Why Paranormal Topics Are So Popular in the Media

With the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" soon to be released, I couldn't help but think how various media such as television, cinema, and websites have exploded onto the scene about various paranormal topics and stories. Whichever way I turn, I am easily able to satisfy my hunger for bizarre stories and information. Paranormal, anything outside of what is considered to be the "norm," is on the rise and so it seems the public's penchant for more of the same.

Recently, I have noticed that paranormal themes have been no stranger to the normally conservative, mainstream news media, either. Over the past few months, I have either watched or read numerous news stories about strange things, such as haunted buildings, UFOs flying over Texas and Chicago O'Hare airport, and several strange creatures caught on video surveillance cameras. Even after the devastating cyclone that ravaged Myanmar, I stumbled across a sad news story of ghostly voices coming from the flooded fields at night, while rescuers searched with flashlights and could not find anyone living who could have created the pleas for help. The paranormal seems to be surfacing everywhere in the media.