The 1984 comedy classic Ghostbusters opens with a scene featuring Bill Murray’s character, Peter Venkeman, conducting an experiment to test psychic powers at New York’s Columbia University. While this scene is played for laughs, it holds a factual background, as the CIA began experimenting with psychic warfare and espionage techniques through the Stargate Project beginning in the early 1970’s at Stanford University. Stanford University and the Central Intelligence Agency would not be the only ones to investigate and test the realms of the human mind and the paranormal, as their inspiration stemmed from the Cold War and Russia’s attempts to develop psychic spies. Even members of the private sector would find themselves involved in the testing of PSI powers, as can be seen in the experiments that began in 1979 at St. Louis’ Washington University. Join us as we look at psychic shenanigans, telekinetic testings, and how these supernatural superpowers are a part of… the Show-Me.