Category: Paranormal

Sceptics commonly dismiss supposed sightings of ghosts or other paranormal phenomena as optical illusions, which are false images caused by either quirks of human physiology…

Mystery lights is just one of many terms used to refer to various types of lights that to some people seem to appear and disappear…

Psychic healing is the process of curing another person’s illness by concentrating one’s thoughts on the disorder. Some parapsychologists believe that psychic healing involves the…

Found in the folklore of various cultures, leprechauns, elves, dwarfs, gnomes, and goblins are thought by some people to actually exist. They are described as…

Developed in 1971 by parapsychologist Charles Honorton, ganzfeld studies are extrasensory perception (ESP) tests (usually of telepathy) conducted with a subject who has been placed…

Hyman, Ray (1928– ) An outspoken critic of experiments that seem to show that extrasensory perception (ESP) is a real phenomenon, skeptic Ray Hyman has…

Charles Honorton (1946–ca. 1992) Parapsychologist Charles Honorton is best known for two accomplishments: his experiments designed to discover whether dream content could be transferred from…

Peter Hurkos (1911–ca. 1988) Born in the Netherlands, Peter Hurkos was once among the world’s most famous psychics, primarily because of his work as a…

Gaddis, Vincent H. (1913–1997) Vincent H. Gaddis is credited with naming an area of the Atlantic Ocean where ships and planes have apparently disappeared under…

Published since 1948, Fate magazine is the foremost periodical dedicated to the paranormal. Issued monthly, Fate publishes articles on subjects as diverse as cryptozoology, faith…