Ghosts Of The Past: Christmas Ghost Hunting

25th November 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at what 'Christmas Ghost Hunting' was said to be like in the early 1900's. We also look at the custom of telling ghost stories at Christmas.

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LLIFS: The best of 2023

19th November 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

As we wind down for the year, this week I'm going to share my favourite articles I have written this year in 2023! After 8 years of LLIFS I always worry I'll run out of things to write about but it is the opposite. So many choices, and so many questions!

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Am I dreaming?

18th November 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes

An experience I had waking up the other night and seeing something that ultimately wasn't there inspired me to look once again at hypnopompic hallucinations.

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A ghostly game of chess

11th November 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes

In 1985, amateur chess player Wolfgang Eisenbeiss, arranged a match of chess between two grandmasters. The twist? One of them was deceased.

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Looking at popular theories from a different perspective

3rd November 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes

Let's discuss paranormal theories and how we can look at them from a different perspective to change the way we think about the paranormal.

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The secret word is .......

30th October 2023 Reading Time: 7 minutes

Halloween also marks the anniversary of Harry Houdini's death. Before he passed, he had given his wife Bess a secret 'password' that he hoped he would be able to communicate and perform his final escape .... from death. Yearly seances were held, but did the secret word ever come through?

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Stigmas of the paranormal

21st October 2023 Reading Time: 10 minutes

There are a lot of stigmas associated with the paranormal. Let's start to break down two of the most popular ones by understanding their true nature, without the embellishment from Hollywood.

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Superstitions

13th October 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes

Walking under ladders, black cats crossing your path and broken mirrors. These are just some of the common superstitions that have seemed to become a part of our normal life. Where did they really come from and what is their significance? I look at some popular superstitions and their origins.

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Ghosts Of The Past: The Story of the gold and the ghost

7th October 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at a supposedly haunted house in North Melbourne enriched with hidden treasures!