The writings, short stories, and novels of Han Adcock
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From August the 12th / 13th until September the 10th this year, it's Ghost Month or Hungry Ghost Month in China, with the Hungry Ghost Festival on August the 26th / 27th. But what does this all involve, and what led to its customs and traditions?
One of the earliest appearances of ghouls is in The Arabian Nights, or One Thousand and One Nights, portrayed as dangerous, flesh-eating demons. But how have they changed over time?
Throughout the world there have been reports of people hearing bizarre frequencies, some of them still unexplained. Is it the Om Buddhists believe in? Is it cosmic microwave background radiation? Or something else?
A rumour circulated in 1954 in Gorbals, Glasgow that a vampire haunted the old Southern Necropolis. It took a group of feisty kids and a newspaper story to defeat it. However, there are still whispers of its existence in the city...
On a stormy night in 1957, newspaper journalist Mr A. Wilmot from Peterborough had his car break down close to Hannath Hall in the fens of Cambridgeshire. Unfortunately the couple in the building were suffering from a ghostly infestation...
This week we're diving into humanoid objects, their bizarre powers, and why humans are so fascinated with them.
Paranormal enthusiasts will likely have heard of Borley Rectory, one of the most haunted old buildings in Essex, England. However, very little remains of it today. What was its story, and whatever happened to it? Read on to find out.
The original rhyme for what number of magpies you see and what "results" from that was published in 1780. The rhyme has its roots in ornithomancy, or bird divination (which was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans).
In the middle of Liverpool in the UK, there is a seemingly normal street of shops known as Bold Street. But over the years, people who walked down it noticed time doing peculiar things...
It so happens that "demons" are a nickname gifted to certain thought experiments in physics, philosophy, computer science, and other areas. Here are some of them.
