Many years ago, my grandmother was shopping in a department store when she heard her father’s favorite song begin playing. She thought of him and at that very moment he appeared in front of her. She ...

Last week we looked in detail at the scientific implausibility of group hallucinations. That is, since hallucinations are personal mental events, groups of people can’t hallucinate the same thing, in ...

When my grandmother passed away, I was devastated by grief and loneliness. I began experiencing hallucinations, hearing her voice even though I knew she wasn’t there. Traditional outlets like talking ...

"There is something different going on in the grieving process for dog guardians that makes supernatural encounters operate differently than they do in more typical human mourning," wrote study author ...

A grieving widow may miss her deceased partner so profoundly that she may feel as though her loved one has returned from the great beyond to visit her. Is this a hallucination or a genuine ghost ...

Ambiguous grief is the experience of loss without closure, often prolonged and rarely fully recognized by society. Grief is a natural response to loss, often associated with death. However, there is ...

Everybody tells me I should write my mother’s obituary now, while she’s still alive because it will be more difficult after she’s gone. So, I attempt to excavate the juicy stories from her life. "When ...