Category: Occult Sciences

7 Hotels Haunted by Ghosts and Dark Histories

Travelers looking for a taste of dark drama can stay in accommodations built in former prisons, cult compounds and defunct military installations.
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Sets a Surprise Box Office Record

The horror sequel took in roughly $83 million over the weekend in the United States and Canada, about 65 percent more than anticipated.
Spiritualism, A.I. Griefbots and Why We Still Need to Talk to the Dead

Emotional needs and technology, including A.I.-fueled “griefbots,” have kept us searching for connections to the other side.
Brianne Howey Feels a Presence Through Her Bracelet

The star of Netflix’s “Ginny & Georgia” has used the simple gold bracelet she inherited to channel her grandmother.
Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80

A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin and countless hauntings.
Tarot Cards for Lovers of Broadway, Art and Pasta

Plus: landscape paintings at a Kyoto temple, cast-iron furniture and more recommendations from T Magazine.
Tony Oursler Wants Your Most Haunted Objects

Over the past half-century, the multimedia artist Tony Oursler has amassed thousands of pieces of spiritual ephemera.
The Lucrative Business of Being a Witch on Etsy and TikTok

Modern witches no longer lurk in dark alleys or operate out of the back rooms of stores, you can instead buy their services online for a pretty penny or two.
Exorcise Your Ex: How to Get Closure With Witchy Spells, Rituals and Hexes

After a romantic or platonic breakup, these people tried hexing spells, smashing plates or erasing all traces of their exes from their digital life.
‘The Devil on Trial’ Review: Whodunit? Satan?

This documentary revisits a 1981 homicide that the defense tried to attribute to demonic possession.
The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge

In 1973, Uri Geller claimed to bend metal with his mind on live television. Skeptics couldn’t beat him. Now they’ve joined him.
The Smell of Magic

The New York Times – T Magazine:
A new crop of scents reference long-held beliefs about the connection between perfume and the supernatural.