the paranormal
noun
: strange events, abilities, etc., that cannot be explained by what is known about nature and the world
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Jones’s conspiracy forerunners of the 1980s and ’90s, such as Art Bell and George Knapp, focused on UFOs and the paranormal.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
The show focused on topics near and dear to Angelenos, like earthquakes and the paranormal.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Hassayampa Inn, Prescott Most of the paranormal encounters reported at the Hassayampa Inn involve a ghost named Faith.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2024
Listen to Griffin discuss her experience with the paranormal in the podcast episode above.
—EW.com, 21 May 2024
Other combinations were more awkward — Sarah Silverman seemed completely at a loss for how to participate in a discussion of the paranormal — but even that could be memorable.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
That film, which successfully revived the paranormal series after 30 years, eventually earned $129.3 million in North America and $204 million worldwide against a $75 million budget.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Related Anthony Carrigan on the End of ‘Barry’ and Playing Metamorpho in ‘Superman: Legacy’
As for the paranormal versus mundanity of evil question, the premiere mostly manages to have things both ways.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
Enlarge / Nick Chinlund as death fetishist Donnie Pfaster showed that not all terror comes from the paranormal.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023
Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
The show focused on topics near and dear to Angelenos, like earthquakes and the paranormal.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Hassayampa Inn, Prescott Most of the paranormal encounters reported at the Hassayampa Inn involve a ghost named Faith.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2024
Listen to Griffin discuss her experience with the paranormal in the podcast episode above.
—EW.com, 21 May 2024
Other combinations were more awkward — Sarah Silverman seemed completely at a loss for how to participate in a discussion of the paranormal — but even that could be memorable.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
That film, which successfully revived the paranormal series after 30 years, eventually earned $129.3 million in North America and $204 million worldwide against a $75 million budget.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Related Anthony Carrigan on the End of ‘Barry’ and Playing Metamorpho in ‘Superman: Legacy’
As for the paranormal versus mundanity of evil question, the premiere mostly manages to have things both ways.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
Enlarge / Nick Chinlund as death fetishist Donnie Pfaster showed that not all terror comes from the paranormal.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023
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