The ghost of Julia Markham
According to legend, she appears at night near the corner of a country back road, roaming fields she likely worked in more than 100 years ago. At Rose Dale Cemetery, a mile east of this quiet Cambridge back road, Mrs. Clarence B. Markham, the former Julia A. Johnson, is buried in an unmarked grave...
Monster hunter: an exclusive interview with Nick Redfern
Lisa Shiel: A few weeks ago, I interviewed cryptozoologist Robin Bellamy. This time around, I'm interviewing one of my favorite researchers, Nick Redfern. I asked Nick for candid answers to controversial questions, and he delivered. I think you'll find his responses both entertaining, intelligent, and thought provoking...
Abominable Snowmen are hot!
New images and news of Yetis being celebrated are demonstrating a growing renewed interest in the ancient hairy ones of the Himalayan Mountains...
What is consciousness? Study aims to settle debate
In science, plenty of problems are hard. But perhaps just one is so gruesomely trying that scientists themselves have termed it, well, “the hard problem.” How does consciousness arise—the living, aware experience of being?..
Thoughts on the decline of major paranormal phenomena
Major paranormal phenomena, defined as phenomena detectable by the senses alone without a need for statistics, have diminished in the contemporary publications of the Society compared with the publications of its first several decades. The lack of reports of such major phenomena may reflect diminished interest in them on the part of investigators, most of whom have turned their attention to laboratory experiments that elicit marginal results requiring statistical analysis...
Parapsychology research can learn from skeptics
Dr. Stephen Novella on how collaboration between skeptics and researchers may pave the way for more conclusive findings: "… in the end we have the same goal, even though we have difference approaches and different interpretations… the goal is to design research in such a way that it doesn’t matter what you believe… the results will be valid despite the beliefs of the researcher...
Altered states
Rocky collected money for the Mafia. A typical bagman, he was immersed in the material world of fast cars, quick cash and getting ahead by butting heads. Quantifying the Phenomenon: Prof. Bruce Greyson developed this scale to measure the depth of an individual's near-death experience. One day, he was shot in the chest and left for dead on the street. He survived, though, and lived to tell of an experience that changed his life. "He described a blissful, typical near-death experience—seeing the light, communicating with a deity and seeing deceased relatives," says Bruce Greyson, a U.Va.-trained psychiatrist who interviewed Rocky after the shooting...
The (in)famous Scoriton mystery
A man named E. Arthur Bryant reported a UFO sighting for April 24th, 1965 in Scoriton, England, the County of Devon, near Dartmoor. Mr. Bryant also noted, in letters to the Exeter Astronomical Society, other sightings. What is fascinating about the Bryant incident is his alleged contact with beings in that “flying saucer” – one of whom referred top himself as Yamski, apparently a reincarnation of George Adamski who had died only hours before (April 23rd, 1965)...
Hundreds flock to Nepal shrine for "sweating" idol
Hundreds of people have flocked to a remote village in eastern Nepal to see a "sweating" idol of a Hindu god, a sign of impending turmoil or natural disaster for the devoutly religious nation. Witnesses said that sweat seeped out of the idol of the Bhimeshwor god at a temple in Dolakha, a few hours drive from Kathmandu, during evening prayers at the weekend...
Iconic Loch Ness to be made a world heritage site
"The Last Fatima Visionary: My Meetings With Sister Lucia"
Here is a translation of the Pope's introduction to Cardinal Bertone's book "The Last Fatima Visionary: My Meetings With Sister Lucia" (Rai Eri/Rizzoli). The book was written in collaboration with Giuseppe De Carli...
