Stephen Johnson

  • Nine Ways to Talk to the Dead

    Nine Ways to Talk to the Dead

    According to Psychology Today, as many three-quarters of bereaved people report some kind of after-death communication with loved ones. This could come in the form of a dream, a feeling, a favorite song on the radio, just about anything, really. I’m going to discount the most likely and most boring explanation for this—the emotional upheaval…


  • How to Hunt for Ghosts With Your iPhone

    How to Hunt for Ghosts With Your iPhone

    It’s getting near Halloween, when the veil between the living and the dead grows thin, so I traveled to a notoriously haunted picnic table during a solar eclipse to find ghosts with my iPhone. There are no end of “freemium” apps for paranormal investigation—Ghost Detector: Radar Camera, Ghost Hunting Tools, Spirit Board, etc. Some claim…