Paranormal

Ghosts, ghouls, UFOs and skeptical investigations; psychics, supernatural beliefs and folklore.

Ghosts

The Estes method is an update to the ghost hunter’s Spirit Box, with all the same flaws

Hayley Stevens -
A modern take on the Spirit Box, the Estes Method is similarly doomed to fail, as long as ghost hunters continue to put their biases ahead of the science
Ancient Aliens

The ‘Cryptoterrestrial Hypothesis’ that wants us to believe aliens have always been among us

Dave Hahn -
In order to answer difficult questions about UAPs, the Cryptoterrestrial Hypothesis posits that the aliens were always among us, based on the flimsiest of evidence
Moral Panics

Decades on, we still haven’t fully learned the right lessons from the Satanic Panic

Mark Horne -
Drawing on her work as journalist at the time, Rosie Waterhouse's "Satanic Panic - A Modern Myth" details the creation of the notorious moral panic
Psychics

An unconvincing ‘psychic’ night in Hamilton with medium Elaine Claire

Brian Eggo -
Elaine Claire's psychic show in Hamilton felt like a lukewarm performance of cold reading, but that didn't stop an eager and grieving audience from believing
Cryptozoology

The Bat Beast of Kent: mysterious figure spooks four at Sandling Railway Station

David Barr -
In 1963, four teenagers in Kent claimed to witness a shadowy figure, five-feet tall, with bat-like wings - soon to be dubbed the "Bat Beast of Kent"
UFOs

UFOs: The unidentified flying circus comes to town

Ben Harris -
The public face of ufology is more akin to a circus than any scientific endeavour, argues Australian author, Ben Harris.
Media

The Wikipedia conspiracy that wasn’t; or, why Wikipedia says Roswell was a balloon

Robert Jones -
UFO believers claim a grand CIA-funded conspiracy is hiding the truth about UFOs on Wikipedia, but editors of the world's largest encylopaedia are just following the site's rules
History

The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

Sean Slater -
Gef the talking mongoose - supernatural resident of an Isle of Man farmhouse - is legendary in skeptical lore... even if he was merely the invention of a 13 year old girl
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