Category: Paranormal

Sceptics are people who believe that all claims of knowledge or certainty can and should be challenged. In regard to the paranormal, modern sceptics generally…

First promoted by an Australian named David John Oates, reverse speech refers to the idea that there are hidden, backward messages in speech. For example,…

In ancient times oracles were divine communications, usually prophetic, delivered after a person had petitioned the gods for such a message. The word oracle is…

Located in San Antonio, Texas, the Mind Science Foundation is dedicated to studying the human mind and is particularly interested in finding out how consciousness…

mermaids and mermen (merbeings) For centuries sailors have told stories of seeing mermaids and, less commonly, mermen while out to sea. In such stories, these…

Psychics are people who appear to have one or more psychic abilities. Psychics whose ability appears to be spirit communication are called mediums or channelers,…

William McDougall (1871–1938) a professor at Harvard from 1920 to 1927 and at Duke University from 1927 until his death in 1938, psychologist William McDougall…

Stage mentalists are people who perform mind-reading and other ESP-related tricks on stage before paying audiences. Such performers use a variety of methods to make…

Sceptics contend that many reports of paranormal phenomena are the result of people having seen depictions of similar events in movies or on television. The…

Miracles are paranormal phenomena—almost always positive in nature—attributed to the actions of a deity. Devout adherents to all religions accept the possibility of such intervention.…