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The Brocken Experiment

16th February 2023 Reading Time: 18 minutes Famous Paranormal Cases, General. 643 views. 0

In 1932, Harry Price travelled to Germany to partake in a ritualistic experiment with the aim to turn a goat into a real live boy. He wrote about it in his book Confessions of a ghost hunter published in 1936.

Why ghosts pass through walls - according to Usborne World Of The Unknown:Ghosts

9th February 2023 Reading Time: 8 minutes General, Paranormal Theories. 1710 views. 1

A popular image often circulates across paranormal social media supposedly explaining why a ghost could walk through walls. It is actually a picture from the widely popular World of the Unknown:Ghosts book. Let's look at it and the theory behind it a little closer.

Crisis Apparitions

8th February 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Paranormal Theories. 1314 views. 2

There have been documented cases for decades all around the World of people being alerted by a loved one in the form of a vision or even a feeling that something is wrong.

Blindspot Bias and the Paranormal

7th February 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Stuff paranormal investigators need to know. 1674 views. 1

Sometimes we won't take another person's opinion on board because of their belief system or how they investigate. We think they are biased. At the same time, however, we are failing to recognize that by thinking this way, we too are being biased.

Retaining research

28th January 2023 Reading Time: 7 minutes General. 1164 views. 0

While we research a lot of information pertaining to the paranormal, we are not necessarily retaining all the details of that information. This is where social media and content creation can actually be of benefit to keeping historical information alive.

Ghosts Of The Past: Minsden Ghost 'Faked Photo'

28th January 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes General, Ghosts Of The Past. 518 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters.  In this article, we look at the famous photo of the Minsden Ghost, a practical joke that went a little too far when people believed it was really a ghost and received worldwide attention!

LLIFS: Strange and Unusual: Black Rock House

24th January 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Strange and Unusual. 672 views. 0

In this week's edition of Strange and Unusual, one of our readers tells us about their own strange and unusual encounter they had at their regular haunt Black Rock House. What makes the submission all the more intriguing is I was there and I add my experience too!

Tarot decks to get excited about in 2023

21st January 2023 Reading Time: 10 minutes General, Tarot Review. 720 views. 1

It is that time again! Here are the tarot decks I have my eyes on in 2023! (OMG There is a BUFFY Deck!!!!!!)

A piece of the puzzle

20th January 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes General. 442 views. 0

The search for the paranormal is a piece of the puzzle that becomes a part of a person's identity

Ghosts of the Past: The spiritualist who predicted the winner of the Caulfield cup!

18th January 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes General, Ghosts Of The Past. 470 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. While the following is not a ghost story as such, it deals with spiritualism and psychic mediumship from the streets of Melbourne way back in 1882.  Spiritualist L Morgan supposedly was able to gain knowledge from the spirits as to who the winner of the Caulfield Cup would be and it turns out, he was right!