Unbelievable

Author Stacy Horn dissects all the things that go bump in the nightghosts, poltergeists, your ex-boyfriend Klausin [her] macabre book.Marie ClaireA fascinating, eye-opening collection of Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory, Unbelievable by Stacy Horn explores sciences remarkable first attempts to proveor disprovethe existence of the paranormal. A featured contributor on the popular NPR program All Things Considered, Horn has been praised by Mary Roach, bestselling author of Spook, for her awe-fueled curiosity [and] top-flight reporting skills. Horn attacks a most controversial subject with Unbelievablea book that will appeal to armchair scientists as well as fans of TVs Medium, The Ghost Whisperer, and Crossing Over with John Edward.

From The Sixth Sense to Medium, Ghost Whisperer to Ghost Hunters, the paranormal stirs heated debate, spawning millions of believers and skeptics alike. Nearly half of us say we believe in ghosts, and two-thirds of us believe in life after death.

What would you make of rain barrels that refill themselves? Psychic horses? Mind-reading Cold War spies? For a group of scientists at the Duke Parapsychology Lab under the leadership of Dr. J. B. Rhine?considered the Einstein of the paranormal?such mysteries demanded further investigation. From 1930 to 1980, these dedicated men and women attempted to test the bizarre, the frightening, and the unexplainable against the rigors of science, ultimately finding proof that the human mind possesses telepathic powers.

Auteur

Stacy Horn, a contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered, is the author of The Restless Sleep, Waiting for My Cats to Die: A Memoir, and Cyberville. She lives in New York City.

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"Author Stacy Horn dissects all the things that go bump in the night—ghosts, poltergeists, your ex-boyfriend Klaus—in [her] macabre book.” —*Marie Claire * A fascinating, eye-opening collection of "Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory,” Unbelievable by Stacy Horn explores science's remarkable first attempts to prove—or disprove—the existence of the paranormal. A featured contributor on the popular NPR program "All Things Considered,” Horn has been praised by Mary Roach, bestselling author of Spook, for her "awe-fueled curiosity [and] top-flight reporting skills.” Horn attacks a most controversial subject with Unbelievable—a book that will appeal to armchair scientists as well as fans of TV's Medium, The Ghost Whisperer, and *Crossing Over with John Edward. *