Dive into the bizarre and mysterious history of ectoplasm a ghostly substance once claimed as proof of spirit communication.

What’s the Deal with Paranormal Ectoplasm? Short answer: It’s spiritualist bunk that reflected the science of its time. By Daniel Engber. Published Aug 5, 2015 5:00 PM EDT.

So ectoplasm ends up being nothing more than a bunk product of the pseudoscience of its time, a tool for hucksters to take advantage of the vulnerable people willing to go along with it.

Then we move on to videoed interviews with some of those inhabiting the otherworld of the paranormal. Eileen Coly, who died in 2013, was the daughter of Irish trance medium Eileen Garrett.

And though the existence of ectoplasm has not exactly been scientifically proven, a group of artists featured in Firehouse Art Center’s latest exhibition, “Ectoplasmas de los Fantasmas,” use ...

“Hamilton and his wife Lillian were exploring seance, life after death, the paranormal, telekinesis, ectoplasm, all sorts of things that are really suitable for Halloween,” Bidzinski said.