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Questions tagged [ghosts]

In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.

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Does this photo of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall show a ghost?

Are there any ghosts that are captured on photos? More specifically, I'm referring to this famous ghost picture of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall: I've never heard anyone debunking the myth of this photo, but I think this picture is so famous that…
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Do ghosts exist?

Ghost themed shows and ghost tours in some cities probably make ghost-related entertainment products a multi-million dollar industry. A ghost is supposedly the spirit of a deceased person who rises again as a translucent spirit that causes…
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Can any EMF detector detect ghosts?

It has been my understanding that EMF detectors are used for a wide variety of applications. For example, EMF detectors can be used to measure electrical leaks in microwave ovens as well as other industrial electronic appliances. EMF…
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How do Ouija boards work?

Have Ouija boards been explained by science? And have they been shown to work under controlled conditions?
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Was the "Irish ghost video" staged? If so, how?

This video shows stuff moving around in a kitchen independently and has been called a video of a "poltergeist". It has 12 million views and even CBS shared it suggesting it as possibly true, when of course it's very likely faked. INTERNET ROUNDUP:…
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What is the nature of ghost lights like Naga Fireballs, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Min Min Light, Hessdalen lights, Chir Batti, et. al

The phenomenon of ghost lights, or Will-o'-the-Wisp, occurs all over the world with each region having its own local name and folklore about them. The folklore causes of the lights include fairies, ghosts, a mythical snake, wandering souls of dead…
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Did the US government classify the Whaley House as haunted?

I noticed in Lonely Planet's book on Los Angeles, San Diego, & Southern California, page 400, the description for the Whaley House says that it is "officially certified as haunted by the US Department of Commerce". Time makes the same claim: in the…
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Does low frequency sound cause people to see apparitions?

There are claims like this and this that low frequency sounds can cause people to see apparitions. In certain individuals, low-frequency sound is claimed to induce feelings such as fear, dreadfulness or depression and animals are also claimed to…
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Can psychics like John Edward contact the dead?

He offers both public and private readings and has been featured on many television shows, but is there any evidence that he can contact the dead as he says?
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Does the Charlie Charlie Challenge demon exist?

A strange new game is taking over Twitter, fuelled by speculation that its players can connect with a dead Mexican spirit known as Charlie. I was surfing the internet and came across this, the internet's newest trend, also known as the Charlie…
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Validity of GhostHunters and other ghost shows on cable

Possible Duplicate: Is there any scientific evidence at all that suggests ghosts exist? My wife often watches Ghost Hunters on SyFy. What explanations are there for some of the shows where the 'investigators' claim a property may have 'spirits'…
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Is this CCTV video about a chair moving by itself in Essex theatre fake?

from various sources around the internet Daily Mail Is this theatre haunted? CCTV footage captures the spooky moment a chair moves all on its own... hours after a medium's show Get ready to feel a ghostly shiver down your spine. This is the …
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Do a high number of human deaths in a given location correlate to an increase in reported ghost sitings in later years?

Among the various locations for "haunted" places (old houses/mansions, graveyards, etc), battlefields rank as fairly common. I suppose the logic being that since lots of humans die in these locations, the likelihood of one or more poor souls turning…
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Can the dead speak via Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)?

I have seen various EVPs on ghost hunters shows. Some are very feeble and can be only heard through a recorder, others can be picked up live and are clear as day. I know science does not believe in soul and spirits. But then where do these voice…
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Has anyone done a scientific analysis of the "Ghost Radar" app for ios/android?

Possible Duplicate: Can smartphone Apps detect EMF? Hard to find anything scientific regarding this app on the interwebs... Almost seems like search results have been manipulated to lower the rank of any sort of skeptical analysis. Ghost Radar®…
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