Category: Paranormal

Sceptics say that memories of a paranormal experience, which sometimes can only be recalled with the help of hypnosis are false—that the events the subject…

A pentagram is an image of a five-pointed star, often inscribed within a circle. This image, also called a pentacle, has been associated with magical…

Pendulums are objects suspended from a fixed point so that they can swing freely back and forth. Small pendulums hung from strings, cords, ribbons, light…

Beginning in the nineteenth century, there have been reports of people exhibiting strange magnetic qualities, often accompanied by unusual displays of electric energy. Scientists are…

Hypnosis is a process whereby a person’s mental state is altered in such a way that the conscious mind no longer stands in the way…

The Forer effect occurs when people consider certain statements to refer specifically to them, when in fact the statements are so general that they could…

A trance is an altered mental state whereby the conscious mind is inactive and the subconscious mind can be more easily accessed. The most common…

In the mid-twentieth century, people who saw strange circles of flattened, dark grass attributed the phenomenon to a UFO’s landing. In earlier times, however, they…

Citing research by psychologists Sheryl C. Wilson and T.X. Barber, sceptic Philip J. Klass says that as much as 4 percent of the U.S. population…

Also called the Marfa mystery lights, the Marfa lights are a nighttime phenomenon seen several times a year near Marfa, Texas, since at least 1883.…