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The Headless Hitchhiker of St. Leonard’s Forest
“We live in a cult of the upgrade right now. There’s always something around the corner that will make whatever you think is cool right now feel obsolete” – Colin Trevorrow
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The Ouija board’s mysterious origins: war, spirits, and a strange death
Historian Robert Murch has spent years studying the Ouija board. He explains how the civil war and the Sears catalogue fueled a phenomenon. By Baynard Woods.
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Just How Do You Invent a Gadget to Find Ghosts?
The 150-year evolution of paranormal investigation, from Thomas Edison to a ghost-sensing Teddy bear. By Jennings Brown.
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History of Ghost Taxis of Japan
The yūrei of Japan have been riding taxis again. While they tend to eschew trains and busses, since taxis appeared around the late Taisho period yūrei have been hailing cabs for quick rides around town... By Zack Davisson. (Feb. 18, 2016)
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The Science Behind The World’s Most Convincing Ghost Effect
Special effects wizards have been using this technique to scare and mystify audiences for centuries. By Kevin Wong.
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Mark Twain Has a Historic Haunted Mansion That Offers Spooky Ghost Tours
Iconic American author Mark Twain, best known for his stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, has more than just books as a claim to fame. A lesser-known aspect of Twain is that his former residence is haunted. By Sara Barnes.
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We Salted Nannie: A True Southern Ghost Story
In 2014, Tom Maxwell rented a historic home for cheap. Nine months later, he and his family ran away as fast as they could, fleeing a parade of spirits and apparitions. Today, three centuries of bad mojo in a house called Nannie.
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Shades of Death Rd.
A haunted road with a creepy name, and disturbing history.
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Real Succubus Tales: Sleep Paralysis and the Genesis of Erotic Horror
I was struck by Richard Gavin’s recent commentary in which he observed that most horror fiction is rarely horrifying, but rather tends to focus on peripheral unpleasantness, such as nausea, gore, o…
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The horrifying history of 'The Hands Resist Him,' the haunted eBay painting
When Bill Stoneham based a painting on a childhood photo, he had no idea what he was unleashing.
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The Ghost Train (1941)
Written by Arnold Ridley.
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Ever seen a ghost? Blame glitches in your brain, say team of Chinese neurologists citing Pinna illusion tests
Researchers find brain still has ‘bugs’ despite millions of years of evolution. By Stephen Chen.
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Why Do Ghosts Wear Human Clothes?
Paranormal enthusiasts often report sighting spirits dressed in Victorian period clothing, flowing white dresses, or just jeans and t-shirts. Why?
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France’s Legendary Haunted Lighthouse Has First Resident Since 1910
For French sailors, hell can be found off the coast of Brittany. Between the French mainland and the Île de Sein is a stretch of water known as the Raz de Sein, infamous for its violent currents. The lighthouses dotting the uninhabited islands along the waterway are difficult to reach and can house at most two lighthouse keepers living in austere conditions... By Jessie Guy-Ryan.
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The Neuroscience of Ghosts
People do ‘feel’ spirits, but why? By Rick Paulas.
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Charles Dickens and The Train of Death
The story behind the classic ghost story ‘The Signal-Man.’ By Paul Gallagher.
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Into the Veil
The Cemetery Soiree
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The Curse of the Charles Haskell: Strange Attractors, Creep Factors, and the Advantages of Asymmetry
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats” – Voltaire.
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Dead reckoning
Jonathan Barnes reviews Lisa Morton's "Ghosts, A Haunted History," Roger Luckhurst's "Zombies, A Cultural History," and Sharla Hutchison and Rebecca A. Brown's "Monsters And Monstrosity From The Fin De Siècle To The Millennium."
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Oliver Sacks on the Kind of Hallucination He Would Liked to Have Had
The late neuroscientist spoke to Motherboard in 2012. By Alex Pasternack.
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