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Your Consciousness May Be Able to Glimpse the Future—And One Scientist Is Testing That Claim
A new experiment is probing lucid dreamers on their supposed ability to sense the future. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Ten days before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, he confessed a disturbing dream to an aide. He was wandering through the White House when he suddenly heard people weeping. When he followed the sound
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Nightmares
Image Credit: sxc.hu Being chased, falling into an abyss, looking into a mirror and seeing that our appearance has been altered; balancing on a high wire with no safety net, unable to get out of a building or sinking into quicksand are classic nightmare story lines. We may awaken shouting, our heart beating fast and
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The Curse of the Famous Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond Today. “You cradle the 45.5-carat stone—about the size of a walnut and heavier than its translucence makes it appear—turning it from side to side as the light flashes from its facets, knowing it’s the hardest natural material yet fearful of dropping it.” — Associated Press reporter Ron Edmonds in 2003 The Hope
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Monsters & Strange Creatures of America
Legendary monsters “exist,” if only in legend, worldwide. It is no different in the United States. All cultures have historic mythical tales created long ago to explain things people didn’t understand. Some of these involve scary creatures, which are likely not real, but in some cases, they may be. And history tells us that people
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The Bell Witch: Tennessee’s Most Haunting Legend
1894 Illustration of the Bell Home in Tennessee. By Jackie Edwards The Bell Witch is one of the most famous (and horrifying) legends in American folklore, centering around the Bell family in Adams, Tennessee, during the early 19th century. The legend describes a series of mysterious and often malevolent supernatural events that plagued the family at
