The other day I watched the new supernatural thriller “Mama”, a truly fine exemplar of Spanish horror and reminiscent of other memorable Spanish films like “Pan’s Labyrinth”, “Rec” and “The Orphanage.” While the film was directed by Andrés Muschietti, it bears the imprimatur of Guillermo del Toro, which is not that surprising given that del Toro served […]
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On my preliminary research into ghosts
A few weeks ago I initiated research on a book on ghosts. As part of my research yesterday I met with the lead investigator and case manager of the Edmonton Paranormal Society. The hope is that I can participate as an observer on an investigation. It certainly was an interesting conversation. When you hear stories […]
Purgatory for Protestants
In the comments on my discussion of ghosts CC asked: “Dr. Rauser, could you explain the purgatorial possibilities open to Protestants? I’ve never heard of this. It would certainly be fascinating in its interpretive potential as it applies to the paranormal.” Glad to oblige CC. Purgatory, boiled down to essentials, is constituted by the following […]
Should Christians believe in ghosts?
The question was recently posed to me by one of my readers. Stuart did not share my assumption that the world may contain ghosts who, among other things, might engage in hauntings: “I think you’ll need to provide some more scritural backing to convince me that people can die (or be killed) and then their spirit can […]
Why I wouldn’t buy a serial killer’s house
In “Would you buy a serial killer’s house?” I asked whether you would, uh, buy a serial killer’s house. I asked people to consider whether they would do so if the murders were a year ago or a hundred years ago and whether the neighbors knew of the murders or not. (Oh, and the real […]
