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An IMS volunteer teaches Nativity fourth- museum, kissed the bricks and graders some history of the Speedway. 4. Twin brothers, Alex and Simon Toth, enjoyed seeing race cars up close during their field trip to the IMS. saw one of the suites. The stu- dents are counting down the days (Photos by Sarah Mockaitis) to the Indy 500. Nativity Catholic School, located in Franklin Township, serves more than 400 students from preschool through eighth grade in southeast Marion County. For more infor- mation about Nativity, please visit school.nativity.indy.org. 1. 4. ss-times.com • Week of May 24-30, 2018 5 The Southside Times COMMUNITY Home Health & Mobility Products Family owned on the Southside for Left, death continues to remain a mystery. | Right, a couple examples of ghost hunting equipment. Do they really work? (Photos by Rick Hinton) almost 50 years with one of the largest showrooms in the country. 4855 S. 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Most people reporting such experienc- Paranormal author Benjamin Radford Focusing on the history of es are sincere in their belief, but that a haunted location concludes his thoughts on those of us belief doesn't necessarily make it true. desiring to venture into ghost hunting: The power of suggestion can be very “Although a supposedly haunted lo- strong and one can easily convince cation might have a fascinating history, Failing to consider alternative themselves that something weird is go- this almost always has little or nothing explanations for anomalous ing on in a dark, creepy house.” to do with the current haunted claims. or “unexplained” phenomena It must be investigated completely in- St. Jude Summer Festival dependent of this information.” “Ghost hunters often over-interpret Using improper and unscientific investigation methods Dismiss the stories, put away the May 31, June 1 & 2 evidence and fail to adequately consider baggage of these stories and move for- alternative explanations, assuming that “Purposely conducting an investi- ward. You might just get something! Thursday, May 31 • 5 p.m.-Closing 'orbs' are ghosts, EVPs (electronic voice gation in the dark intentionally hob- “I believe that if ghosts exist, they are • Live Entertainment — FMX DJS phenomena) are ghost voices and so on.