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.