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May 2023
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Season 06 Episode 34 Extra: Your Electri...

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Experiments to prove the existence of psychokinesis have been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability and are generally regarded as pseudoscience.

One story that emerged out of Sweden in 1919 is certainly strange enough to make you think again...

This episode was written by Richard MacLean Smith and Diane Hope

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