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Who is Nandor Fodor?
With the new movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose hitting digital platforms, some may be asking 'Who is Nandor Fodor'?
Optical illusions and perception
Optical illusions show us how easily our minds can be fooled into seeing only one side of the picture. What we see is often not the entire truth. Let's look at optical illusions and how we perceive reality and why this is important to understand when it comes to the paranormal.
LLIFS Resource Directory: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang (1897)
The highlight of the LLIFS Resource Directory this week is The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang. Published in 1897, it is a retelling of 78 ghostly encounters.
The chair, the door and the ghost?
When the ghosts don’t want you in a room so they barricade the door with a chair ????♀️ This is a weird experience I had at Black Rock involving a chair and a door. Paranormal or not, it was weird but just what I needed to regain a spark and maybe that was the point all along!
Will HADAR be the next big thing in paranormal investigating?
IR Cameras, Thermal cameras and now LiDAR are all technology paranormal investigators use to try and map figures in the dark. Will HADAR (Heat-Assisted Detection And Ranging) be the next big thing in this area?
Pop Culture Tarot decks to get excited about in 2023
From Marvel to Ghostbusters, here are some new tarot deck releases from your favourite movies and tv shows!
Ghosts Of The Past: Melbourne's Springheeled Jack
In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at claims of a potential poltergeist in Melbourne who bared a resemblance to the infamous Springheeled Jack! It became such a sensation that the local press bombarded the area all wanting a glimpse or to experience the rappings of Springheeled Jack.
The moon and the paranormal
Is there a connection between the moon and the paranormal? I look at the myth surrounding the moon as well as various theories that also connect it to paranormal activity.
Houdini the star ghost breaker talks about spirits
An insightful interview was published with Harry Houdini who talks of his belief in the afterlife, and his belief in his failure to find evidence of it. After all of the deception he exposed, he was still hopeful that one day he would find true evidence of the afterlife, but was it right in front of him all along?
A personal milestone reminds me why researching the paranormal is so important to me
This post is a little different to the norm and gets a little personal. It is a little insight into why researching the paranormal has been such an important and big part of my life in recent years.