Ectoplasm isn’t an invention of the classic movie “Ghostbusters.” At the turn of the 20th century, some renowned scientists took seriously the study of excretions made by purported spiritual mediums ...

Shannon Taggart started photographing the mediums of Lily Dale in 2001, and for 16 years after has documented the séances and practices of modern Spiritualism. Shannon Taggart, “Inspiration Stump, a ...

The first time Marthe Béraud was caught faking paranormal activity during a séance, she was 23 years old. She claimed she developed the ability to commune with the dead shortly after her fiancé died, ...

Shrouded in a dark light, Helen Duncan fell into a deep trance. Then suddenly ghostly figures appeared as if spouted from her mouth, bringing messages from beyond the grave. But as much as her ...

Though photographer Shannon Taggart grew up only an hour from Lily Dale, New York, the lakeside hamlet where people congregate to commune with the dead, she didn’t visit until she was 26 years old.

Visit Susan MacWilliam’s Modern Experiments at the Highlanes Gallery and it is as though you’ve wandered into the middle of a vintage laboratory devoted to paranormal research. The show is full of all ...