Occult Magazine

The Occult Magazine is a memo found on the stairs of Platform 4 in the Hazel Street Subway Station in Silent Hill 3 by Heather Mason. It alludes to an upcoming event in the game and ties the mysterious man mentioned in a newspaper article to this occurrence.

When Heather inspects it, she states that she read it before and thought it seemed like a "bunch of crap", but admits she would read it for fun, implying an interest with the paranormal despite not believing in it.

Transcript

 * "The souls of those who died 
 * suddenly by suicide or accident 
 * don't realize they're dead. 
 * Sometimes they stay put and 
 * haunt that particular place. 


 * These spirits have lost their human 
 * senses and memories and can only 
 * keep replaying the pain and sadness 
 * of the moment they died. 


 * The pain can get so bad that they 
 * turn to humans for salvation -- or 
 * they begrudge humans their lives. 
 * At such times they can possess 
 * humans. 


 * Places known as "famous suicide 
 * spots" or "high-accident areas" 
 * are often to blame. 


 * You should be careful when 
 * approaching such locations, 
 * especially on the day or at the 
 * time the death occurred. 
 * That is, if you don't want it 
 * to happen to you, too..."