haunting

Long after the tsunami that devastated a stretch of Japan’s coast in 2011, a fire station in Tagajo received calls to neighborhoods that had been leveled.

When it comes to the phenomenon of purportedly hearing ghost voices, some studies say it could be supernatural, some say it’s all in the mind.

The occult has its place in American courtrooms—and police stations, and even business strategies.

Beneath the ancient fortified city of Edinburgh, Scotland lie the South Bridge Vaults—notorious underground tunnels and chambers that became the dwelling places of the impoverished and the villainous.

The decrepit house, the dank, abandoned orphanage—the sites that inspire fear and ghost stories could also be hotbeds of toxic mold.

A video camera found in part of the catacombs may document the terrifying last moments of its owner, whose identity and fate remain a mystery. It is rumored that the Gates of Hell are found in this morbid maze.

My own investigation—published in peer reviewed journals within the last several years—furnishes evidence that highly sensitive individuals are much more likely than the general population to report feeling an unseen presence, to see or sense energy around people, or to otherwise note anomalous goings-on.

Scores of individuals who have anomalous perceptions, such as seeing ghosts, have also reported having environmental sensitivities. Could there be a connection?

The Winchester Mystery House is an unusual 19th-century mansion in San Jose, Calif., which contains numerous oddities including doors leading nowhere, 2-inch-high steps, windows overlooking other rooms, and an obsession with the number 13.

The abandoned fort of Bhangarh is thought to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that the Archaeological Survey of India has forbidden access to the site between sunset and sunrise, and locals have moved their town outside the limits of the fort.

Your heart will jump to your throat when you watch these creepy videos taken from office surveillance footage.

Peter Sacco is a psychologist who writes on a variety of topics, including haunting, spirit possession, and poltergeists. He has a unique perspective as both a psychologist and an investigator of these strange phenomena.

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