Spirit photograph by William Hope, taken around 1920. (National Media Museum Collection/Flickr) October 26, 2021 Spirit photography captured love, loss and longing Felicity T. C. Hamer, Concordia University Today viewers may be preoccupied by the methods used by spirit photographers, but spirit photographs had a notable impact on the bereaved who commissioned the portraits.
Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted by the apparition of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley. John Leech/Wikipedia October 31, 2019 Victorian scientists thought they’d found an explanation for ghosts – but the public didn’t want to hear it Karl Bell, University of Portsmouth Sometimes the unknown is more appealing than the truth – and it has kept ghost hunters in business for generations.
Paranormal or just plain ordinary? Joe Techapanupreeda/Shutterstock October 27, 2016 The top three scientific explanations for ghost sightings Neil Dagnall, Manchester Metropolitan University The truth about the paranormal – just in time for Halloween.