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The Enfield Poltergeist
Ghosts tend to be associated with ancient castles and grand mansions – imposing old buildings which are far removed from the kind of place where most of us live.The story of the Enfield poltergeist demonstrates that the paranormal can emerge anywhere however even in semi-detached council houses in north London. Britain’s most famous poltergeist case occurred between 1977 and 1978.…
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Mystery Monuments of Ancient Egypt
For literally thousands of years, the mysterious monuments of Ancient Egypt have haunted the imaginations of the legions of bedazzled foreigners who have come to gaze upon them. In their scope and scale, they seem almost beyond the capabilities of an early human civilisation. It is this intriguing thought that has given rise to so many alternative interpretations of what…
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Werewolves
Werewolves are wolf like people that exist in mythology and folklore. They are also known as lycanthropes – a human that can transform into a wolf. The idea of werewolves dates all the way back to the ancient Greeks. It was the medieval writer Gervase of Tilbury that associated the transformation from man to wolf to the full moon. The…
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Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind?
(Image credit: © Michal Bednarek | Dreamstime.com) “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued…
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The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena
MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT AS TRUE, or at least partially true, numerous assertions that seem laughable or absurd to critics. A Harris poll a few years back reported that only 47 percent of adult Americans accepted the reality of evolution: more than half the population still denies the basic lynchpin of scientific biology. Meanwhile, 42 percent accept the reality of ghosts, 29 percent put their faith in…
