superstitions
Superstitions are beliefs and practices that are not based on rational thought. In most cases these beliefs involve causal relationships. For example, a hockey player…
Author: Lux Ferre
Incorruptibility
Incorruptibility is a phenomenon whereby a dead body fails to decay, even after long periods of time. There are many examples of incorruptibility in historical…
Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is a piece of linen said to be the cloth that wrapped Jesus Christ’s body, as was the custom of the…
Society for Psychical Research
Society for Psychical Research Parapsychological Association, the Founded in 1957 in Durham, North Carolina, at the urging of noted parapsychologist J.B. Rhine, the Parapsychological Association…
Hopkins, Budd
One of the foremost researchers into the alien abduction experience, Budd Hopkins helped spread public awareness of this phenomenon through three popular books, Missing Time…
Hynek, J. Allen
Allen J. Hynek (1910–ca. 1986) An astronomer first at the Ohio State University and then at Northwestern University, where he was chair of the astronomy…
Ghost Ships and Trains
There are numerous stories of ghost ships and trains—spectral images that appear to be traveling in the manner of the vehicles they represent. However, ghost…
Stone Circles
Circles of large upright stones—commonly known as menhirs, which is Celtic for “long stones”—erected in prehistoric times, have been found in various parts of the…
Swann, Ingo
Psychic Ingo Swann is sometimes called “the Father of Remote Viewing” because he coined the term for describing the ability to view faraway sites and…
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute : Founded as the Stanford Research Institute in 1946 by corporate sponsors connected with Stanford University in California, SRI International, as it…
