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The secret word is .......

30th October 2023 Reading Time: 7 minutes Famous Paranormal Cases, General, Harry Houdini. 7205 views. 1

Halloween also marks the anniversary of Harry Houdini's death. Before he passed, he had given his wife Bess a secret 'password' that he hoped he would be able to communicate and perform his final escape .... from death. Yearly seances were held, but did the secret word ever come through?

Stigmas of the paranormal

21st October 2023 Reading Time: 10 minutes General, Stuff paranormal investigators need to know. 3874 views. 0

There are a lot of stigmas associated with the paranormal. Let's start to break down two of the most popular ones by understanding their true nature, without the embellishment from Hollywood.

Ghosts Of The Past: The Story of the gold and the ghost

7th October 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute General, Ghosts Of The Past. 1658 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at a supposedly haunted house in North Melbourne enriched with hidden treasures!

Who is Nandor Fodor?

24th September 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Famous Paranormal Cases. 3094 views. 0

With the new movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose hitting digital platforms, some may be asking 'Who is Nandor Fodor'?

Optical illusions and perception

23rd September 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Stuff paranormal investigators need to know. 3470 views. 0

Optical illusions show us how easily our minds can be fooled into seeing only one side of the picture. What we see is often not the entire truth. Let's look at optical illusions and how we perceive reality and why this is important to understand when it comes to the paranormal.

LLIFS Resource Directory: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang (1897)

26th August 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes General, Paranormal Book Club. 1305 views. 0

The highlight of the LLIFS Resource Directory this week is The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang. Published in 1897, it is a retelling of 78 ghostly encounters.

The chair, the door and the ghost?

20th August 2023 Reading Time: 8 minutes General, Paranormal Investigation, Strange and Unusual. 2329 views. 0

When the ghosts don’t want you in a room so they barricade the door with a chair ????‍♀️ This is a weird experience I had at Black Rock involving a chair and a door. Paranormal or not, it was weird but just what I needed to regain a spark and maybe that was the point all along!

Will HADAR be the next big thing in paranormal investigating?

12th August 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Paranormal Theories, Paranormal Equipment. 2669 views. 1

IR Cameras, Thermal cameras and now LiDAR are all technology paranormal investigators use to try and map figures in the dark. Will HADAR (Heat-Assisted Detection And Ranging) be the next big thing in this area?

Pop Culture Tarot decks to get excited about in 2023

11th August 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Tarot Review. 1221 views. 0

From Marvel to Ghostbusters, here are some new tarot deck releases from your favourite movies and tv shows!

Ghosts Of The Past: Melbourne's Springheeled Jack

5th August 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes Ghosts Of The Past, General. 2244 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at claims of a potential poltergeist in Melbourne who bared a resemblance to the infamous Springheeled Jack! It became such a sensation that the local press bombarded the area all wanting a glimpse or to experience the rappings of Springheeled Jack.