Ectoplasm: Ghost Goo

What happens when you regurgitate items out of your esophagus for a magic trick? A lot of digestive juices on the stuff you just regurgitated. But, if you don't want your audience to know, you might tell them that it goo left over from a ghost! In Biology, ectoplasm is a real thing. In paranormal investigations it has been appropriated in an attempt to bring paranormal entities into normal activities. We'll unpack the science and history of the concept of "ectoplasm" in this discussion.

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Links and References:

1. https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/ectoplasm
2. https://www.popsci.com/whats-deal-paranormal-ectoplasm/
3. https://www.grunge.com/665457/the-strange-truth-about-ectoplasm-explained/
4. https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/ectoplasm
5. https://medium.com/the-shortform/is-ectoplasm-really-a-thing-77a7b83a0ef7
6. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137027252_6
7. https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/12/warner.php
8. https://daily.jstor.org/ectoplasm-and-the-last-british-woman-tried-for-witchcraft/

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