HAUNTINGS AND POLTERGEISTS: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease September 1, 2002 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200209000-00020 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | The volume presents multidisciplinary scholarly perspectives on hauntings and poltergeists. Its framing notes that surveys and best-seller lists indicate widespread belief in paranormal phenomena such as telepathy, apparitions, and poltergeists, that many people report having experienced them, and that some find these experiences puzzling or distressing. |
Abstract
Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Houran, James and Lange, Rense, Eds. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. , Inc, 2001. vi + 330 pp. $85.00 As numerous surveys and best-seller lists have shown, many people in our society believe in the existence of paranormal phenomena such as telepathy, apparitions, or poltergeists. Many also claim to have experienced such phenomena, and some are puzzled or even upset by their experiences.
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