Tag: #Psychology
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When Belief Pulled the Trigger
A true 1923 case from Biggs, California. Originally published on Medium. In 1923, a woman told police a Ouija board warned her that her husband would kill her. She shot him first. When the gun went off in Biggs, California, it wasn’t the sound that unsettled the town. A single shot in a farming community…
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Science Explains a Lot. So Why Does the Paranormal Persist?
Most people have felt watched in an empty room at least once, even if they’ve never admitted it out loud. We’ve all caught movements out of the corner of your eye only for it to be gone when we look. Experiences such as these help remind us that our curiosity survives well past what we…
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Exorcism: What Hollywood Gets Wrong
The movies thrive on terror. The reality is built on empathy, ritual, and the need to feel safe again. Most people think they know what an exorcism looks like because Hollywood has shown them the same scene for fifty years: a dark room, a screaming voice, a priest locked in combat with a demon. It…
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