Author Archives: Christopher Laursen
Interview: Hannah Gilbert and Madeleine Castro on Exploring the Extraordinary
Exploring the Extraordinary is an annual conference that recognizes and discusses the extraordinary things – a wide range of them – that occur in people’s everyday lives. Christopher Laursen speaks with its co-founders about the upcoming conference.
Interview: Hannah Gilbert and Madeleine Castro on Exploring the Extraordinary
Exploring the Extraordinary is an annual conference that recognizes and discusses the extraordinary things – a wide range of them – that occur in people’s everyday lives. Christopher Laursen speaks with its co-founders about the upcoming conference.
Interview: John Savoie on the Making of the Blue Ghost Tunnel
A historic Canadian railway tunnel, in disuse since the 1930s, suddenly becomes an Internet-driven, ghost hunting sensation. What was it that sparked such intense interest around this site? Christopher Laursen deconstructs the legend with author John Savoie.
Interview: John Savoie on the Making of the Blue Ghost Tunnel
A historic Canadian railway tunnel, in disuse since the 1930s, suddenly becomes an Internet-driven, ghost hunting sensation. What was it that sparked such intense interest around this site? Christopher Laursen deconstructs the legend with author John Savoie.
Spiritual Housekeeping
Author and Reiki Master Cat Wheeler shares a variety of extraordinary experiences from her time living in Singapore and Bali over the past two decades. She talks about how she learned to clear spaces of unwanted energies and achieve fearlessness.
Spiritual Housekeeping
Author and Reiki Master Cat Wheeler shares a variety of extraordinary experiences from her time living in Singapore and Bali over the past two decades. She talks about how she learned to clear spaces of unwanted energies and achieve fearlessness.
Interview: Ingrid Kloosterman and Wim Kramer on Dutch psychical research
Two historians are tracing the origins and development of psychical research in the Netherlands, which otherwise has been seldom discussed in English language studies. They show how historically, Dutch parapsychology has been a significant part of the discipline of psychology.
Interview: Ingrid Kloosterman and Wim Kramer on Dutch psychical research
Two historians are tracing the origins and development of psychical research in the Netherlands, which otherwise has been seldom discussed in English language studies. They show how historically, Dutch parapsychology has been a significant part of the discipline of psychology.
Pulsating Orb in the November Night Sky
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990. The sighting of a glowing red orb in the November night sky ignited Sue Demeter St-Clair’s inquiring mind. Finding “thoughtful and intelligent people who were looking into these extraordinary experiences without prejudice” shaped her investigative mandate.
Pulsating Orb in the November Night Sky
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990. The sighting of a glowing red orb in the November night sky ignited Sue Demeter St-Clair’s inquiring mind. Finding “thoughtful and intelligent people who were looking into these extraordinary experiences without prejudice” shaped her investigative mandate.
Did you experience objects that repeatedly moved on their own with no apparent explanation?
If so, historian Christopher Laursen would like to hear from you. This research focuses on these types of experiences that occurred between 1945 and 1990. The movement of objects on their own should have taken place repeated over a period
Did you experience objects that repeatedly moved on their own with no apparent explanation?
If so, historian Christopher Laursen would like to hear from you. This research focuses on these types of experiences that occurred between 1945 and 1990. The movement of objects on their own should have taken place repeated over a period
Why Not An Animal Afterlife?
Christopher Laursen shares the experiences of a friend and his mother that suggest that animals survive death. In one, a ghostly cat, in the other signs from beloved pets. A thorough bibliography shows how many people are reporting such experiences.
Why Not An Animal Afterlife?
Christopher Laursen shares the experiences of a friend and his mother that suggest that animals survive death. In one, a ghostly cat, in the other signs from beloved pets. A thorough bibliography shows how many people are reporting such experiences.
Shadows from the Multiverse & the Kuntilanak
Christopher Laursen reviews the uncanny experiences recorded by an expatriate living in Bali: strange shadows that beckon to another dimension; and the kuntilanak, an apparition of a girl with long black hair, similar to the one in The Ring.
Shadows from the Multiverse & the Kuntilanak
Christopher Laursen reviews the uncanny experiences recorded by an expatriate living in Bali: strange shadows that beckon to another dimension; and the kuntilanak, an apparition of a girl with long black hair, similar to the one in The Ring.
The Ramifications of the Reading Horrors
Christopher Laursen reveals the intersection of a ghost tale and a grisly crime. In the late 19th-century England, the infamous baby farmer Amelia Dyer was arrested for multiple infanticides. Her spectre was sighted by a prison warder after her execution.
The Ramifications of the Reading Horrors
Christopher Laursen reveals the intersection of a ghost tale and a grisly crime. In the late 19th-century England, the infamous baby farmer Amelia Dyer was arrested for multiple infanticides. Her spectre was sighted by a prison warder after her execution.
The Spirit That Moves Me: Transformative Snakes, Transcending Mortality
One may argue that life in itself is extraordinary. Both the process of daily living and the very existence of living things. Christopher Laursen shares some personal experiences in two articles written for the wonderful blog The Spirit That Moves Me.
The Spirit That Moves Me: Transformative Snakes, Transcending Mortality
One may argue that life in itself is extraordinary. Both the process of daily living and the very existence of living things. Christopher Laursen shares some personal experiences in two articles written for the wonderful blog The Spirit That Moves Me.
Surveying Hong Kong’s Abundant Spirits
Polls of paranormal encounters have provided insightful data into the diversity of such experiences. As Christopher Laursen writes, in the 1980s, one such study was published by Gettysburg College sociologist Charles Emmons, and he is currently looking to revise it.
Surveying Hong Kong’s Abundant Spirits
Polls of paranormal encounters have provided insightful data into the diversity of such experiences. As Christopher Laursen writes, in the 1980s, one such study was published by Gettysburg College sociologist Charles Emmons, and he is currently looking to revise it.
Edmonton’s McKay Avenue School
Reflecting on the first article he wrote about ghosts and hauntings in 1992, Christopher Laursen takes us to a historic school and drive-in restaurant in downtown Edmonton, Canada. He writes, “I can definitely respect that there is something odd there.”
Edmonton’s McKay Avenue School
Reflecting on the first article he wrote about ghosts and hauntings in 1992, Christopher Laursen takes us to a historic school and drive-in restaurant in downtown Edmonton, Canada. He writes, “I can definitely respect that there is something odd there.”
Japanese Yokai On-Screen: Pom Poko, The Great Yokai War & Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
Three fantastical Japanese films introduce viewers to the culture’s rich variety of kwaidan and yokai – ghosts, some of them shapeshifting, others animal hybrids, and some of them radically defying the conventions of the Western imagination.
Japanese Yokai On-Screen: Pom Poko, The Great Yokai War & Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
Three fantastical Japanese films introduce viewers to the culture’s rich variety of kwaidan and yokai – ghosts, some of them shapeshifting, others animal hybrids, and some of them radically defying the conventions of the Western imagination.
The Ghosts of Gili Meno
With its beautiful turquoise waters, pathways absent of motor vehicles, and view over the dry mountains of Lombok, Gili Meno is the perfect island getaway. But by night, as Christopher Laursen experienced, you may not feel alone in the dark.
The Ghosts of Gili Meno
With its beautiful turquoise waters, pathways absent of motor vehicles, and view over the dry mountains of Lombok, Gili Meno is the perfect island getaway. But by night, as Christopher Laursen experienced, you may not feel alone in the dark.
Supernatural Songcraft: Pulsallama, “The Devil Lives In My Husband’s Body” (1982)
Christopher Laursen seeks the roots of a 1980s hidden gem, “The Devil Lives in My Husband’s Body” by Pulsallama. He finds out from band member Staceyjoy Elkin that pulp fiction not early modern witch trials served as the inspiration.
Supernatural Songcraft: Pulsallama, “The Devil Lives In My Husband’s Body” (1982)
Christopher Laursen seeks the roots of a 1980s hidden gem, “The Devil Lives in My Husband’s Body” by Pulsallama. He finds out from band member Staceyjoy Elkin that pulp fiction not early modern witch trials served as the inspiration.
