few family members about the woman, and they said that she was a friend of the family by now. She only appears when someone is going to die. My father, a born skeptic and very religious man, confirmed the woman's existence. In some families in Ireland, she would be called a 'Banshee.'I'll never forget her. Not even when I'm on my own deathbed will I ever forget the howl." M**********DJINN & CURIOUS MIDDLE EASTERN TALES | LIVE Chat | Q & A | Join Us! (MODERN & HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved

A Wisconsin camp worker heard continuous screaming on a trail behind his cabin. Later, while on a 'spirit walk' with other employees, the screams were heard again. It didn't end there!I received the following account:"I've had this story on my mind for a long, long time. I've always been a fan of the supernatural and cryptids but never had any stand-out experiences myself. I've lived in the Upper Midwest, my whole life, Wisconsin to be exact, and have come to appreciate the local lore that comes with it.In my late teens, I worked at a camp for a few summers. The camp was massive, with only about 1/5 of it being equipped for hospitality (dining hall, cabins, shower houses, etc) and the rest being wilderness. The land had 6 lakes on it, all connected by small rivers. What made this camp particularly eerie, however, was it was actually built around a Potawatomi burial ground. I won't get into the legends around the burial mounds, but overall, this place checked all the boxes for a B-List horror movie.Now, my job at camp was sort of a catch-all. I was a program director, lifeguard, cook, and gift shop manager, basically if they needed a role filled I was the one doing it. It kept me busy, and I had many long days. I would close the gift shop at about 7 PM each night, then head upstairs to the kitchen. I could walk back to my cabin if I wanted, but the cook hated the dark. So I'd help him with dishes and cutting fruit for breakfast and then walk him to his cabin. I have one rule though. No flashlights.You can't see very well in the woods if your eyes are focused on a small beam of light. I hated the idea of people or animals sneaking up on us. So every night, in the moonlight, I would walk him to his cabin, then walk the public road to mine. My ulterior motive for taking the public road was, well, I'm a smoker, and we have to be good role models for the kids. No smoking in camp, but they can't tell you what to do on public property.My cabin was right on the edge of the hospitable portion of the land. Miles of marshlands and forest sat behind my cabin and, fortunately or unfortunately, I had the cabin to myself. But the weird thing was that every night I would be smoking and walking the public road, and I would hear screaming in the woods. It sounded like a woman was being murdered.I brushed it off the first night. There's a public access lake. People get rowdy. Sound carries. Could be a prank, or a fox, or an owl. It's the woods. But it kept happening, every night, as soon as I stepped onto that road. I decided not to let it bother me. I had to be up early every day. No sense in chasing noise in the dark. I would get to my cabin, spread some tobacco for the land, and sleep soundly every night.Well, the end of summer came around. It was always bittersweet. You eat 3 meals a day with the same people for 3 months, and they start to grow on you. One goodbye tradition we kept up over the years was on the final new moon of the camp season, the ranger would take the staff for a 'spirit walk.' It was always good fun, he'd share the legends of the land with the new staff and try to shake them up. We would hike through the back of the camp, around the marshes and lakes, and see what kind of spooky things we would stir up.We all met at the only street light on the public road that night, but that year the ranger had his rifle slung over his shoulder. We ran into a cougar the year before, and two wolves lived in the back property, so I didn't think much of it. The rules are simple. No flashlights. No jingling keys. No running. If you run, we might not find you. They were half to scare people, half true. The woods were thick and the marshes were dangerous.Everything was going smoothly till we reached a river crossing not too far from the public road. It takes you to a clearing, just before the trail reconnects with the road behind my cabin. The moment we crossed the bridge, the woods went dead silent. You could hear yourself breathing. That, my friends, is one of the scariest things that can happen to you in the woods. Silence.And then, just like every night before, a blood-curdling scream ripped across the clearing. One of the new staff was about to take off before me and another grabbed his arms. "That's the screaming I've been hearing," I told my boss. "That's the screaming I hear every night," The ranger shushed everyone. The scream came again, louder this time. The ranger whistled in the direction of the noise.It whistled back.Suddenly, the screaming surrounded us. Behind us, to the right, to the left. The group closed in, shoulder to shoulder, not daring to even breathe. The ranger, ever serious and calm, said barely a whisper, "We're turning around. Take the bridge back to the trail. We're going the long way,"So, in hurried steps, we made our way back to the streetlight that we met under without muttering a word. Once we were in light again, I could tell that the ranger was actually shaken up. This is the same man who was charged by a cougar in the dark and brushed it off."I need a cigarette,""You haven't smoked in like 2 years,""I need a cigarette,"I wasn't about to argue with the man holding a rifle, so I obliged. After a few drags, he muttered "I don't want to scare anyone, but I know only one creature that can mimic human voices like that.""It's a Wendigo," I said, not even thinking. I was in shock. All summer I walked that road, and this thing was out there. Screaming. Trying to lure me in.That's when he said that, yes, he thought the same. He first thought it was one of the neighboring property owners looking for their dog, calling out for them, so he whistled. Then, he explained the gun. All spring, he was finding deer strewn around the property. Not unusual, being the woods and all. But there were so many, and so brutally taken down. He said these things looked like they had been hit by cars. In the middle of the woods. Absolutely mangled. More bizarrely, no other animals would touch them. No tracks that said bear, or wolf, or cougar. He was worried, about something bringing big game down like that, so he brought his rifle.No one said much after that. My boss got sage from her cabin and gave everyone who asked for one a blessing. We were shaken.After that, I changed cabins. I didn't own much in general at the time, so I wasn't troubled in the least to get off the public road. Didn't even care that I had to row out in the middle of the lake to have a cigarette. I wasn't stepping foot on that road, and I'm a little sorry to say I never stepped foot back on that property. Call me superstitious or lilly-livered, but I couldn't bring myself to go back into those woods. Not even if you paid me." ANOTE: I was later told that it occurred at the Indian Mounds Campground near Tomahawk Lake. Lon**********DJINN & CURIOUS MIDDLE EASTERN TALES | LIVE Chat | Q & A | Join Us! (MODERN & HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS)PHANTOMS & MONSTERS VIDEO LIBRARYPOLL: WHAT DO YOU THINK? Vote & comment on paranormal, cryptid & unexplained mysteries!LISTEN TO NARRATIONS OF PHANTOMS & MONSTERS REPORTS & CASES - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHAREPHANTOMS & MONSTERS RADIO Podcasts on SpotifyPHANTOMS & MONSTERS READING LISTCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistHave you had a sighting or encounter?Contact me by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. LonOUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSBigfoot and Other Cryptid Videos on YouTubeLYCANS! - PENNSYLVANIA'S CRYPTID CANINES UPDATE'KILLER BIGFOOT' HUNTED BY U.S. SPECIAL FORCES / GLIMMER MAN / MANTIS HUMANOIDSCRAWLER HUMANOIDS - GRUESOME INVADERS! (REAL EYEWITNESS ENCOUNTERS!)WEREWOLVES: DO THEY EXIST?'DOGMAN IN OUR YARD!' - AN OHIO FAMILY'S 12-YEAR SAGA WITH CRYPTID CANINESHey, folks. Thanks for the congrats on 'The Mothman Revisited' episode on Unsolved Mysteries. As a result, we are receiving more sighting reports and are very excited and grateful for the new information!I sincerely thank the Unsolved Mysteries team and Netflix for allowing us to tell the world about this phenomenon.If you have information about this or any other cryptid or unexplained sighting or encounter, please feel free to contact me by email or at 410-241-5974. Thanks again! LonCHICAGO MOTHMAN / O'HARE BATMAN YouTube PlaylistChicago / Lake Michigan Winged Humanoid Regional Interactive MapHey, folks. Please feel free to share your thoughts & comments on the recently uploaded video of the CHICAGO MOTHMAN. I'm interested in what you have to say. Thanks. LonEXCLUSIVE VIDEO of CHICAGO MOTHMAN RECORDED----------Become a Phantoms & Monsters Radio Insider - just $2.99 monthly, and receive these perks. Thanks for your support!-Members-only live chats-Exclusive members-only videos-Priority reply to members' commentsHave perks suggestions? LMK-----YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! THANKS-----Have you had a sighting or encounter?Contact us by email or call the hotline at 410-241-5974Thanks. Lon Noted UFOlogist Dr. Raymond Keller believes the idea of extraterrestrials and even ultra-dimensional beings from many different planets and alternate realms living and working among us clandestinely is more than just another conspiracy theory.Available on Amazon.comSan Francisco Book Festival Honorable MentionNew York Book Festival Honorable MentionAlso available with audiobooknarration by Terry Springs,CBS-TV Las Vegas affiliate.This blog and newsletter are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Work 3.0 United States License.Registered trademark PHANTOMS AND MONSTERS ® / PHANTOMS & MONSTERS ® - USPTO #90902480 - Lon D. Strickler© 2005-2024 Phantoms & Monsters - All Rights Reserved