Swedes take pride in being modern – and secular. But interest in the paranormal is high.
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The human mind is always searching for meaning in ambiguity. Could misinterpretations of the external world create the experience of the supernatural?
Real facts based on hard research for kids who are serious about ghosts.
Why early Protestants embraced demons and witches but turned their backs on ghosts. Listen to expert Penelope Geng on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
While most Canadians trust science, half of us also believe in unexplained phenomena.
Haunted was a groundbreaking documentary that took the paranormal to prime time in Australia.
Artists often turn to the supernatural to reflect on and speak to the anxieties brought about by social, religious and political upheaval.
Sources as old as Pliny the Younger, the ancient Roman lawyer and writer, tell stories of houses that are haunted.
From Victorian séances to TikTok, our hunt for ghosts reveals more about the living than the dead.
Samuel Van Grinsven’s film follows a man and his estranged mother’s widow, as both are drawn into a haunting possession that forces them to confront their pasts.
The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and are often used to do evil.
A scholar of Tibetan Buddhism discusses how she challenges her students to rethink their preconceived notions of death, the afterlife and the concept of the ‘other.’
Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.
The issue of ghost clothes is interesting for historians of the supernatural because, like a loose thread, pulling at it starts to unravel some of the assumptions about matter in spiritualism.
Many attended seances to help develop their theories about ghosts, life after death and the spirits of the dead.
In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the stereoscope – a device that created three-dimensional optical illusions.
Hyun-su’s sleepwalking is ruining his marriage but it might take more than a few pills to get it under control.
Artificial intelligence helped produce the Beatles’ 2023 hit “Now and Then.” But despite the sophisticated technology, the song reveals our obsession with the past and our anxieties about the future.
Some of popular culture’s most famous ghosts and demons have roots in ancient Mesopotamia. What did ancient humans believe about the supernatural? And what stories did they tell?
An art exhibit, ‘The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts,’ sees contemporary artists contextualize uncanny photographs taken between the World Wars in Winnipeg.
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