Archive topic
Spiritualism, exceptional experiences, curse traditions and the history of attempts to investigate claimed psychic phenomena.
Occult & Psychical Research
The Fátima crowd event is historically documented, while its cause and religious meaning remain disputed. Testimony, expectation, optics and weather must be kept distinct.
Occult & Psychical Research
Charlotte Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain described an uncanny walk at Versailles in 1901. Their early notes and later research document a developing interpretation, not independent proof of a time slip.
Occult & Psychical Research
The Fox sisters' spirit raps helped launch modern Spiritualism, then became a lesson in performance, grief, confession and belief that survives exposure.
Occult & Psychical Research
The Hope Diamond is real, spectacular and historically traceable; the curse attached to it is better read as media folklore and gem-market theatre.
Occult & Psychical Research
Why ordinary objects can gather blame, awe and dread when misfortune needs a visible container.