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From electric currents to mold, there's usually a scientific explanation for those eerie feelings you get in a creepy house or attic etc.

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Sources:

What's Really Behind Paranormal Experiences (Hint: It's Not Ghosts):
http://www.livescience.com/14904-para...

“Richard Wiseman doesn't believe in spooks — and he doesn't think you should, either. Once a professional magician, the University of Hertfordshire psychologist has always been intrigued by the unusual side of the human experience, conducting research on luck, lying and the paranormal."

How Ghosts Work:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/scie...

“Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire has researched the phenomenon of haunting in Great Britain. He has studied locations considered to be haunted, like the Haunted Gallery at Hampton Court Palace, the Edinburgh Vaults and Mary King's Close."

Ask the Brains: What Is Sleep Paralysis?:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/art...

“Why am I sometimes awakened in the middle of the night by explosions going off in my head?"

Magnetic Fields and Haunting Phenomena: A Basic Primer for Paranormal Enthusiasts:
http://www.publicparapsychology.org/h...

“Reports of haunting phenomena are often characterized by two types of ostensibly anomalous phenomena that may repeatedly occur over long periods of time in a given location."

Explaining The Flashlight Sessions:
http://www.radiolab.org/story/explain...

“If you listened to our recent Halloween story "Haunted," and you're still skeptical of our skepticism about spirits talking through flashlights, this is for you."

Ergotism: A Possible Etiology For Puerperal Psychosis:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29...

“Some reports in the medical literature have mentioned the occurrence of psychotic reactions in response to the use of certain ergot alkaloids in therapeutic doses."

Ergot and Its Alkaloids:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

“This manuscript reviews the history and pharmacognosy of ergot, and describes the isolation/preparation, chemistry, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics of the major ergot alkaloids and their derivatives. "

Testing A Medium: Results:
https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/...

“Well, yesterday was quite a day. As many of you may know, the James Randi Educational Foundation has a standing offer of $1 million to anyone who can prove that they have psychic or mediumistic abilities."

Scientists Put Psychic’s Paranormal Claims To The Test:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...

“The young female volunteer in front of me could not suppress an embarrassed giggle as she sat there wearing a ski mask, wraparound sunglasses, an oversized graduation gown and a pair of white socks, a large laminated sheet hung around her neck displaying her participant number."

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