Paranormal activity has always been a questionable topic across all cultures‚ however‚ it seems as if one location has stumped skeptics. Located in Louisville‚ Kentucky is the mysterious Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Briana 1). The land was purchased in 1883 by Major Thomas H. Hays (Briana 1). Waverly Hills Sanatorium is indefinitely one of the most haunted locations on Earth. Louisville had the worst Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic out of the entire nation throughout the early 1900’s‚ due to the Ohio River
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We as humans are fascinated by supernatural creatures‚ such as vampires. The Usher’s were a paranormal family‚ meaning “of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation‚ as psychokinesis‚ extrasensory perception‚ or other purportedly supernatural phenomena” (“paranormal” np). The paranormal activity could be explained by saying that‚ not only were there unnatural occurrences involving the family but‚ also involving the house. By reading “The Fall
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believe that they have a kind of ESP are people such as psychics or spiritualists that believe they can communicate with the dead (Encarta). ESP is a supernatural and is nothing of the natural world that can be explained. Most believers in the phenomena of extrasensory perception do not understand physics at all and maintain that spatial distance is irrelevant to the exercise of ESP. People often have the tendency to make psychic experiences seem unusual‚ out of the ordinary‚ special‚ somehow set
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Louisville‚ Kentucky Visitors say they encounter shadow people‚ ghostly nurses and disembodied voices singing in the attic at this former tuberculosis hospital in Kentucky. 5. Eastern State Penitentiary‚ Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania Investigated by many paranormal groups and included in numerous television documentaries‚ Eastern State is often called the "haunted house within a prison". 6. Saint Augustine Lighthouse‚ St. Augustine‚ Florida Ghost stories about the lighthouse have been around for decades. Three
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London‚ 1995 C. Green and C. McCreery‚ Apparitions‚ Hamish Hamilton: London‚ 1975 The New American Bible‚ Good Counsel Publishers: Chicago‚ 1971 D. F. Kellerman (Ed.)‚ The Lexicon Webster Dictionary‚ Lexicon‚ 1977 J. Ritchie‚ Inside The Paranormal‚ Fontana: London‚ 1992
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10 GRADE LIT HOW TO BE A GHOST HUNTER To clarify what’s out there to be investigated‚ Southall begins the handbook in earnest by defining the terms‚ since ghosts‚ spirits and poltergeists are not interchangeable and represent quite different phenomena.Ghosts and apparitions are a kind a recording on the environment - a residual energy that can come from a person‚ animal or even an inanimate object. We can experience these lingering energies by sight‚ sound‚ smell and touch. Spirits
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had a distinct interest in the paranormal. From stories told around the campfire to motion pictures like Paranormal Activity to books like the Scary Story series‚ everyone has heard a good ghost story or two. Some people even claim to witnessing supernatural experiences themselves. Since the start of our obsession with the paranormal science has been attempting to explain the “unknown” beyond the typical bump in the night. B. The investigation into paranormal research has evolved into the field
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The Psychic Medium There are many types of psychic phenomena that exist. In this paper‚ I will discuss that of the psychic medium. The term psychic medium refers to a person thought to have the ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with agents of another world or dimension through extra sensory perception or paranormal powers. While a medium will always be psychic‚ a psychic is not always a medium. The main objective of a mediums work is to prove survival of the human personality
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Paranormal Activity: Analysis and Critique Rick Mitchell September 12‚ 2011 ENG 225: Introduction to Film Instructor: Alene Morrison Paranormal Activity was a movie that everyone wanted to see as soon as the previews hit the movie screen. The previews showed the viewer small pieces of the movie so they would be left wondering and want to go see the movie as soon as they could. Paranormal Activity was based on a true story about a young couple dealing with a paranormal entity. The young woman
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There is nothing to fear‚ but fear itself. This axiom highlights what many people perceive as mankind’s greatest weakness‚ fear. Fear commonly manifests itself in two forms‚ tangible and transcendental. For the people who seek the thrilling feeling of fear through movies‚ this combination can all but guarantee that picture will be a cinematic thriller. In Mike Flanagan’s film‚ Oculus‚ fear is portrayed all throughout the movie. The movie tells the story of a brother-sister duo‚ Tim and Kaylie‚ in
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