PHANTOSMIA -Dr. Rahul Kumar Phantom odors have always been tied to haunting and ghost stories. Before sophisticated equipment could measure EMF and voice recorders were picking up EVPs, personal stories of encounters with the supernatural nearly always came accompanied with a particular odor. Even today, part of our investigator's interview questionnaire always include questions about phantom odors, and any personal experiences involving such are carefully documented. But why are we so interested in phantom odors? Many believe that phantom odors are an excellent way for an entity to communicate with the living. It presumably takes less energy to manifest a scent than to manifest as a visual apparition, make a noise, or move an object in our realm. Certain scents can...