Work and personal projects have kept me away. I hope to update more soon. In the meantime, check out this article on the famous “21 grams” experiment.

http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/3445/soul_catcher.html

I’ve been aware of this experiment for quite some time now and I don’t understand why ghost hunters don’t refer to it. It would seem to be great evidence for the existence of a human soul. That is, until it’s revealed that the original experiment suffered from serious technical problems with the instruments being used to weight the body of the patient/corpse.

So awesome, so very very awesome:

Update Jan 20, 2010: The sexy ghost photo story has been revealed to be a hoax perpetrated by the Ghost Tour company in collusion with the guy who took the photo. Full story here: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1002032/tour-company-knew-truth-behind-ghost-photo

Original post follows:

I’m late to the party on this story. I saw the original story in my news feed and put it off to the side to review in-depth later.  Before I could, the whole thing got debunked.

This is awesome. Michael Jackson’s ghost has been spotted in Zimbabwe. The article is from the Association of Zimbabwe Journalists. I’ll copy it here to cut down on your clicks:

Michael Jackson’s Ghost terrifies students in Zimbabwe

By Jadyn Cassidy

A reader has informed us of a bizarre story involving a sighting of the ghost of deceased singer, Michael Jackson, that is spreading through the African nation of Zimbabwe.

The sighting of Jackson’s ghost occurred at the St Mary’s Mission School,a  Catholic institution, in Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare.