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Inside the CIA’s Psychic Warfare Program
Here’s What the Records Show We spent millions of dollars proving if the human mind could be used as a weapon.Now imagine walking into a Cold War research facility and finding soldiers staring at a goat. Not as a joke. Not as hazing. Not for training in animal husbandry. But because someone believed that focused…
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Why Old Photographs Feel Like They’re Hiding Something
Spirit photography, pareidolia, and the psychology behind that quiet sense of presence Old photographs frequently outlive their subjects. The faces remain. The bodies do not. Something about that imbalance unsettles us more than we admit. The photographs themselves are usually ordinary. Family portraits. Street scenes. Soldiers standing rigid beside artillery. Children sit stiffly in heavy…
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Why I Chose to Stay
On addiction, betrayal, and the quiet decision to keep living Sometimes I catch a glimpse of something, a look, a memory, a reflection in glass, and I’m reminded of how dark things once felt inside me. That darkness ran deep. It still echoes at times. With time, medication, and a complete change in how I…
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The Strange History of Everyday Objects: Keys
Why is it so scary to lose your keys? First published on Medium Keys were never neutral objects. They didn’t exist to help people move through space. They existed to let someone stop that movement and walk away. For most of their history, keys belonged to places people were not meant to leave. Not homes.…
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The Contamination Problem – Now Available
The Contamination Problem examines how hoaxes, hype, and institutional messaging distort the unexplained. Looking at crop circles, UFO reports, and Bigfoot encounters side by side, the book explores what happens when contamination becomes cumulative and reflex replaces evaluation. Available now as a free download. https://brendlewave.gumroad.com/l/fgtgir
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The Strange History of About Mirrors
Why Were Mirrors Once Feared? First published on Medium There are not many things in the modern house that seem as casual as a mirror. It sits silently in a bathroom. It stands by the door, patient. It lies against a bedroom wall catching some light with no words. We use it daily with little…
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Do Houses Remember us?
What it means when a place feels like it knows you First published on Medium Have you ever been in a house that felt different the moment you stepped inside? Not bad, exactly. Just… different. Most people can name at least one place that felt warm and familiar right away, the kind of space where…
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The Paranormal Side of Grief
On grief, perception, and moments that resist explanation First published on Medium Grief does strange things to the way we notice the world. People say it’s emotional, but it’s also very physical too. It changes how sound lands in a room. How silence stretches. How memories will suddenly intrude upon normal activity. After loss, the…
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The #1 Lie About Ouija Boards
Where the Fear Came From and Why It Stuck I’ve spent years being asked whether Ouija boards are dangerous. This short book is a calm examination of where that fear came from — through history, religion, internet culture, and human psychology. It isn’t about belief or disbelief. It’s about understanding how myths form and why…
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When Poverty Pressed In
Life Inside the Aylesbury Estate Originally published on Medium. The Aylesbury Estate was never quiet. It was too big for that. Long concrete blocks stitched together by corridors that never seemed to end. Thousands of flats stacked on top of each other. You could walk for minutes inside the building without seeing daylight. People learned…