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Caught on camera
Why is it that all the best potential pieces of paranormal evidence are not caught on camera? If they are, would they ever be accepted? Is it because it is about our own perception and experiences of the paranormal rather than the individual event itself?
Paranormal Book Club: ESP
The theme for this edition of paranormal book club is all about ESP otherwise known as Extra Sensory Perception
Spiritualism
During the 19th century, there was a movement wherein mediumship and spirit communication became quite popular. In fact, it became its own kind of religion. It was known as spiritualism. Is modern-day paranormal investigating an evolved take on spiritualism?
Spiritual Q & A With Harry Houdini Vol 2
A reader wrote to Harry Houdini via The Washington Times asking how an impromptu visit with a psychic deliver such personal information they "couldn't have known!". Harry responds citing the oldest trick in the 'blue' book!
Ghost cats
Almost all locations have a story with a 'ghost cat'. Do our beloved pets come back after they die or is something else going on? Why are there so many stories that involve a ghost cat?
Sheldrake's hidden puzzle
In 1983, psychical researcher Rupert Sheldrake attempted to test the idea of 'shared knowledge' through pictures. What is collective consciousness and what does it mean for the way we view the concept of ghosts?
The boy in the window
Supernatural Synchronicity Case Files: The boy in the window. Was the sighting of the boy in the window a real boy, or was it a recognitive vision of the past?
The Ideomotor Phenomenon
The ideomotor phenomenon is an involuntary muscle movement that can explain why a person's hand moves when using an ouija board or pendulum. How does it affect telepathy experiments? What role does it play in divination? Is it accessing genetic memories within our subconscious or is it simply controlled by our own beliefs?
The ethics behind recordings
While investigators often playback recordings hoping to hear spirit voices, sometimes they pick up things they are not supposed to hear ..... the private conversations of people unaware their conversation is being recorded. What ethics should be considered in these situations?
Mistakes I've made as a paranormal investigator
It is safe to say that in order to get to the point of research I am at now was a very long and very intense learning curve that is never-ending. I also did a lot of silly things and made a lot of mistakes. My guess is that you have as well. How else would we learn?