Topic > Spirits, Ghosts and the Paranormal - 1970

For many years people have debated whether spirits are real or not. Some people get scared at the thought that there might be something unknown lurking in their home in the middle of the night and making their footsteps known to everyone present. Maybe that person feels watched or senses some sort of presence in their home, or even sees shadows moving across rooms. Different people around the world have their own opinions based on religion and experiences when talking about angels, demons and spirits living after death. New technology is getting closer to detecting these energies occurring in the world today. The history of the infestation goes back many years and more and more people want to get involved thanks to new technology. Ghosts have been around for many years and the root of the whole idea comes from the fact that it is "based on the ancient idea that a person's spirit exists separately from their body and can continue to exist after that person's death" ("Story of ghost stories”). Ghost stories have been told over the centuries and so it is not known where the first spirit may have appeared or why, but one of the first truly recorded experiences occurred in the 1st century AD. A man named Pliney recorded that he saw a man and felt objects moving and could not explain what was happening ("History of Ghost Stories"). spirits and ghosts. It is a common occurrence that people have some sort of experience that they cannot explain, and these experiences make up a great story that will probably be told to everyone around them. Some experiences may be very minor, but in s...... half of the document ...... they host many workers in the hospital." Dawn News. Dawn Media Group, 28 October 2013. Web. 15 November 2009. Web. Nov. 15, 2013. Murch, Bob. “History of the Talking Board.” Talking Board Museum, n.d. Web Nov. 15, 2013. Speigel, Lee Help Smartphone Users Search for Spirits.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, August 13, 2011. Web. November 15, 2013. "Top 10 Reasons Ghosts Don't Exist." Top 10 Reasons Why Ghosts Don't Exist. Word Press, October 11, 2011. Web. November 15, 2013. “Types of Ghosts in the Paranormal Afterlife,” 2013. Web. 2013.