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Superstitions

13th October 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General. 4950 views. 0

Walking under ladders, black cats crossing your path and broken mirrors. These are just some of the common superstitions that have seemed to become a part of our normal life. Where did they really come from and what is their significance? I look at some popular superstitions and their origins.

Ghosts Of The Past: The Story of the gold and the ghost

7th October 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute General, Ghosts Of The Past. 945 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at a supposedly haunted house in North Melbourne enriched with hidden treasures!

Who is Nandor Fodor?

24th September 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Famous Paranormal Cases. 2240 views. 0

With the new movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose hitting cinemas and digital platforms, some may be asking 'Who is Nandor Fodor'?

Optical illusions and perception

23rd September 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Stuff paranormal investigators need to know. 1569 views. 0

Optical illusions show us how easily our minds can be fooled into seeing only one side of the picture. What we see is often not the entire truth. Let's look at optical illusions and how we perceive reality and why this is important to understand when it comes to the paranormal.

LLIFS Resource Directory: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang (1897)

26th August 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes General, Paranormal Book Club. 724 views. 0

The highlight of the LLIFS Resource Directory this week is The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang. Published in 1897, it is a retelling of 78 ghostly encounters.

The chair, the door and the ghost?

20th August 2023 Reading Time: 8 minutes General, Paranormal Investigation, Strange and Unusual. 1615 views. 0

When the ghosts don’t want you in a room so they barricade the door with a chair ????‍♀️ This is a weird experience I had at Black Rock involving a chair and a door. Paranormal or not, it was weird but just what I needed to regain a spark and maybe that was the point all along!

Will HADAR be the next big thing in paranormal investigating?

12th August 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Paranormal Theories, Paranormal Equipment. 1871 views. 1

IR Cameras, Thermal cameras and now LiDAR are all technology paranormal investigators use to try and map figures in the dark. Will HADAR (Heat-Assisted Detection And Ranging) be the next big thing in this area?

Pop Culture Tarot decks to get excited about in 2023

11th August 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Tarot Review. 622 views. 0

From Marvel to Ghostbusters, here are some new tarot deck releases from your favourite movies and tv shows!

Ghosts Of The Past: Melbourne's Springheeled Jack

5th August 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes Ghosts Of The Past, General. 1349 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at claims of a potential poltergeist in Melbourne who bared a resemblance to the infamous Springheeled Jack! It became such a sensation that the local press bombarded the area all wanting a glimpse or to experience the rappings of Springheeled Jack.

The moon and the paranormal

2nd August 2023 Reading Time: 11 minutes General, Paranormal Theories. 3313 views. 0

Is there a connection between the moon and the paranormal? I look at the myth surrounding the moon as well as various theories that also connect it to paranormal activity.