Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Something Unknown is Doing We Don’t Know What

Friday, July 9th, 2010 Posted in General | No Comments »

Sally Rhine Feather recommended this documentary about parapsychology from Dutch filmmaker Renée Scheltema. I haven't seen it yet, but I love the title, Something Unknown is Doing We Don’t Know What. It's a quote from Sir Arthur Eddington, ...

Ghostbusters 3

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Posted in General | 1 Comment »

I read this Bill Murray quote a couple of weeks ago. I forget where I read it, but it was one in of those free NYC papers. He was talking about a possible Ghostbusters 3. “It as just this ...

I’m Reading this Sunday, April 4, 3PM

Friday, April 2nd, 2010 Posted in General | No Comments »

Sunny's is a great old bar on the Red Hook, Brooklyn waterfront. The best picture I found of it came from Sam Horine's website, I hope he doesn't mind. He's an extremely talented photographer who takes pictures of my favorite ...

A Message From Beyond from John Thomas. Maybe.

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 Posted in General, Ghost Stories | 2 Comments »

In the summer of 1962, someone passed along a message to J. B. Rhine that was supposed to have come from the ghost of “Johnnie Thomas.” John Thomas was the name of the man who first brought the Rhines ...

Thomas R. Tietze

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in General | No Comments »

I was sorry to read that Thomas R. Tietze died last October. Tietze wrote an excellent book about the medium Mina Crandon titled, Margery; An entertaining and intriguing story of one of the most controversial psychics of the century. ...

Missed One Entry From my Timeline

Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in General | No Comments »

1959. Rhine speaks at NYU’s Institute of Philosophy. “I was one of the discussants of a paper given by Norbert Weiner," Rhine wrote. "The audience was mostly philosophers, mathematicians, and computer experts. I do not ...

The New Paperbacks are Here!!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in General | No Comments »

The paperback of Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory came out today. Woohoo!! You can buy it here! This is the slightly different cover. It has a new P.S. section, ...