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Between 30% and 50% of the population believes in ghosts – literature, philosophy and anthropology can explain why.
Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted by the apparition of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley.
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Sometimes the unknown is more appealing than the truth – and it has kept ghost hunters in business for generations.
Throughout history, spirits - like this one from the film A Ghost Story - have had a knack for reflecting our greatest fears.
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Wherever and whenever ghost stories materialise, they tend to tap into the things we fear most.
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Most religions are populated by an impressive cadre of ghosts, gods, spirits and angels.
Paranormal or just plain ordinary?
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The truth about the paranormal – just in time for Halloween.
Does mankind’s religious instinct date back to prehistoric times?
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Notions of gods arise in all human societies, from all powerful and all-knowing deities to simple forest spirits. A recent method of examining religious thought and behaviour links their ubiquity and the…