Occult & Paranormal Calendar
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This calendar lists important and notable dates from the world of the occult, paranormal and weird. You'll find everything from famous hauntings to supernatural movie releases, as well as upcoming events to lookout for.
Paranormal Events & Anniversaries In 2024
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List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In January 2024
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Released 10 years ago on January 1st
The Latino spin-off of the 'Paranormal Activity' franchise. When a young man becomes the target of a malevolent entity, he must uncover its true intentions before it takes complete control of him.
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash
Happened 50 years ago on January 23rd
An alleged UFO crash which took place in the UK and has been dubbed the ""Welsh Roswell".
The Shining
Published 47 years ago on January 28th
Stephen King's supernatural masterpiece set in the overlook hotel.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In February 2024
Cloverfield
Released 16 years ago on February 1st
J. J. Abrams' found-footage alien invasion movie.
Red Dwarf
Aired 36 years ago on February 15th
The first episode of the long-running British sci-fi comedy starting Charis Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn.
Borley Rectory burnt down
Happened 85 years ago on February 27th
Borley Rectory, a house which was regarded as the UK's most haunted house, was destroyed by fire.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In March 2024
Fire In The Sky (book)
Published 31 years ago on March 12th
The story of Travis Walton's alleged abduction by alien visitors, the book later went on to become a movie of the same name.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Released 46 years ago on March 13th
Stephen Spielberg's classic science fiction movie about alien visitation.
The Pheonix Lights
Happened 27 years ago on March 13th
One of the most famouse mass UFO sightings of all times, which occurred in Phoenix, Arizona, and Sonora, Mexico.
The Exorcist
Released 50 years ago on March 16th
Based on a true story, the movie follows the story of a teenaged girl who is possessed be an evil force.
10 Cloverfield Lane
Released 8 years ago on March 18th
The follow-up to J. J. Abrams' 'Cloverfield', set in the same universe the movie tells the story of the inhabitants of a small bunker in Louisiana.
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Alien: Covenant
Released 7 years ago on May 12th
Ridley Scott's second installment in the Alien prequel series, carrying on from 'Prometheus'.
Poltergeist
Released 9 years ago on May 22nd
A 2015 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Gil Kenan and written by David Lindsay-Abaire. A remake of the 1982 film of the same name.
Alien 3
Released 32 years ago on May 22nd
The third film installment in the Alien franchise, the film stars Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley.
Alien
Released 45 years ago on May 25th
The first of Ridley Scott's movies in the Alien franchise, starring Sigourney Weaver and a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and attacks the crew of a spaceship.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)
Released 20 years ago on May 31st
It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In June 2024
Prometheus
Released 12 years ago on June 1st
Ridley Scott's prequel to the classic Alien series of films.
Ghostwatch: Behind The Curtains
Aired 10 years ago on June 5th
The team behind the legendary BBC mockumentary release a DVD which features interviews on the making of the show.
Borely Rectory in the news
Happened 95 years ago on June 10th
First news reports of Borely Rectory
Harry Price visited Borely Rectory
Happened 95 years ago on June 12th
Famed paranormal investigator Harry Price visited Borely Rectory, which was believed to be England's most haunted house.
The Conjuring 2
Released 8 years ago on June 13th
The last movie in the Conjuring series, based on the real life poltergeist case which occurred in Enfield, London in the 1970s.
Fire In The Sky (movie)
Released 31 years ago on June 18th
The true story of Travis Walton who claims he was abducts by aliens and taken aboard their spacecraft.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (book)
Published 21 years ago on June 21st
The fifth book of the series released in 2003, with 766 pages. The longest of the lot. A fantastic book revolving around Harry's toughest year yet.
Independence Day
Released 8 years ago on June 23rd
The fifth book of the series released in 2003, with 766 pages. The longest of the lot. A fantastic book revolving around Harry's toughest year yet. Dumbledore's army.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (book)
Published 27 years ago on June 26th
The first book of the series released in 1997, with 223 pages. The most magical of the lot, but my least favourite. Still an excellent book nonetheless.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In July 2024
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (book)
Published 26 years ago on July 2nd
The second book of the series released in 1998, with 251 pages. Better then the first book, and has a darker plot. A fantastic sequal, well worth reading.
Independence Day
Released 28 years ago on July 3rd
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum work together to stop them.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (movie)
Released 13 years ago on July 7th
Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
The Roswell Incident
Happened 77 years ago on July 8th
Reports that a "flying disc" had been recovered in Roswell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (book)
Published 25 years ago on July 8th
The third book of the series released in 1999, with 317 pages. Not as good as book 2, but just as interesting. This one has the darkest plot yet, introducing the Dementors.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (book)
Published 24 years ago on July 8th
The fourth book of the series relased in 2000, with 636 pages. Twice as long as book 3, and just as good. Fantastic book that is brilliant from start to end.
Ghostbusters: Answer The Call
Released 8 years ago on July 9th
The re-make of the iconic 80s movie with an all new lineup of female Ghostbusters, meet Abby Yates, Erin Gilbert, Jillian Holtzmann and Patty Tolan.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie)
Released 17 years ago on July 12th
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)
Released 15 years ago on July 15th
As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (book)
Published 19 years ago on July 16th
The sixth book of the series released in 2005, with 607 pages. Has a more of a calm flow. Similar to book 2 in ways, but much better.
Aliens
Released 38 years ago on July 18th
57 years later, Ellen Ripley is rescued by a deep salvage team during her hypersleep. The moon from the original movie has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, colonial marines have impressive firepower, but will that be enough?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book)
Published 17 years ago on July 21st
The seventh and final book released in 2007, with 607 pages. Excellent plot, excellent story and excellent book. Neither can live while the other survives.
Ghost of nun reported at Borley Rectory
Happened 124 years ago on July 28th
Reports surfaced on this date of the sighting of a nun, one of the first ghostly reports from Borley Rectory in Essex, a house which had the reputation of the most haunted place in the county.
The War Of The Worlds (movie)
Released 71 years ago on July 29th
The movie version of H.G. Wells' alien invasion masterpiece, starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson and Les Tremayne.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Happened 8 years ago on July 30th
First performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at London's Palace Theatre.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In August 2024
The Conjuring
Released 11 years ago on August 2nd
The first movie in The Conjuring series, based on the real life cases of husband and wife paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
The Exorcist (book)
Published 50 years ago on August 4th
William Peter Blatty published his book, The Exorcist, which later became a movie of the same name.
Roswell Alien Autopsy
Aired 29 years ago on August 28th
Fox News were the first to broadcast Ray Santilli's alien autopsy video which he claimed showed surgeons dissecting an alien recovered from the Roswell crash.
30 East Drive haunting began
Happened 58 years ago on August 29th
First reports from a family in Pontefract in England who claimed to be haunted by a poltergeist, the house is still said to be one of the most haunted in the UK.
Enfield Poltergiest started
Happened 47 years ago on August 31st
One of the most famous and best documents haunting in the history of paranormal research. The supernatural events started on this date at a normal family home in north London.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In September 2024
When The Lights Went Out
Released 12 years ago on September 7th
The movie based on the true life reports of a haunted house in Pontefract in England which took place in the 1960s.
It (movie)
Released 7 years ago on September 8th
The movie version of Stephen King's creepy clown-based horror story, featuring Pennywise. The novel has previously been turned into a television miniseries.
The Amityville Horror (book)
Published 47 years ago on September 13th
Jay Anson released his book The Amityville Horror, based on the real life haunting on a house in Long Island. The novel later became a movie of the same name.
Signs
Released 22 years ago on September 13th
Mel Gibson stars in M. Night Shyamalan's alien invasion movie, which follows a family living on a farm where mysterious crop circles form in their fields.
It (book)
Published 38 years ago on September 15th
Stephen King's novel about the killer clown who lives in the sewers known as Pennywise. The story later became a television miniseries, and a later a movie.
The Blair Witch Project
Released 8 years ago on September 15th
The re-make of the 90s found-footage movie, a team get lost in the woods while searching for clues of a legendary witch.
Poltergeist
Released 42 years ago on September 16th
Steven Spielberg's 1982 supernatural classic, a family's house is haunted by a host of ghosts.
Poltergeist 2
Released 38 years ago on September 19th
The follow up to Spielberg's Poltergeist, this time the Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
The Amityville Horror (movie)
Released 45 years ago on September 27th
Based on Jay Anson's book of the same name and based on the real life haunting of the Lutz family and the DeFeo murders.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In October 2024
Arrivals
Released 8 years ago on October 10th
A supernatural alien visitation movie in which we meet mysterious race of heptapods.
Paranormal Activity 4
Released 12 years ago on October 17th
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Released 9 years ago on October 20th
The final movie in the Paranormal Activity series. Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
Paranormal Activity 3
Released 13 years ago on October 21st
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
Paranormal Activity 2
Released 14 years ago on October 22nd
After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
The Blair Witch Project
Released 25 years ago on October 22nd
The movie that spawned the found-footage genre, it was so convincing at the time that many thought it was real.
Ghostwatch
Aired 32 years ago on October 31st
The BBC legendary mockumentary which duped the public into thinking that real paranormal events were occurring at a house in North London, hosted by Michael Parkinson.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In November 2024
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (movie)
Released 22 years ago on November 3rd
Harry ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts, only to find the school plagued by a series of mysterious attacks and a strange voice haunting him.
The Sixth Sense
Released 25 years ago on November 5th
Bruce Willis stars in this supernatural thrillier alongside a boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead.
The Shining (movie)
Released 44 years ago on November 7th
Jack Nicholson star in this Stephen King's story about the Overlook, an isolated hotel where an evil spiritual presence influences the father of a family into violence.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (movie)
Released 23 years ago on November 16th
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (movie)
Released 19 years ago on November 18th
A young wizard finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.
It (miniseries)
Aired 34 years ago on November 18th
Tim Curry plays Pennywise in the television version of Stephen King's 'It'.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Released 8 years ago on November 18th
Meet Newt Scamander, the latest character to be brough to life in film from the Harry Potter universe.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (movie)
Released 14 years ago on November 19th
As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Paranormal Activity
Released 15 years ago on November 25th
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Alien Resurrection
Released 27 years ago on November 26th
Two centuries after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the aliens.
List Of Occult & Paranormal Events In December 2024
Ghostbusters II
Released 35 years ago on December 1st
The Ghostbuster are back after their discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Ghostbusters
Released 40 years ago on December 7th
Ghost movies don't get much better than this. Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Enfield Poltergiest voices began
Happened 47 years ago on December 10th
A poltergeist starting speaking through a possessed teenaged girl during a haunting in Enfield, London.
Enfield Poltergiest levitation
Happened 47 years ago on December 15th
One of the girls at the centre of the Enfield poltergeist was seen levitating by two independent witnesses.
Galaxy Quest
Released 25 years ago on December 25th
Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman bodly go where no man has gone before in this spoof of Star Trek.
Rendlesham Forest incident
Happened 44 years ago on December 26th
The UK's most famous UFO case. A series of reported sightings of unexplained lights near Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England.
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