There are some things in this world that we just don't have explanations for. Sure, while there's probably a logical

reason, other times we'd like to imagine stranger and more horrifying possibilities, like ghosts.

The fascination of the eerie, weird blood-chilling tales told by old Nancy, the witch of Salem and Satan her wise black cat.

Humans have pretty much believed in ghosts since the beginning of time.

An article from the conversation says this belief is from prehistoric times, all the way back to our caveman instincts.

It's truly impossible to know what got us thinking about ghosts, but we've been trying

to solve the mystery of are they real and can we prove it for eons. In the 19th century, in the go starring.

In the 19th century during the peak of spiritualism, seances were all the rage and

Ouija boards were increasingly popular. Those that wanted to talk to ghosts

weren't just on the fringes of society, but many of them were actually

scientists.

The Society for Psychial Research or SPR was established and filled with mathematicians, scholars, and authors among their early members.

That's not to say that scholars can't be ghost hunters today, but that's

not really the vibe you get from watching those types of shows. Now, modern ghost hunting has taken on a different

turn. A couple people with a camera typically go into an old supposedly

haunted location and jump at the slightest sound. Eerie, suspenseful music plays and it makes the show into a sort of

found footage horror movie and weird noises, cold spots, and bad feelings fill the program.

The equipment used like thermal imaging cameras and EMF readers seem legit, so hey, who are you as an audience member to argue with the cold hard science, right?

What else could possibly be the reason for a figure crossing in front of a thermal camera?

It just has to be a ghost. There's no other explanation.

Hell, even if you know it's exaggerated, it's still entertaining, like listening to a

ghost story around a campfire except you're seeing it play out on your TV. However, more and more in recent years, these

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