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A 2017 Chapman University Survey of American Fears found what share of Americans believe places can be haunted by spirits?

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37%

That same 2005 Gallup poll found belief in haunted houses was even more common. About what share believed in them?

Haunted houses consistently poll a bit higher than ghosts themselves.

Source: Wikipedia - Paranormal, citing Gallup (2005) en.wikipedia.org

41%

In that same 2005 Gallup poll, about what share of Americans said they believed in extrasensory perception, or ESP?

ESP belief has generally polled higher than belief in ghosts specifically.

Source: Wikipedia - Paranormal, citing Gallup (2005) en.wikipedia.org

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