Category: Ghosts
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USING SCIENCE TO INVESTIGATE THE PARANORMAL
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Science has long been used to investigate seemingly supernatural phenomena. Read about some of the most famous examples—and what they tell us about the historical relationship between science and the occult. From Harry Price and his ‘National Laboratory of Psychical Research’ to the infamous case of the Cottingley Fairies, this story looks…
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Do Spirits Influence Great Artists?
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“It is not every medium who is able to get into the headlines of the British press without being ridiculed, but this feat has been achieved by Herr Heinrich Nusslein,” psychical researcher Harry Price wrote in the November 1928 issue of Psychic Research, published by The American Society for Psychical Research. …
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Feuds & Regrets in the Afterlife
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The story of the Ross sisters, as communicated through the mediumship of Geraldine Cummins, (below) perhaps the most accomplished automatist of the 20th Century, suggests that family grudges and feuds carry over into the afterlife if not resolved before death. The story also suggests that we can have concerns and…
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Spirit Photography
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On Spirit Photography The history of Spirit Photography is almost as old as photography itself. It will be William Mumler who will change the way the world felt about the paranormal. He will do what mediums of his day couldn’t do, he provided physical proof of an afterlife through the…
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A Ghostly History of Historic Lodges
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When you take my tour of Old Town Orange and we start the tour early or perhaps I find myself divinely inspired I share a small story with my guests, that of the haunted Masonic Lodge in the plaza area above the Chase Bank branch. The story consists of members…
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The Enfield Poltergeist
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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.…
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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…
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Knowing if you are dead or not
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There have been numerous messages and signs from the spirit world indicating that many spirits are slow in recognizing that they are “dead,” some floundering in an “earthbound” stupor for a long time, however time is measured in that realm. This phenomenon was popularized in the hit movie, The Sixth Sense,…
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Is it possible to study ghosts & apparitions?
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If we are considering studying from a scientific perspective based on hypothesis and replication, then we will certainly be facing major issues. A considerable number of anomalous experiences are subjective, deeply personal, and meaningful to the individual. Scientific observations and studies do not generally include `pseudoscientific` theories. Therefore, the study…
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History of Ghost Stories
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Since ancient times, ghost stories—tales of spirits who return from the dead to haunt the places they left behind—have figured prominently in the folklore of many cultures around the world. A rich subset of these tales involve historical figures ranging from queens and politicians to writers and gangsters, many of…
