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Mass Hallucination

Mass Hallucination

When two people independantly see an apparition at the same time could it be some kind of mass hallucination and are they really seeing exactly the same thing?

Is The Dictophone Mightier Than The Pen?

Is The Dictophone Mightier Than The Pen?

The suggestion was recently made that using pen and paper to record an experience after you had it is not good enough.  They suggested that it could take a few minutes to write an account of the experience in any detail and by then the event would have been processed and annalysed too much to make it a good record of the event.  They suggested a dictophone should be employed so that the

TV Historian Required

TV Historian Required

Last January this post was placed on our original forum by SPower, but the conversation has stayed popular:)

Can Animals Detect Ghosts?

Can Animals Detect Ghosts?

I think the title says it all . Can animals detect ghosts and why do you think this is?

Are Orbs Todays Cheesecloth

Are Orbs Todays Cheesecloth

In the early to mid parts of the 20th century spiritualists would try to convince people that the cheesecloth they were pulling from their mouths etc was really ectoplasm and con their audiences into believing they were watching a spirit manifest before them.

Cold Christmas

Cold Christmas

Mysterious Britain has been asked to try and find some information regarding a village in Hertfordshire called Cold Christmas. Does anybody know of any tales, legends, hauntings etc, either in or surrounding this village?

The Humble Apport

The Humble Apport

The idea of apports have always interested me though I have probably never come across one. They are rare physical objects that……well I suppose materialise during haunting and poltergeist activity. Has anyone any experience with apports or know of any good cases that involve them?

Strange Acoustics

Strange Acoustics

Whilst on a case in an old house in Scotland near a ruined abbey, I experienced a memorable accustic event. It occured in a long stone barrel vaulted room at the bottom of the house, probably just below ground level. Whilst we we were covering this area my fellow investiagtors and I heard the unmistakable chanting and singing of monks.

Do groups help or hinder paranormal research?

Do groups help or hinder paranormal research?

What do people here think about paranormal research groups? Do they help or hinder the chances of scientific progress and understanding of the paranormal?