Ghosts and Hauntings
Haunted castles, prisons and rectories, the poltergeist cases that made headlines, the gear ghost hunters carry, and the séance rooms where Spiritualism began.
Famous Haunted Places and the Stories Behind Them
The Tower of London, Hampton Court, Edinburgh's vaults, Eastern State Penitentiary and the Winchester house: what people report there, and what history and tests show.
7 min readPoltergeists: The Famous Cases and What Investigators Found
The Epworth knocks, the Bell Witch, Borley Rectory and the Enfield case: what families reported, what investigators found, and why poltergeists center on one person.
7 min readGhost-Hunting Gear Explained: EMF Meters, Spirit Boxes and EVP
What an EMF meter, a spirit box, an EVP recorder and a thermal camera actually measure, why their readings mislead, and how a careful investigator controls for it.
7 min readSéances and Spiritualism: How Talking to the Dead Became a Movement
How two sisters' rappings in 1848 grew into Spiritualism, why séances swept America and Britain, what Faraday and Houdini found, and the Fox sisters' 1888 confession.
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