One third of Americans believe in ghosts

In a new poll conducted for Halloween by the Associated Press and market research company IPSOS, one third of respondents said that they believe in ghosts and UFOs, and nearly one half said they believe in extrasensory perception.

A Yahoo! News story summarizes the main findings of the AP/ IPSOS poll.

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