Category: Hauntings

  • Mirror, Mirror On the Wall- Strange Tales of Mysterious Haunted and Cursed Mirrors

    Mirror, Mirror On the Wall- Strange Tales of Mysterious Haunted and Cursed Mirrors

    Mirrors have had legends, lore, superstition and myths tied to them for pretty much as long as they have been around. The ancient Romans believed that they reflected a person’s soul and could bring great strife if they were misused, and indeed many other cultures have various negative, supernatural qualities…

  • Artificial Intelligence Gives Answers on Life After Death

    Artificial Intelligence Gives Answers on Life After Death

    In my blog of April 24, 2023, I asked Artificial Intelligence (AI) whether Patience Worth was really AI rather than the spirit of a long-deceased English woman or a group soul of some kind.  So much has been reported lately about AI that I decided to have another exchange with him,…

  • Locals Believe a Pub in the English Countryside Is Haunted. We Tagged Along With Ghost Hunters to Uncover the Truth.

    Locals Believe a Pub in the English Countryside Is Haunted. We Tagged Along With Ghost Hunters to Uncover the Truth.

    A ghost in scorched rags. Mysterious whispers. Appliances switching on by themselves. Strange sightings at the Sparkford Inn are the stuff of local legend—can ghost hunters prove the place is haunted? Flickers of light dance within the fireplace of the Sparkford Inn’s dining room, the warmth overshadowed by rumours of ghosts…

  • What’s the scientific explanation for ‘ghost encounters’?

    What’s the scientific explanation for ‘ghost encounters’?

    People all over the world believe they’ve seen or heard a ghost, but there’s no scientific evidence for spirits, hauntings or the paranormal. So what’s behind these “encounters”? Chances are, you know someone with a killer ghost story. You might even believe you’ve encountered a ghost yourself. However, considering there’s no…

  • Ghosts may ‘die’ after lifespan of 100 years, researcher claims

    Ghosts may ‘die’ after lifespan of 100 years, researcher claims

    Can a ghost die ? Image Credit: Pixabay / darksouls1 Brian Sterling-Vete maintains that intelligent paranormal entities may actually have a limited lifespan. Do ghosts live forever ? While it seems strange to suggest that something thought of as the disembodied spirit of a dead person can itself ‘die’ after a…

  • Lessons from the other side

    Lessons from the other side

    Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 erpete. On the night of 6/12/2018 my wife and I were in our living room watching TV when, to her shock and horror, she noticed that I was dead. I was sitting upright, eyes slightly open, unable to hear or respond to her. She checked…

  • How Do Ouija Boards Work?

    How Do Ouija Boards Work?

    Table of Contents A Ouija board or planchette is a flat platform that has letters, numbers and other signs on it. People ask a question to the ouija board, and a movable piece on the board moves to the symbols, slowly spelling out an answer to the question asked. The board…

  • How This Remote Utah Ranch Became a Paranormal Activity Hotspot

    How This Remote Utah Ranch Became a Paranormal Activity Hotspot

    Bizarre phenomena have lured real-estate tycoons, scientists, TV producers—and the U.S. government—to Skinwalker Ranch. What are they looking for? I have been warned. This much is clear within minutes of ducking out of a helicopter onto the high-desert oasis of Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern Utah one searingly bright October afternoon.…

  • Psychological Aspects in Poltergeist Cases

    Psychological Aspects in Poltergeist Cases

    A current theory about poltergeist phenomena is that they represent brief, sporadic and large-scale manifestations of psychokinesis linked to a certain living individual, as opposed to a discarnate spirit. This article briefly examines the underlying basis for the theory, summarizing some of the psychological and neuropsychological aspects that have been…

  • Poltergeists: 3 Most Famous Cases

    Poltergeists: 3 Most Famous Cases

    Furniture move about by themselves. Walls shake from noisy, unexplained banging. Water drips from a ceiling. Hairbrushes vanish for days, only to reappear in their place on the dresser. These are some of the standard signs and symptoms of a poltergeist haunting. From the German for “noisy ghost,” a poltergeist…