Paranormal Review

Bottled ghosts for sale

Roy Stemman — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:06:26 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how gullible some people are. Here’s the proof: two ghosts are being auctioned online in New Zealand and a bidding war has broken out. So far, 150 bids have been placed on eBay-style auction site TradeMe, with the current top bidder prepared to pay NZ$1,840 (about £850) and there’s still 20 hours left before the sale ends.

In life and death: proving you still exist

Roy Stemman — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:15:42 +0000

When I first heard the story of Rom Houben, a Belgian man who had spent 23 years in a coma before doctors realised that he was conscious, it struck me that their efforts to prove he could communicate were very similar to those of researchers studying afterlife communications.

It’s the end-of-year silly season

Roy Stemman — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:58:10 +0000

I seem to be ending the year in a silly, frivolous frame of mind. It was triggered, I think, by the story of an Australian family whose home in Sydney is “weeping” oil, a boy who reincarnated as a snake, and 300 predictions for 2010.

Islamic court sentences psychic to death

Roy Stemman — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:18:01 +0000

A Lebanese TV personality has been sentenced to death and could be beheaded in a public execution in Saudi Arabia ... for being psychic.

Did Anita Ikonen really fail?

Roy Stemman — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:30:40 +0000

I am impressed with Anita Ikonen, even though she failed to "see" the missing kidney in one person, and located the kidney on the wrong side with another subject.

Missing kidney to prove psychic power?

Roy Stemman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:55:31 +0000

Today, a 27-year-old American undergraduate student majoring in Chemistry and Physics at UNC-Charlotte, is hoping to convince sceptics that she can “see” inside people’s bodies.

Police haven’t a clue about Spiritualism

Roy Stemman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00:31 +0000

A Manchester Police employee, Alan Power, who lost his job after just three weeks because of his belief in mediumship and life after death , was wrongly dismissed, an appeal court in central London has decided.

Doctors probe spirit world with astonishing results

Roy Stemman — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:47:21 +0000

Members of the medical profession, including doctors, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, met in London this weekend to discuss the role of spirits and the soul in their patients’ health.

Twits, tweets and a tweance – it must be Halloween

Roy Stemman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:04:17 +0000

Spare a thought for those in the next world, as the approach of Halloween makes extra demands on their precious time. Here’s what it might be like: “Gentlemen,” says the heavenly appointments secretary, “I still have a few vacancies to be filled for 31 October. There’s no special qualifications needed: you only need to make a [...]

Acorah stoops low to contact Michael Jackson on TV

Roy Stemman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:29:13 +0000

I lambasted Christian von Lähr for his claim to have “channelled” Michael Jackson on the popular American “Coast to Coast AM” radio show. Now comes news that I find even more sickening.