The True Paranormal

The Fox sisters are thought of as the founders of the Spiritualist movement. The three sisters, Maggie, Kate, and Leah, went on to achieve fame for their ability to communicate with spirits. This claim of communication, along with the mythology they created around their home, is what led to people adopting Spiritualism as their belief. One of the most famous Spiritualists was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Eventually, Maggie Fox confessed to the world that the sisters were frauds and that the knocking which could be heard in séances came from the sisters cracking the joints in their toes. Regardless of this confession, the spiritualist movement continued with many people going on to profit from being psychic mediums.  History     The initial event which started it all occured during the March of 1848. The Fox family had moved in to a tiny one-bedroom cottage in the hamlet of Hydesville, New York, during the December of 1847. The family who had moved in consisted of M...

Uri Geller can be described with many different terms. He could be referred to as a psychic, a telepath, a mystifier, a mystic, or a magician. It is said that Uri Geller has demonstrated a great amount of extraordinary abilities through the power of his mind, and this has created fame for Geller along with controversy. He has undergone scientific testing to the point where the CIA have verified his abilities to be genuine, and he has even worked with both the CIA and the FBI. Uri Gellers abilities have ranged from being able to recieve and transmit thoughts, to stopping a cable-car in mid-air using only his mind. Geller's trademark ability, and so the one most commonly associated with him, is the ability to bend objects such as spoons and keys with psychokinesis.  History Uri Geller was born in Tel Aviv on the 20th of December 1946. Tel Aviv used to be part of Palestine, but is now part of Israel. Geller's parents were both Jewish; with his dad, Izaak Geller, being ...

Grigori Rasputin, also known as 'The Mad Monk', is an extremely mysterious figure in Russian history of which very little is known. He very quickly went from being a wandering peasant to being extremely close to the Russian royal family. Due to the political climate of World War One Russia, rumours became rife about Rasputin and his outrageous behaviour. These rumours portrayed Rasputin as a devil worshipping drunkard and sexual deviant; a seriously harmful figure to be so closely connected to the Tsar. Other rumours around Rasputin portray him as a psychic and faith healer; both are things he himself claimed to be, and he even gained a small following from this. Even his death is surrounded in mystery due to his killers claiming the man to have been nearly unkillable.  History Grigori Rasputin was born as Grigori Yefimovich Novykh, to his parents Yefim and Anna, on the 22nd of January 1869. In the Russian Julian Calender, this date is the 10th of January 1869. He w...