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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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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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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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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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Thai Trisaksri Ghost Repellent Device: $1,500
Still going strong after 7 years: In Thailand, Boondee Workshop continues to offer the Trisaksri Ghost Repellent device for approximatel...
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Prosecuting a Poltergeist
The Defamation Trial of the Curé of Cideville. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Miner’s Silver Ghost
Merle Haggard
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Wildfire
Michael Martin Murphey and The Rio Grande Band
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Haunted House Hunting with Mrs. Butler
“Once you accept the notion that some kind of anima invigorates our skin and bones, there’s no reason we couldn’t reverse the logic and say that people are just ghosts that happen to have physical bodies. “ By Aaron Dabbah.
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I Found Seven Skeletons in My Dining Room in 1874
“I can’t tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house” – Matthew Tobin Anderson. By Aaron Dabbah.
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At the end of her life, my mother started seeing ghosts, and it freaked me out
It‘s not that uncommon, but it was hard to figure out how to respond. By Steven Petrow.
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‘Poltergeist’ Was The Perfect Suburbanite Horror Flick | PHX SUX
The doorknob is what got me. We had the same faux aged, fake bronze doorknobs with the Greek meander design on all the doors in our house. I was Carol Anne’s age when Poltergeist was released in 1982 and her brother’s age when I saw the movie for the first time. When Robbie struggles with the knob in that final, frantic escape sequence, the camera is at his eye level, my eye level — that scene is probably what scared me most at the time since it felt like it could be happening to me and my family. In fact, every door in all my friend’s and neighbor’s homes had the same door knobs. Every house in “Rancho Ponderosa” could have...
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Dame of Doom
The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Assault, Robbery, and Murder
The Dark History of "Bedsheet Ghosts." By Lucas Reilly.
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On eBay, a Fantastical, Earnest World of Haunted Dolls
Once you’ve seen one cracked porcelain face with a dead-eyed pout, you’ve seen ’em all. Instead, it’s the sellers’ storytelling that provides the charge. By Katherine Carlson.
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Love and Longing in Ancient Amphipolis
Dating the Dead. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Sarah Vine, Prue Leith and Jilly Cooper on their most convincing ghost story
Anthony Horowitz Novelist I have never really believed in ghosts, but I actually had a personal experience which I still find hard to explain.
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The Victorian woman who drew pictures of ghosts
Georgiana Houghton claimed her artistic talent came from the dead. By Paul Gallagher.
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The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living” – Marcus Tullius Cicero. By Aaron Dabbah.
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La Grande
Laura Gibson
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