Pumpkins, goblins, ghosts, spooks, scarecrows, skeleton images, and haunted houses are appearing across the Wabash Valley this October. Don’t forget to be on the lookout for flying witches on ...

Dowsing is an unexplained process in which people use a forked twig or wire to find missing and hidden objects. Dowsing, also known as divining and doodlebugging, is often used to search for water or ...

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Dowsing - the art of trying to find sources of water and other materials below the ground using nothing but a twig or rod as an apparatus - is something that has been attempted for centuries. But ...

In these times, most of the old superstitions have fallen by the wayside, but dowsing’s many believers robustly defend this ancient practice. I am acquainted with scientists and engineers who have ...

I am a huge fan of the divinatory arts. Tarot and oracle cards, runes, flame gazing, you name it. I've even dabbled with Ouija boards (although I can't in good faith recommend you mess with those ...

Science can turn you into a full-time skeptic (as my friends discover at some of the oddest times), but that’s not a bad thing. I’m sure that Smithsonian’s favorite skeptic, James Randi, has had ...

A depiction of a divining rod in use in Britain during the late 18th century, from a volume by Thomas Pennant (Courtesy the National Library of Wales) Almost all of the UK’s water companies have ...