Forums: Other Mysteries

Mesmerism was popular in the 19th century.  But did it have any real value or was it just (quote) ‘a bit of medical quackery developed in the 18th century by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)’

http://skepdic.com/mesmer.html

Here’s one for all the ghostbusters/wannabe Yvette Fieldings. Has anyone had experience of EVP, and if so, what’s your opinion on this?

A friend mentioned this story to me the other day. We both remembered general details, but couldn’t remember location or dates; I’m hoping it will ring a bell for someone here.

What do you think of it? Personally I believe no little gray men are involved but the worldwide activities of whoever’s responsible are a little disquieting to say the least.
Let’s go over some cases.

Looks like it might have been a lone nut AND a Masonic Conspiracy!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3407268/Broadmoor-files-could-unmask-Jack-the-Ripper.html

Does dowsing work?  How does it work and can anybody dowse accurately?

I’d like write a few lines about this colorful character, now often forgotten, and hear if you know more about her and her antics.
Joanna Southcott was born in 1750 in Gittisham, Devonshire, in a farming community. Her parents were members of the Methodist Church.

We know now that many of the crop circles that
have been reported over the past twenty years or so have been faked as
the culprits admitted it. Is it fair to say that all Crop Circles are
probably faked and how can we tell if they are not?

I have stumbled across this funny piece on the recent and much-publicized aircraft accident over the Philippines: http://theparanormalpastor.blogspot.com/2008/07/gremlins-on-attack.html .