Category Archives: paranormal

Christopher Knowles: Gods, Esotericism, and Comics

October 5th, 2010 | Posted in comics, paranormal, Western esotericism

Comic books and graphic novels are not only popular sources for television and Hollywood films. They are also increasingly the object of academic and critical scrutiny. Christopher Knowles has made his own contribution in this area with his book Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes (Weiser Books, 2007). As the […]

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Amityville Horror Home and the Paranormal Entrepreneurial Mind

June 18th, 2010 | Posted in 1970s, paranormal

A few weeks ago it was announced that the house where the Amityville Horror events took place was up for sale. In 1977 Jay Anson wrote The Amityville Horror: A True Story which told the story of the Lutz family living in the home in Long Island, New York which was reportedly plagued by paranormal […]

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“In Search Of…”: Opening the Door to Paranormal Television Then and Now

August 11th, 2009 | Posted in paranormal, television

In September 2006 Baylor University released a survey which mentioned that a “surprising level” of belief in the paranormal by Americans. ReligionLink commented on this and said that, “According to a 2005 askyourguide Poll, about 75 percent of Americans hold some form of belief in the paranormal – extrasensory perception, ghosts, telepathy, clairvoyance, astrology, communicating with […]

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