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The devil comes at night

Disaffected Newsletter • 1718 implied HN points • 28 Sep 24
🎭️ Culture Faith Fear Identity Supernatural Literature
  1. Fear can linger long after experiencing scary stories. A movie or book may heighten existing fears that you have had since childhood.
  2. Some fears, like those of the devil or ghosts, can be powerful even if you don't believe they exist. It's interesting how our minds can create beliefs that clash with our logic.
  3. Nighttime can bring out these fears, leading to feelings of dread. It's common to wonder if these fears are linked to ourselves or our past choices.

How Skeptical Are We Allowed to Be?

Cold Button Issues • 39 implied HN points • 24 Oct 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Paranormal Skepticism Supernatural Miracles Religion
  1. Setting a probability of zero for the existence of supernatural or paranormal powers is statistical bigotry.
  2. Groups organizing paranormal challenges likely don't overestimate the probability of these powers, providing a reasonable non-zero estimate for their existence.
  3. Extreme skepticism towards supernatural claims is justifiable for many paranormal phenomena, but practical implications should be considered for high-stake situations.
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ESPionage: When the CIA Attempted Telepathy (Project Stargate)

Tripsitter • 39 implied HN points • 15 Jun 23
💾 History Supernatural Espionage Research Government Cold War
  1. Two scientists convinced the CIA to fund research on telepathic ability in 1973, believing it could be used for spying on other nations.
  2. The feds funded the research secretly as 'Project Stargate' for almost 20 years, with strange and unexplainable successes in the program.
  3. Former President Jimmy Carter leaked the existence of the research in 1995, leading to the end of 'Project Stargate.'

Tales of the medical macabre

The Quack Doctor • 19 implied HN points • 27 Oct 23
💾 History Victorian Supernatural Medical Practices Doctors
  1. The past is filled with morbid medical-themed stories involving supernatural encounters, like a 7-foot-tall corpse standing upright in a dissecting room.
  2. Even physicians, like an unnamed doctor in New York, have encountered eerie incidents, such as being led to a patient by a deceased child.
  3. Victorian medical students' antics, like assembling and playing pranks with a bleached skeleton, sometimes crossed into the realm of the supernatural, leading to life-altering experiences.

The Haunted Prison Cell

Marlene’s Newsletter • 4 implied HN points • 13 Jan 25
🎭️ Culture History Folklore Mythology Supernatural
  1. In 1872, a police cell in New Orleans was haunted after a woman named Ann Murphy hanged herself there. Following her death, many inmates tried to commit suicide in the same cell.
  2. Witnesses described seeing Ann Murphy's ghost encouraging them to take their own lives. Her appearance matched detailed descriptions given by several survivors.
  3. The haunting continued after the cell was closed for use, with reports of strange happenings and more suicide attempts in other cells, indicating that the supernatural influence may have spread.

The Family Curse

Captive Liberty • 0 implied HN points • 18 Oct 24
📚 Literature Fiction Mythology Folklore Supernatural Narrative
  1. Iphigenia and her family had a curse where each woman lost vision in their left eye after being told to bathe in a lake on a specific day. This repeated for generations.
  2. The nixie, a water spirit, cursed the family because of a past deception by Iphigenia's ancestor Helena. He wanted revenge by taking their eyes each generation.
  3. In the end, Marta outsmarted the nixie by showing him a three-eyed fish from a TV show, which lifted the curse and allowed her family to live free from his demands.