Science This Victorian ghost book exposed spiritualist frauds with cool optical illusions Ellsworth Toohey

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Creepy Interesting and Real This spiritualist killed himself to prove that the afterlife exists David Pescovitz

photography Exploring 19th century ghost photography Gareth Branwyn

Weird The erotic séances that scandalized 1920s spiritualism Popkin

scams How psychics and tarot readers use software to fight online scams Thom Dunn

psychics The ghost-busting duo: Harry Houdini and Rose Mackenberg's crusade against fake psychics and spiritualists Carolyn Townsend

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

psychology Don't be a "spiritual" narcissist David Pescovitz

WeWork sounds like a real piece of work Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Neal Stephenson's next book is a science fiction novel with a fantasy novel stuck inside of it Cory Doctorow

History 5 things you know about pulp science fiction are wrong, or at least not always true Rob Beschizza

baby tattoo An art adventure in a magicians' lair with Olivia De Berardinis & Thomas Kuntz Jason Weisberger

happy mutants What will the 25th century call the 21st century? Cory Doctorow

ESP Drawings from "thought transference" experiment (1885) Mark Frauenfelder

The magician who astounded the world by conjuring spirits and talking with mummies Mark Frauenfelder

The woman who shoots ghosts Don Jolly

Science Pitch-drop experiments: science's long wait Maggie Koerth