C.R. Berry

Urban Legends

  • What the hell is THAT? The curious case of the Montauk Monster

    Meet the Montauk Monster, a bizarre, unidentified carcass that washed up on the beach in 2008 and has dumbfounded scientists and animal experts ever since… Jenna Hewitt and three friends discovered this hideous, hairless creature on Ditch Plains Beach, just east of Montauk, New York, on July 12th 2008. Hewitt took this photograph and passed Read more

  • I’m going to be on Spaced Out Radio! October 25th Pacific Time, October 26th London Time

    Howdy! Next week I’ll be on Canadian online radio station, Spaced Out Radio, talking to host Dave Scott about UFOs, conspiracies, time travel and general weirdness. Eeeek! I’m nervous and excited but I’m sure it’ll be great fun — for me and for listeners! The interview, I’m told, will last two hours and Dave wants my Read more

  • How to write flashbacks in fiction + story updates

    Hello hello! Welcome, on this stifingly hot and sticky September day, to my monthly round-up of news, including the latest on Million Eyes and the Million Eyes Short Stories. And this month I also come bearing tips for writing flashback sequences in fiction—not as easy as it sounds! I’m being interviewed on Spaced Out Radio! Last month I was contacted Read more

  • “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” now available to read in Tigershark Magazine

    My short story, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller, has now been published in Tigershark Magazine, Issue 11! You can download the PDF of the issue for free right here! Just click the link below. (The story starts on page 18.) Tigershark Magazine Issue 11 The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller is the second of the Million Eyes Short Stories Read more

  • “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” to be published by Tigershark

    I come bearing news! The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller is about to become the second of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be published. The story will be part of Issue 11 of Tigershark Magazine, a free e-zine of flash fiction, short fiction and poetry that’s been running since 2013.  Issue 11 should be out at the end Read more

  • Time travel in Times Square? The strange case of Rudolph Fentz

    When people go missing, does anyone ever think that they might’ve fallen through time? Of course not, because time travel’s impossible… isn’t it? In 1950, a man in Victorian-era clothes was spotted in Times Square, New York City. Witnesses who saw him said he looked startled and disoriented, like he didn’t know where he was. Read more

  • The hotel that slipped forwards in time – then back again

    We’ve all stayed in a hotel that’s in desperate need of a refurb, lacking in modern conveniences, and basically stuck in the past. Though, next time you do, you might want to stop and ask yourself if the hotel has actually become unstuck from the past…. Time slips and involuntary time travel have been reported Read more

  • Heather Mills knows that Paul McCartney is an imposter

    Paul McCartney is dead. He has been since 1966. And Heather Mills knows it. In my first Paul McCartney article, I looked at some of the audio and visual clues in The Beatles’ songs and album covers that allegedly expose the music industry’s biggest and most audacious secret: Paul McCartney was killed in a car Read more

  • Sneak peek of my short story “Who is Rudolph Fentz?”

    As promised yesterday, I’m back with a sneak peek of my short story Who is Rudolph Fentz? Based on the actual urban legend of time traveller Rudolph Fentz, this is the first of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be published and appears in the winter 2015 issue of Scribble magazine. The following paragraphs are taken from near the Read more

  • My short story “Who is Rudolph Fentz?” is now available to read in Scribble Magazine

    Evening all! The winter 2015 edition of award-winning short fiction magazine Scribble is now available to buy for £4.50 from their website. You can also take out an annual subscription for £15.00. As you’ll know from my previous posts, the winter 2015 edition contains my short story, Who is Rudolph Fentz? This is a mystery story about a man Read more

  • Paul McCartney has been dead since 1966

    Beatles legend Paul McCartney is not who he claims to be. That’s according to a number of conspiracy theorists who believe he was killed in a car crash in November 1966 and his death was elaborately covered up… The “Paul is Dead” conspiracy theory and urban legend is one of the most bizarre that I’ve Read more

  • “Home Alone” has the proof that Elvis is alive

    One of the most enduring pop culture conspiracy theories is that Elvis Presley faked his own death in 1977 so he could be free of public scrutiny. It seems that Elvis didn’t want to give up the limelight completely, though. 13 years later he turned up as an extra in popular Christmas movie Home Alone… Read more

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