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Continue reading →: The Famous Screaming Skulls of EnglandScreaming skulls are ghosts in/attached to human skulls that haunt a location, most commonly places in England. Most often, these spirits seem to be attached to their homes and will exhibit poltergeist or ghostly behavior when removed. According to mental_floss, the origins of these legends are ambiguous: Britain’s screaming skull…
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Continue reading →: Indiana Cemeteries: Mound CemeteryIt was the first weekend of October. The air was cold and the sky was overcast. Obviously, it was time to visit a cemetery. I drove to the small town of Pine Village, which was a very solitary drive down country roads. I was surrounded by livestock, corn fields, and…
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Continue reading →: A Repository of Paranormal Knowledge: Artificial GhostsThis series explores the paranormal basics: key terms, categories, theories, and schools of thought. This will prepare you to be an intellectual ghostbuster. An artificial ghost is a ghost created though the collective imagination and energy of a group of people. The Philip Experiment In 1972 a parapsychology experiment was conducted to see…
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Continue reading →: A Repository of Paranormal Knowledge: Ghost LightsThis series explores the paranormal basics: key terms, categories, theories, and schools of thought. This will prepare you to be an intellectual ghostbuster. What is a Ghost Light? Ghost Light: a mysterious ball (or irregular shape) of light with no natural explanation that often appears at night in remote locations. Ghost lights usually come…
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Continue reading →: Indiana Cemeteries: Fink CemeteryIt’s been awhile since I’ve visited a cemetery, and I forgot how much I enjoy quietly moving from memorial to memorial. I visited Fink Cemetery in Lafayette. The weather was perfect and the area was lively with the sounds of a nearby church’s Fall Fest. I saw a tractor pulling…
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Continue reading →: A Repository of Paranormal Knowledge: Types of HauntingsThis series explores the paranormal basics: key terms, categories, theories, and schools of thought. This will prepare you to be an intellectual ghostbuster. The terminology surrounding paranormal activity is complex, vague, and contested. For example, the word spirit means different things from culture to culture. And, it can mean something different to a religious…
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Continue reading →: The Yellow RibbonI was obsessed with Alvin Schwartz’s In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories when I was a child. I checked it out from the school library as often as I could, and I always turned to the short story, “The Green Ribbon.” The stories in this book are inspired by folklore,…
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Continue reading →: A Repository of Paranormal Knowledge: Street Light InterferenceThis series explores the paranormal basics: key terms, classifications, theories, and schools of thought. This will prepare you to be an intellectual ghostbuster. Street Light Interference phenomenon is the claimed ability that individuals can turn off street lamps (or security lights) by walking underneath them. The term was first coined by paranormal author, Hilary Evans.…
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Continue reading →: A Cemetery Stroll with the Wabash Paranormal Research SocietyI am skeptical of the existence of ghosts. Though, I believe in their existence enough so to pursue haunted places for the chance to see one. I believe in them enough so that I feel chills down my spine when I hear a ghost story. There is still so much left…
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Continue reading →: The House of Blue LightsMisunderstood people are sometimes feared to the point of folklore legacy. We cling to myth to avoid confronting the other, creating monsters that aren’t really there. So much of my own childhood lore was attached to that neighbor that seemed “off.” For example, “Old Man Bill,” that lived down the street…
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