Paranormal

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

QAnon

When predictions fail: UFO cults, QAnon and cognitive dissonance

Chris French -
When their predictions don't come true, cults are faced with a choice: accept reality, or rationalise the failure. Which road will Qanon take?
Covid-19

Pandemic prediction problems: meet the psychics who claim to have predicted COVID-19

Brian Eggo -
Psychics and astrologers now claim to have successfully predicted the pandemic, here's what their 2020 predictions actually said
Alternative Medicine

Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Ghosts

Have we seen the last of the vanishing phantom hitchhiker?

Deborah Hyde -
Familiarity and caution may have killed off the story of the phantom hitchhiker, but our draw towards creepy tales will always find an outlet.
UFOs

Is the US government in contact with an alien “galactic federation”?

Chris French -
Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry, claims aliens are working with the US government. I'd like to see some evidence.
Hilary Evans Paranormal Library

‘Fisherman and Djinn’: Illustration by A Stieren in ‘Tausend und eine Nacht’

Deborah Hyde -
The latest image from the Hilary Evans Paranormal Library is for all of us who are frustrated at being unable to go to a pantomime this year and shout 'BEHIND YOU' at the tops of our voices.
Paranormal

Captured by Aliens? A History and Analysis of American Abduction Claims, by Nigel Watson

Chris French -
'Captured by Aliens?' is an excellent introduction to alleged alien contact, but misses the opportunity to update on previous editions
Ghosts

Ghosts, curses and werewolves: archaeologists see human belief up close

Paul Duncan McGarrity -
Dealing with human remains teaches us we don't have to share somebody's belief to respect them - as long as those beliefs aren't causing harm
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