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Vic Tandy And The Bizarre Story Of The “Haunted Lab” That Was Solved By Bringing A Sword To Worka lab that looks dark and spooky, ripe for a haunting

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Vic Tandy And The Bizarre Story Of The “Haunted Lab” That Was Solved By Bringing A Sword To Worka lab that looks dark and spooky, ripe for a haunting
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Vic Tandy And The Bizarre Story Of The “Haunted Lab” That Was Solved By Bringing A Sword To Work

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The Australian "Ghost Nuisance" Got So Bad Newspapers Called For Ghosts To Be Shot On SightGraves and a tree in a dark, foggy graveyard.

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The Australian "Ghost Nuisance" Got So Bad Newspapers Called For Ghosts To Be Shot On SightGraves and a tree in a dark, foggy graveyard.
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The Australian "Ghost Nuisance" Got So Bad Newspapers Called For Ghosts To Be Shot On Sight

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IFLScience The Big Questions: Why Do People Believe In The Paranormal?A smartphone showing season 5 of The Big Questions, on background of spooky looking mist

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IFLScience The Big Questions: Why Do People Believe In The Paranormal?A smartphone showing season 5 of The Big Questions, on background of spooky looking mist
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IFLScience The Big Questions: Why Do People Believe In The Paranormal?

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In 1927, A Physicist Conducted A Mass Psychic Experiment Involving 25,000 PeopleAn old radio and microphone.

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In 1927, A Physicist Conducted A Mass Psychic Experiment Involving 25,000 PeopleAn old radio and microphone.
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In 1927, A Physicist Conducted A Mass Psychic Experiment Involving 25,000 People

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The Infamous "Summerville Ghost" Of South Carolina May Have A Geological ExplanationA railway at night.

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The Infamous "Summerville Ghost" Of South Carolina May Have A Geological ExplanationA railway at night.
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The Infamous "Summerville Ghost" Of South Carolina May Have A Geological Explanation

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Science And The Séance: Why Victorian Scientists Took Ghosts SeriouslyVictorians participating in a seance

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Science And The Séance: Why Victorian Scientists Took Ghosts SeriouslyVictorians participating in a seance
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Science And The Séance: Why Victorian Scientists Took Ghosts Seriously

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Why People Believe In Ghosts – A Psychologist Explains AllA ghostly faces presses out of the dark. The face's eyes and mouth are just black holes in an otherwise pale grey face.

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Why People Believe In Ghosts – A Psychologist Explains AllA ghostly faces presses out of the dark. The face's eyes and mouth are just black holes in an otherwise pale grey face.
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Why People Believe In Ghosts – A Psychologist Explains All

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We're Proud To Introduce Gef, The Talking Mongoose That Mystified A NationAn illustration of what the Irving's believed Gef looked like. It shows a weasel-like creature with short legs and an oversized bushy tail.

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We're Proud To Introduce Gef, The Talking Mongoose That Mystified A NationAn illustration of what the Irving's believed Gef looked like. It shows a weasel-like creature with short legs and an oversized bushy tail.
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We're Proud To Introduce Gef, The Talking Mongoose That Mystified A Nation

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An Awful Lot Of Hauntings Can Be Attributed To Carbon Monoxide PoisoningA man standing in an ominous corridor.

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An Awful Lot Of Hauntings Can Be Attributed To Carbon Monoxide PoisoningA man standing in an ominous corridor.
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An Awful Lot Of Hauntings Can Be Attributed To Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And DemonsParanormal activity sleep

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Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And DemonsParanormal activity sleep
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Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And Demons

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The House That New York State Legally Declared HauntedA house on the seafront that, to be fair to it, definitely looks haunted.

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The House That New York State Legally Declared HauntedA house on the seafront that, to be fair to it, definitely looks haunted.
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The House That New York State Legally Declared Haunted

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What Happened When A Jury Asked A Murder Victim To Name His KillerA ouija board with a thingie

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What Happened When A Jury Asked A Murder Victim To Name His KillerA ouija board with a thingie
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What Happened When A Jury Asked A Murder Victim To Name His Killer

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Boy Who Inspired "The Exorcist" Became A NASA Engineer On The Apollo ProgramA young girl is subject to an exorcism by a priest

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Boy Who Inspired "The Exorcist" Became A NASA Engineer On The Apollo ProgramA young girl is subject to an exorcism by a priest
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Boy Who Inspired "The Exorcist" Became A NASA Engineer On The Apollo Program

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Oldest Depiction Of A Ghost Discovered – With Exorcism Instructions Includedarticle image

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Oldest Depiction Of A Ghost Discovered – With Exorcism Instructions Includedarticle image
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Oldest Depiction Of A Ghost Discovered – With Exorcism Instructions Included

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Explorers May Have Found Famous Ship Said To Be Lost In The Bermuda Triangle Decades Agoarticle image

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Explorers May Have Found Famous Ship Said To Be Lost In The Bermuda Triangle Decades Agoarticle image

Explorers May Have Found Famous Ship Said To Be Lost In The Bermuda Triangle Decades Ago

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