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A Paranormal International Women's Day
On March 8th each year, the World recognises International Women's Day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women while drawing attention to gender equality and important women's issues. Many within the paranormal field also use it as a chance to recognise their female colleagues.
Ladies of Paranormal Past: Mary Rose Barrington
In this edition of Ladies of Paranormal Past, we look at some of the work of Mary Rose Barrington which many of you may know from her book detailing the JOTT phenomenon.
Feeding off fear
I recently rewatched the classic horror movie The Tingler from 1959 which is all about fear and it got me thinking. As investigators, we speak often about how much the power of suggestion can influence a person. How much of what we experience is us feeding off the fear of the other people with us?
Ghosts of the Past: Police burn 'GHOST' doll
In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters. In this article, we look at a supposedly haunted doll in NSW Australia that had to be burnt by police after it kept coming back after numerous attempts to dispose of it.
Haunted Magazine Issue 37
Haunted Magazine Issue 37 is now available for Pre Order Worldwide
The Brocken Experiment
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
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
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
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.
Ghosts Of The Past: Minsden Ghost 'Faked Photo'
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!