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Tales of Aradale Lunatic Asylum: Horrifying procedures
In this instalment, I look at the horrific procedures such as electroshock therapy and lobotomies that occurred at places like Aradale Asylum. Did these procedures really help 'treat' the patients?
Telepathic Hallucinations
Is the act of seeing a ghost one of telepathy rather than physical manifestation?
Woomera UFOs
On the 15th of July 1960, there were various reports of UFO sightings at a nuclear weapons testing range near Wewak, South Australia. On the 24th of July of the same year, the Government replied with an official report of the investigation into the claims.
The 2%
Peter Underwood once said “98% of reported hauntings have a natural and mundane explanation … it is the other 2% that have interested me for over 40 years.”. While there are things we can't necessarily explain, we also must remember that not everything is paranormal.
The Osterhase (Easter Bunny)
We know that Easter is traditionally a Christian holiday with some pagan roots. But where did the giant bunny come from? Here is all you need to know about the Easter Bunny or the Osterhase.
Rebuilding the past
Is energy absorbed into a location or do we project its history back onto it?
A friendly messenger
When you walk through a door to a room of people, one of the most natural things we do is to greet each other. Do you greet a spirit if you are trying to communicate? What do you say/do? Here is what the LLIFS readers had to say!
The honour of the journey
We talk and even argue a lot about what and what isn't paranormal. In this fight we can often forget the importance at a personal level. Sometimes it is not about who is right or who is wrong, it is about the person.
Being sensitive to different cultures and the deceased’s privacy during paranormal investigations
When conducting an investigation, it is important to discuss with the venue what you can and cannot disclose out of respect for the deceased and their families.
Ghosts of the Past: Haunted house near Melbourne?
In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, a writer recounts a holiday spoiled by a noisy poltergeist and the ridicule received by sceptical friends when he told others of what they experienced.