Poltergeist Essays

  • Poltergeist and Its Existence

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    one reborn back into the world (North 11-13); possession, where one obtain knowledge from a previous life of a person or being controlled by a spirit (North 19-22); ghost, an appearance of a spirit or someone who died (North 61-64); and finally poltergeist, a physical disturbance that is caused by an explainable force (Forcella). Out of this list, ghosts are the most often encounter in a paranormal event. According to a study by Gallup and Newport (1991), it is reported that around one of ten people

  • Analysis Of What's So Super About The Supernatural

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    The book, What’s So Super About the Supernatural tells of well known stories about poltergeists. A poltergeist is a noisy or high energy ghost who might perform violent activity. A young girl by the name of Tina Resch lived in Ohio and is known to be a poltergeist. “No ghost was ever seen or heard on camera; however when the camera was inadvertently left running, the tape showed Tina surreptitiously pulling over a lamp” (Gardner)

  • The Case Against the Paranormal

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    Every year when the temperature starts dropping and the leaves begin to get crisp, many ghostly tales resurface themselves for another round of terrifying anyone who is unfortunate enough to be in earshot of their horror. Many nightmares, uneasy looks into the dark, and scary reflections could be avoided if this simple question was answered: is the existence of the paranormal just a figment of the human psyche, or is there significant evidence that proves otherwise? The answer is no. There is not

  • Weird Illinois or The Windy City

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    Illinois There have been many weird things happening in Illinois in the past 100 years. There has been a whole bunch of mysterious fires and weird things happening at churches. There has been many unexplained Phenomena like weeping statues or weird poltergeist. Although there is a lot more phenomenas, there are also been some local legends like The Demon Butcher and The Axeman. Weird and creepy, there are a lot more local legends and phenomenas that i'm not going to explain. Unexplained Phenomena The

  • Haunted House Research

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    from the dead. Next telekinesis is the ability of a person to be able to move objects without touching it and only using mind power. Experiments have been done to see if telekinesis is actually possible to do but studies have been conclusive. A poltergeist is a spirit that is able to use telekinesis. This answers the questions what parapsychologists do and what telekinesis is and a what spirits are called that have the ability.

  • Essay On Poltergeism

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    about this strange spirit, these creatures are known as poltergeists. Just the word poltergeist has a strange signification to it, they have been around longer than any living individual, likewise , they are also known for doing multiple things to people. The word poltergeist has a different expression than people think. It has many different points to it in different languages. A paragraph that explained poltergeist wrote “The word poltergeist takes its name from two German words, meaning 'to create

  • The Debate about Ghosts and Paranormal Activity

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    The debate about Ghosts and Paranormal activity has been long debated through out the world. Evidence has been found by Ghost Hunters, and Investigators proving that Ghost and the Paranormal does in fact exist. With the use of technology and years of first hand experience Investigators have been able to document and share that the world is not alone. We in fact are living among Ghosts and the Paranormal. “Ghost, according to tradition, is the spirit of a dead person that returns to the living

  • Research Issues in Parapsychology

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    regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud." -C.G. Jung (Society for Psychical Research) "Parapsychology is a belief in search of data rather than data in search of an explanation." -C.E.M. Hansel (Alcock ix) For years, ghosts and poltergeists have been a part of our popular lexicon. From stories told around the campfire, to motion pictures like The Haunting, to books like the Scary Story series, everyone has heard a good ghost story or two. Many people claim to have actually been party

  • Toni Morrison's Beloved - Bold but Unsuccessful

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    threatened with recapture after her escape.  Though robbed of friends by the poltergeist, she is living in the survivor's state of stunned calm until one of her fellow slaves from Kentucky turns up on her doorstep after eighteen years.  Paul D Garner, with his special quality of empathy, is "the kind of a man who could walk into a house and make the women cry." In the first few hours of his visit he rids Sethe's house of the poltergeist, makes love to Sethe, and hugely antagonises her teenage daughter, Denver

  • Mysteries

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    Mysteries There are many mysteries that question the mind, but none that can compare to the intrigue in the supernatural. Ghosts, goblins, poltergeists, Death Omens, curses, unexplainable phenomena, and hauntings; mysteries of the paranormal could go on and on. There are centuries of ghost stories and tales that have been passed down from generation to generation. From the Bermuda Triangle mysteries, phantoms of the ocean, ships, and glowing ghosts of little boys, to the curse of James' Deans'

  • Spirits, Ghosts, and the Paranormal

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    For many years, people have debated whether or not spirits are real. Some people get scared at the fact that there might be something unknown lurking in their house in the middle of the night making their footsteps known to everyone in it. Maybe that person feels watched upon or feel some kind of presence in their home, or even sees shadows moving their way through rooms. Different people around the world have their own opinions based on religion and experiences when talking about angels, demons

  • Film Trailer Portfolio

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    different filming techniques, and I wanted to depend more on a psychological aspect. My first idea was to do a film about a poltergeist. I had watched several films such as "Poltergeist", but wanted to create a film that relied less on visual effects, something that leant towards the style of Albert Hitchcock, who is still seen today as the "Master of Suspense". This Poltergeist idea did intrigue me, but I could not think of a plot thick enough, or original enough to capture an audience. The remaining

  • Ghosts are Real Entities

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    Many people believe that mystical or other worldly creatures aren’t real or they think that they are all make believe. Ghosts on the other hand, could just be as real as animals are to humans. At the same time, people don’t believe in them unless there is proof from either science or from people who have investigated hauntings to see if ghosts are real. Ghosts and other entities are real and not make believe. Ghosts, are they real or are they just figments of peoples minds, well lets start off with

  • If I See A Ghost Are My Senses

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    IF I SEE A GHOST ARE MY SENSES TO BLAME? To complement the full apprehension of the terms which will be used throughout this argument, a number of meanings taken from The Lexicon Webster Dictionary is provided: GHOST The soul or spirit of a dead person. A disembodied spirit. HALLUCINATION (psy) an apparent perception, as by sight or hearing, for which there is no real external cause, as distinguished from illusion ILLUSION A false impression or belief. False perception or conception of some object

  • How Does Morrison Present The Ghost In Beloved

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    So Sethe and the girl did what they could and what the house permitted...Together they waged a perfunctory battle against the outrageous behaviour of the place; against turned-over slop jars, smacks on the behind, and gusts of sour air” (3) The poltergeist eventually appears physically as the nineteen year old Beloved whom Sethekilled herself. She is the embodiment of Sethe’s repressed guilt, the boys’ buried fear that their mother will again attempt to kill them, the black female community’s persistent

  • Compare And Contrast Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

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    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, written by Britain’s own J.K. Rowling, is an orchestrated novel of a young teenage boy with a dysfunctional step family that cares nothing for his well-being. Harry’s parents were killed by Lord Voldemort ten years before the story takes place and he now lives with his mom’s sister Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and their son Dudley. They live in a brown bricked, two story town home on Privet Drive. On Harry’s eleventh birthday, a new friend, Hagrid, who tells

  • The Conjuring: Film Analysis Of A Horror Film

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    Halloween (1978) First off rating at number 5 is Halloween that came out in October 1978 with director John Carpenter and its screenplay written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Halloween starts out with the Killer Michael Myers at the age of 6 kills his sister Judith on Halloween in 1963. After being sentenced and locked away for over 15 years. But on October 20, 1978 on his way to a court date, now 21 years old Michael Myers escapes a steals a car. He returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois

  • Stambovsky Vs Ackley Case Study

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    Stambovsky v. Ackley A. Facts In 1991, a homeowner, Helen Ackely, sold her Victorian mansion located in New York to a buyer who was unaware that the property was haunted. Ackely and other family members had reported stories of various ghosts and poltergeists hauting the house to various media sources, including Readers Digest. To these sources, she reported experiencing troubling events that she connected to the spirits that haunted the house. The buyer, Jeffery Stambovsky, purchased the house for

  • Ghosts Definition Essay

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    If you believe in ghosts, you're not alone. Cultures all around the world believe in spirits that survive death to live in another realm. In fact, ghosts are among the most widely believed of paranormal phenomenon: Millions of people are interested in ghosts, and a 2013 Harris Poll found that 43 percent of Americans believe in ghosts. The idea that the dead remain with us in spirit is an ancient one, appearing in countless stories, from the Bible to "Macbeth." It even spawned a folklore genre: ghost

  • The Swamp Thing Research Paper

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    For some reason, many people like to be terrified out of their minds. Maybe it’s an adrenaline rush? Or they just plain enjoy having the pants scared off of them. Whatever the reason, monster movies frequently top the charts around Halloween; not slasher films, monster fests. Sometimes the monsters are super convincing (think Jaws or Alien), and other times a little less so (think Cowboys and Dinosaurs). Well, for whatever reason you like to watch monster films, here is a short collection of 17 of