In October 1966 a terrible mining disaster occurred in the Welsh village of Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults. One strange thing that occurred following the disaster were the number of stories that began emerging that several children who were killed along with a number of other adults who should have had no knowledge of the flood, began reporting having psychic premonitions of the disaster before it occurred. This led a British psychiatrist named John Barker to create a premonitions bureau, where he collected stories of psychic visions, in the hope that they could one day use this information to save lives.

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-aberfan-disaster-featured-crown-180973565/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-the-nocebo-effect-5451823/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-psychiatrist-who-believed-people-could-tell-the-future

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1360777/Can-dreams-predict-future-Book-examines-psychology-paranormal.html

https://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-07-06/

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Ep. 165 - The Premonitions Bureau