In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (Yiddish: דיבוק, from the Hebrew verb דָּבַק dāḇaq meaning “adhere” or “cling”) is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. It supposedly leaves…
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Category: Ghosts & Hauntings
Various Ghosts & Hauntings
Shedim
Shedim (Hebrew: שֵׁדִים) are spirits or demons in Jewish mythology. However, they are not necessarily equivalent to the modern connotation of demons as evil entities. Evil spirits were thought as the cause of maladies; conceptual…
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How many motorists think they’ve seen a ghost while driving on ‘haunted roads’
Seeking a chill? Check out the spookiest roads in England and Scotland. Fancy yourself as a ghost hunter? Then forget about exploring old haunted houses and get on the open road. For a real scare,…
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How do EVP’s Work?
EVPs are essential to ghost hunting. Almost every investigator attempts to capture them because they help provide solid evidence or any ghost or spirits that are around. Paired with any video footage, it is hard…
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Doris Bither’s story is possibly one of the most terrifying and well documented paranormal accounts. Not only was she repeatedly plagued by three poltergeists, but these three poltergeists raped her on several occasions, and many…
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Demonic possession
Demonic possession is the belief that a person’s actions are controlled by an alien spirit, demon, or entity. Symptoms of demonic possession commonly claimed by victims include missing memories, perceptual distortions, loss of a sense…
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Occult
The term occult sciences was used in the 16th century to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. The term occultism emerged in 19th-century France, where it came to be associated with various French esoteric…
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Telepathy
Telepathy (from the Greek τῆλε, tele meaning “distant” and πάθος, pathos or -patheia meaning “feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience”) is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person to another without using any known…
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Stone Tape
The Stone Tape theory is the speculation that ghosts and hauntings are analogous to tape recordings, and that mental impressions during emotional or traumatic events can be projected in the form of energy, “recorded” onto…
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Spirit world (Spiritualism)
The spirit world, according to Spiritualism, is the world or realm inhabited by spirits, both good or evil of various spiritual manifestations. Whereas religion regards an inner life, the spirit world is regarded as an…
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