Category: Hauntings
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A comprehensive survey of Poltergeist cases by Alan Gauld & Tony Cornell
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with its findings of special relevance to the Dalby Spook case by Christopher Josiffe arapsychologists Alan Gauld and Tony Cornell undertook a scientific study of 460 poltergeist cases from around the world, and they published the results in their 1979 book Poltergeists. They found that in 61% of cases, the poltergeist…
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The Story of the Bell Witch
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“America’s Greatest Ghost Story” The Bell family homestead, the alleged “ground zero” of the Bell Witch haunting. Strange Occurrences Commence One day in 1817, John Bell was inspecting his corn field when he encountered a strange-looking animal sitting in the middle of a corn row. Shocked by the appearance of this…
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Amazing Afterlife Experiments in Paris
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Pierre-Emile Cornillier (1862 – 1933, middle photo) was a French artist who had an interest in psychical research when, in 1912, he realized that Reine, an 18-year-old model (top photo) he had been employing for several months, had psychic abilities of some kind. He soon began some experiments with her…
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Unknown Orb / Object Appears in Video While Taking Video of Cat
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Witness Testimony According to the witness: “Sighting occurred while filming my cat while my now ex girlfriend and I were temporarily living at her grandmother’s house while she was in a nursing home. We were having a stupid conversation about cats and how awful it sounds when they have sex.…
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30 East Drive – Pontefract
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History Jean, Joe, Phillip (15) and Diane (12) Pritchard moved into Number 30 East Drive, Pontefract in August 1966. Almost immediately, during the hot summer Bank Holiday, Phillip and his Grandmother first witnessed a baffling phenomenon – a fine layer of chalk like dust falling not from the ceiling, but…
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Psychical Research
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from Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained The scientific investigation of claims of psychic powers and paranormal events. Interest in psychic phenomena was stimulated during the 19th century, particularly by the rise of the spiritualism movement. This coincided with the development of ‘scientism’ and a growing belief that science could provide the answers to questions about…
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PARANORMAL PHENOMENA / THEORY
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from Elsevier’s Dictionary of Psychological Theories = extra-sensory perception = parapsychology = psi phenomena. The paranormal class of effects refers to supernatural events/results (“beyond the normal”) that are inexplicable by the usual laws of science and/or reason. The related terms extra-sensory perception (ESP) (including clairvoyance, precogni-tion, and telepathy) and psychokinesis (PK) are generic terms for various hypothetical…
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National Security Agency – Central Security Service UFO and Other Paranormal Information
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Review the search terms in response to requests for information on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Paranormal Events, where no responsive material has been located. To Search, Select a Letter/Number A Aegis AEO (aka Anomalous Aerial Objects) Aegis AEO (aka Anomalous Aerial Objects) AF-19741 AF44-29125 AGOR-8 Airgram A-894 ALF Alien Abduction(s)…
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House from 1982 horror movie ‘Poltergeist’ is now up for sale
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They’re heeeere…. Image Credit: Bing AI / Dall-E 3 The iconic house used in the horror classic had been occupied by its original owners since being built in 1979.Directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist told the terrifying tale of a family who became besieged by a malicious haunting that…
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Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind?
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(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…
