Surprise, surprise... people believe in the supernatural!

About three in four Americans profess at least one paranormal belief, according to a recent Gallup survey.

The most popular is extrasensory perception (ESP), mentioned by 41%, followed closely by belief in haunted houses (37%). The full list of items includes:

Belief in:
Extrasensory perception, or ESP... %41
That houses can be haunted... %37
Ghosts/that spirits of dead people can come back in certain places/situations... %32
Telepathy/communication between minds without using traditional senses... %31
Clairvoyance/the power of the mind to know the past and predict the future... %26
Astrology, or that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives... %25
That people can communicate mentally with someone who has died... %21
Witchcraft is real... %21
Reincarnation, that is, the rebirth of the soul in a new body after death... %20
Channeling/allowing a 'spirit-being' to temporarily assume control of body... %9

A special analysis of the data shows that 73% of Americans believe in at least one of the 10 items listed above, while 27% believe in none of them. A Gallup survey in 2001 provided similar results.